The Prevalence of Drug use among Teenagers in Barbados

INTRODUCTION
Over a number of years there has been a growing interest in the extent to which the use of drugs has increased, not only within the Barbadian context but the world as a whole. Much of this concern is due to the association of the social and economic consequences that arise with the use and abuse of drugs.
However, the use of these illicit drugs more often than not starts amongst school children during adolescence. An adolescent (according to the Encarta encyclopedia) is a stage of maturation between childhood and adulthood. …