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Illegal drugs: NHS reports rapid rise in young users being hospitalised.
The number of under-25s admitted to hospital with mental and behavioural problems linked to illegal drug use has risen by 18% in a decade, figures showed today. In the decade from 1996, drugs-linked hospital admissions among children under 16 rose 48% from 272 to 402 and there was a 17% jump among those aged 16 to 24 from 5,964 to 6,983, according to the NHS information centre. > Read more