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Children in England aged 11 to 15 who have recently drunk, smoked cigarettes and taken drugs are more than twice as likely to say they feel low levels of happiness than their peers who have done none of those things, a large NHS Digital survey has found.Fifty-one percent of children who had recently drunk alcohol, smoked cigarettes and taken drugs said they had experienced low levels of happiness, compared with 22% who had done none of those things. Among those who had done one of those things, 36% reported having had a low level of hap
stanley trinkflaschen piness the previous day.The pattern was repeated when pupils were asked about levels of life satisfaction, with the greater the number of substances tried, the lower the level of
stanley website life satisfaction reported.Individually, smoking was most likely to be linked with low levels of happiness, followed by taking drugs and then drinking, with the same order maintained in answers to the question on life satisfaction. It was the first time the Smoking, D
cups stanley rinking and Drug Use among Young People report, conducted every two years, had investigated the link between such behaviours and wellbeing.Pupils happinessIt also found anxiety levels to be higher among those who had recently smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs.Tom Madders, the director of campaigns at the charity YoungMinds, said some children could be turning to substances because they were unhappy, while in other cases it could be the substances that were adversely affecting their mood. Young people m Ufmf The view from Bank Top: Craig Easton s images of life in Blackburn
Russian president Dmitri Medvedev last week said that he does not want a Second Cold War, but is prepared for one if necessary. Clearly, before waging its campaign to annex South Ossetia from Georgia, the Kremlin audited its relations with the West and concluded it has little to lose if they deteriorate.That calculation is based on the view that Russia was cheated in the post-communist settlement. Moscow surrendered its military and economic empire in Europe, but whenever it subsequently raised objections to US policy there - over Nato enlargement; independence for Kosovo; the establishment of a missile defence shield - it was sternly rebuffed. So it is better, in the Kremlin s analysis, to be feared as
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stanley flasche ation says as much about the relative weakness of the West as it does about new Russian strength.Nato, bogged down in Afghanistan, lacks a clear strategic purpose. The Washington doctrine of using force to spread democracy has been tested to destruction in Iraq. The credit crunch and high oil prices have drained the US and Western Europe of cash. That gives an advantage to countries with hoards of capital to inv
stanley thermos est, such as China, or with energy to export, such as Russia. For the first time since the collapse of communism, the financial muscle of authoritarian states has as much bearing on the direction of the world economy as the wealth of liberal democracies.That is a shift in global balance of power. It is also a
