Surge in use of Class A drugs among youth

The Home Office has revealed that more and more young men and women are indulging into illicit use of class A drugs.

According to the latest findings from the British Crime Survey, more than half a million young people make use of ecstasy and cocaine.

From Guardian.co.uk:

Home Office minister Alan Campbell said it was encouraging that overall drug use remained historically low and that use of the most harmful drugs was stable. "However, we are not complacent," he said. "We are taking comprehensive action to tackle cocaine use, from increased enforcement to reduce the supply, along with effective treatment, education and early intervention for those most at risk."
The minister said that cocaine purity had been recorded at an all time low in police seizures.
"When people think they are taking cocaine, in some instances the actual purity is as low as 4%.
"Police are increasingly seeing drugs cut with a hazardous cocktail of chemicals which include phenacetin, a known carcinogen. Cocaine can cause serious damage to health and these chemicals can, in themselves, cause significant harm to the user."

It was disclosed by the survey that there was a surge in the use of class A drugs and cocaine powder, ecstasy, tranquillizers, anabolic steroids, and ketamine.