Treatment for cocaine addicts doubles

By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor

“Taking cocaine has become ‘normal’ for young people going to pubs and clubs, Paul Hayes, chief executive of the National Treatment Agency said.
He said: “Evidence seems to suggest most of the increase in powder cocaine use is part of a lifestyle rather than a consequence of problems associated with poverty and crime which often lies behind heroin and crack cocaine use.” “

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