RISE Life Management Services, the non-governmental organisation that works with at-risk youth in Kingston's inner cities, has expressed concern about the increase use of the 'party' drug ecstasy.

Although only one case of addiction has been treated thus far, Richard Henry, co-ordinator of counselling services at the non-profit organisation, said the usage of the contraband is growing rapidly.

"We have not seen many cases coming to us, but I was a part of a group recently and that is one of the things we saw coming out of that discussion," Henry told this week's Observer Monday Exchange at the newspaper's headquarters in Kingston.

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