Most first-time drug abusers are young

SINGAPORE – Young people under 30 years old continued to make up the bulk of first-time drug abusers last year.

In February, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said that 62 per cent of all new abusers arrested last year were aged below 30.

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