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UK:Parents 'more concerned over alcohol than cannabis'
Ananova
Thursday 25 Jan 2001 A new surveys says middle class parents would be more concerned if they caught their 14-year-old child swigging vodka than puffing on a cannabis joint. People from the top social classes are more worried about underage drinking than the chances of their teenage youngsters using the illegal drug. And among the population as a whole, opinion is evenly divided between the two. The survey for the drinks industry-sponsored body the Portman Group found that 43% of people in the AB social classes would be more worried if they found their 14-year-old offspring drinking from a bottle of spirits than smoking a joint. Young people were even more liberal when it came to soft drugs, with 45% saying the prospect of a teenage child downing spirits was worse than catching them smoking cannabis. As a whole, people in the UK are completely split on what would be more worrying, with 38% saying cannabis was more worrying and the same proportion more concerned about alcohol. One in four 15-year-olds smokes cannabis or has tried the drug and 2.7 million Britons are regular users, research has found. Last year Tony Blair's 16-year-old son Euan was arrested for being drunk and incapable, while in 1997 Home Secretary Jack Straw's son William was cautioned for possession of cannabis. Several members of the shadow cabinet have admitted to smoking the drug in their youth. But the Government has insisted that it will not legalise the drug, despite a recent relaxation of laws in other countries such as Belgium.
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