Concerns over teen drugs and sex parties

SERIOUS concern was expressed yesterday at reports that teenagers — some as young as 14 — were going to drug parties where couples were openly having sex.

The shocking story was recounted at a conference organised by Community Awareness of Drugs (CAD), an education and training agency celebrating 25 years in existence.

CAD co-ordinator Bernie McDonnell said that in a recent training programme for parents in the greater Dublin area one young mother said she knew a 14-year-old girl who was going to parties where drugs were being taken.