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Number of adolescents missing classes, abusing drugs on the rise - survey

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348,000 adolescents abused marijuana in the year 2019/2020. [iStockphoto]

An estimated seven million adolescents in the country missed classes for three months consecutively in the year 2019/2020, according to a new adolescent health survey released by the Ministry of Health.

The Kenya Adolescent Health Survey 2019/2020 released on Friday reveals that in the same period, at least 2 million adolescents aged between 15 and 19 years were found to be smoking, abusing alcohol and smoking marijuana.

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