Ageing users and record deaths – the data behind Britain’s £9.8bn-a-year cocaine habit
Sewage samples and crime statistics paint a picture of established users taking more cocaine, more oftenCocaine-linked crimes on the rise in Britain as consumption surgesPubs, festivals and workplaces: how cocaine has become an everyday habitFrom pub toilets and private parties to football terraces and far-right marches, cocaine has become a familiar presence across modern Britain. Deaths linked to the drug have risen to record levels, while its supply supports a multibillion-pound criminal industry.But who is using the drug, and how has the picture changed? The figures do not necessarily show
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