Drugs linked to 250 teen deaths over 10 years

ALMOST 250 teenagers have died in drug-related incidents over a 10-year period, including 18 children aged under 15.

Drugs, both illegal and legal, claimed a further 513 people aged between 20 and 24 in the period 1998 to 2007.

This means more than a fifth of the 3,465 drug death victims were aged under 24.