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Seven In 10 Scots Teens Try Dope
Jane Hamilton | Glasgow Sunday Mail | 10/02/2005

SEVEN out of ten 14-year-olds have tried cannabis at least once.

Research by drug workers has also revealed half of all teenagers claim they are regular users of the drug.

Drug support groups including Crew 2000, Streetworks and the Edinburgh Drug and Alcohol Project were involved in the research exposing the widespread availability of hash.

One source involved in the research said: "Teenagers don't see it as being a drug partly due to the debate about its medicinal qualities and the relaxation of cannabis laws. Seventy per cent of youngsters have tried it at least once."

Tom Wood, chairman of Edinburgh's Drug and Alcohol Action Team and former deputy chief constable of Lothian and Borders police, said: "It's a very worrying figure but it confirms our information that use of cannabis is widespread among teenagers."

"One of the problems is that many young people don't see cannabis as a dangerous drug. We have a lot of work to do

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