Survey indicates problems with soft drugs and drinking start in primary school

A survey among teenagers in five Brno primary schools has revealed that a fifth of ninth-graders have either tried or occasionally smoke marijuana. The survey, conducted by the NGO Podané ruce, suggests that children as young as 12 years old start experimenting with the drug. Ten percent of 15-year olds admitted to smoking regularly and 16 percent said that they had repreatedly got drunk in the past.