Annual report 2006: the state of the drugs problem in Europe
Source: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
From press release:

The EU’s drug monitoring agency has warned of historically high levels of cocaine use amongst Europeans. In a report presented in the Parliament it noted that 65 million people had tried cannabis at least once with 10 million trying cocaine. Changes in lifestyles and attitudes with declining prices encourages drug use says the report. Crucially the agency does not draw a distinction between “hard” and “soft ” drugs and warns that they can all be dangerous and lead to health and social problems.

As well as the prevalence of drug use – the report also says that Europe is the centre of the world’s ecstasy production – the demand being fuelled by recreational drug use among young people in clubs and discos. Another worrying development is that data from Spain and the UK shows that drug usage is becoming more common in people in their 30’s and 40’s.

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