Does government advice website lead teens to legal highs? Quarter said they were more likely to take substances after visiting 

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Nearly a quarter of 15-to-18-year-olds said they were more likely to take legal highs after visiting the Government's drugs advice website, official figures show.

Following visits to the FRANK website during a Government campaign to warn teenagers of the dangers of 'new psychoactive substances' (NPS), 22 per cent of 15-to-18-year-olds said they were more likely to use legal highs in the future.

Just over a third (34 per cent) claimed they were less likely.

Nearly a quarter of 15-to-18-year-olds said they were more likely to take legal highs after visiting the Government's drugs advice website

The figures are taken from a survey on the website which only 195 teenagers of the relevant age group responded to, equating to just under 43 saying they were more likely to take legal highs.

The results of the survey emerged in an answer to a written parliamentary question from shadow home affairs minister Diana Johnson.

Replying, Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone said: 'Two hundred and seventy-eight people responded to the survey hosted on the FRANK website. 

After visits to the FRANK website during a Government campaign to warn teenagers of the dangers of 'new psychoactive substances', 22 per cent of 15-to-18-year-olds said they were more likely to use legal highs

'Of the 278 respondents, 195 were the primary target audience of 15-to-18-year-olds for the NPS campaign run over summer 2014.

'Following their visit to the FRANK Website, 22 per cent of 15-to-18-year-olds claimed they were more likely to take so-called 'legal' highs in the future, and 34 per cent claimed they were less likely.

'The survey ran from August 4 until October 7.'