Screenplay Research

                                                              Factual Information 

These statistics are based on the 2011-2012 Crime survey for England and Wales http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/drugs-misuse-dec-1112/extent-young

37.7 per cent of 16 to 24 year olds had ever taken an illicit drug in their lifetime (around 2.5 million people)

19.3 per cent had done so in the last year (nearly 1.3 million people)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6960431.stm

35.5% of Gun Crime victims in 2006/7 were under the age of 21 in the U.K