Schoolchildren are getting high off super strong '50p a go' drug

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Schoolchildren are buying drags off super-strong cannabis vapes for as little a 50p a go, experts have found. It comes as the use of THC vapes - e-cigs that contain main psychoactive component of cannabis - is said to have 'skyrocketed' in parts of Greater Manchester over the last year.

Almost half of the young people surveyed reported using the vapes, while for 18-year-olds the figure rose to two thirds. "Honestly, in the past year, that has just skyrocketed. [It] is much more common, much easier to get away with stuff and that is just getting to the point where kids are doing it before school like a normal vape," a substance misuse worker in Trafford and Salford said. READ MORE: It was a 'dirty drug' used by 'sketchy people'...

now school kids are taking it But THC vapes can be up to 20 times stronger than traditional joints, the GM Trends study by researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University and Greater Manchester Combined Authority said.

And it's led to calls for more support and education about the risks involved. Part of the reason for the increase in use is thought to be the convenience and discreetness of THC vapes.