Research by Community Action on Health found that most of the 74 young Pakistani and Bangladeshi people surveyed felt that drug and alcohol use was increasing among their peers. The research is part of a national study into Black and minority ethnic communities funded by the Department of Health.
Peer researchers aged between 17 and 25 found that nine in 10 young people knew a Pakistani or Bangladeshi young man who was either taking or dealing drugs. Nearly four in 10 had taken drugs themselves, almost half of those more than once. Young women said that alcohol and drugs were a way of escaping family pressures.
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