Teen drug use ‘higher than US levels’

IRISH teenagers have passed out their US counterparts in illegal drug use, according to a new report.

Levels of illegal drug use are now far greater than the European average and even higher than the last study of Irish teenagers.

The findings are contained in new research on 15 to 19-year-olds in the south and south-east of the country. The research was conducted by the school of psychology in UCD and HSE South.