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Wales Online
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Katie-Ann Gupwell

Seven young men speak honestly about their experience of drugs growing up in Wales

We need to talk more about recreational drug use. That's the idea behind a group being set up to getting young people in the Valleys to learn more about the impact of drug use and how it can affect people mentally.

The law makes illegal drugs taboo. Yet across Wales young people are growing up taking illegal substances. The idea of the group is that young people need to be able to talk openly and learn what effects long term and short term drugs have on their minds and their bodies.

If you're a regular visitor to Pontypridd you may have heard of The Lost Boys Club Barbershop - a barbers with the aim of getting men to open up about their mental health.

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