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UK: Britain's booming drugs culture
ITV News Friday 15 Aug 2008 The Department of Health has published research which shows Britain has one of the highest levels of abuse in Western Europe, with cocaine and ecstasy use at the weekend growing. A quarter of secondary age schoolchildren have admitted trying drugs, with cocaine becoming more popular with teenagers, the study says. Meanwhile, the number of U-16s admitted to hospital because of illegal substances has risen by half in the past ten years. In England, there were 10,047 overall hospital admissions for drugs poisoning in 2007, a 43 per cent rise over the past decade while there were 38,170 admissions for mental health and behavioural problems. In the 25 to 34 age group, 15,330 people were treated. For those aged 16 to 24, admissions rose by 17 per cent to 6,983 while the number of under-16s was up by 48 per cent to 402. The study says the number of drug addicts has remained stable while the number of those taking cannabis has fallen. Drugscope director of communications, Harry Shapiro, said: "The heavy heroin and crack-using population is stable and appears to be ageing. We haven't seen an influx of young people at the bottom end. "There has been a shift in the cannabis market, with home-grown pushing out the imported stuff. But, because it is stronger, people are smoking less of it." http://www.itv.com/News/
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