Substance abuse among early school leavers is significantly higher than among those remaining in education, a study has revealed.
Commissioned by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, the study among 15 to 18-year-olds found the role of parents and peers and other factors that led to early school-leaving had an enormous influence on the prevalence of substance abuse.
The study divided 15 substances into four classes: cigarettes; alcohol and legal party pills; cannabis and other drugs, and it analysed the data over three separate periods.
Source: Luke Cassidy, The Irish Times, 29/10/2010
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