It is time for youths to start setting an example.

Senior CID Officer Sakeo Ganivatu said an incident that raised serious concern was the fact that one of the reported cases which caught the attention of the Authorities was where five primary school students in the Central Division, when approached, revealed that one of their elder brothers used to sniff it and therefore he wanted to try it.

Speaking at the Central-Eastern Division Divisional Youth Network Workshop, Ganivatu revealed glue contains hexane which when taken into the body, lowers the oxygen and water levels in the body and at the same time contains laughing gas that only heightens the sniffer's potential of getting leukemia or blood cancer.

A statistical report compiled by the Substance Abuse Committee also revealed that between 1999 to 2003, there were a total of 412 cases of drug abuse in primary schools and out of this figure, 16% were for glue sniffing.

The meeting was attended by the National Youth Advisory Board, the Provincial Youth Forum, the Australia-Fiji Justice Project and various youth groups.