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Big jump in use of ketamine

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The number of ketamine users jumped to 1,184 in the first quarter, a 36.9 per cent increase year on year, the Action Committee Against Narcotics heard yesterday.

About 64 per cent of the ketamine users were under 21.

Meanwhile, the number of drug users in the first quarter was 4,649, a slight drop from 4,680 in the same period last year. But a notable change was that the number of drug users under 21 was 10 per cent higher than the same period last year, the committee's quarterly meeting heard.

The number of drug users over 21 dropped 3.2 per cent.

Heroin remained the most popular drug, although the number of users slipped 9.5 per cent.

A 48.5 per cent drop was recorded in the number of Ecstasy users, of whom there were 331.

A hot topic at the meeting was the recent case of a group of students suspected of using drugs at school.

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