youthmoney

Young people’s money-handling strategies are interestingly explored in a new report on cannabis published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Researchers at from the University of Bedfordshire asked young people from two shire counties about their cannabis use, and the costs of it.
First, participants often gave figures for the amount spent or amount consumed per day rather [...]

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Imagine you’re helping a young person devise a budget. You’ve stressed that they need to be honest and accurate about what they spend.
So they tell you that they are a regular, but not daily, user of cannabis. They spend around £40 a month on drugs.
Do you encourage them to include that in their budget? What are [...]

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