As part of the project, 18 young people aged 15 to 17 from Birmingham, Lincolnshire and Manchester spoke to their peers on a number of key themes related to drugs. They then fed these views back at three key review meetings attended by government officials.
The group studied areas of drug use: for example the young people from Birmingham explored the use of cannabis amongst young people in their local area. They also considered the reasons why young people use illegal drugs. They found that the main factor was peer pressure: "A way of getting other people to like you." The group also ran a workshop for practitioners at a Home Office national conference to give a young person's perspective, as well as speaking with minister Caroline Flint.
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