Harder Lives ; Alarm As Figures Revealmoreyoung Adults Get Their Kicks Using Class a Drugs

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MORE young adults in Wales are using "fashionable" Class A drugs than ever before, according to official statistics.

Assembly Government figures for last year show nearly one in 10 young people aged between 16 and 24 admitted taking a range of dangerous substances that includes heroin, cocaine and crack.

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Harder Lives ; Alarm As Figures Revealmoreyoung Adults Get Their Kicks Using Class a Drugs

The record level of youth drug-taking, which could land offenders up to seven years in prison, comes against a backdrop of a record number of drugs offences inWales last year.

But it bucks the trend of falling levels of substance abuse in other age groups.

Wynford EllisOwen, chief executive at the Welsh Counc...

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