Around 7.7 percent of high school students in Egypt abuse drugs while 8.3 percent drink alcohol, Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity said Monday in a conference to inaugurate a counter-addiction and addiction treatment fund. The results were derived from a national survey asking high school students in Egypt about smoking, narcotics and alcohol use, assistant to the Minister of Social Solidarity, Amr Osman, said Tuesday. Hash was the most common drug abused, marking 58.9 percent of illicit drug use among high school students, followed by marijuana at 28.5 percent and Tramadol at 22.8 percent, Osman reported. The Red Sea governorate recorded the highest percentage of students who consume alcohol, followed by Cairo governorate. According to the survey, 8.2 percent of male students consume alcohol, compared to the mere 2 percent of female students in high school who drink.

Source: Egypt Independent July 12, 2017 11:15 UTC