EU drugs agency says availability of cocaine in Europe is at its highest
More young adults in Britain than anywhere else in Europe have taken cocaine in the last 12 months, at a time when availability is at an unprecedented level across the continent, according to the EU drugs agency.
A report on the latest trends in illicit drug use suggests that 5.3% of people aged between 15 and 34 in the UK took cocaine in 2018, the most recent year for which records are available. Around half of Europe’s 15,000 crack-related treatment demands have been reported by the UK authorities.
