Spain, U.K. Lead Euro Drug Consumers
November 10th, 2008 by Perry
A report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction showed recently the United Kingdom earned the crown as biggest European drug market for the fifth year in a row.
The annual figures show that 7.7 percent of Britons aged 15-64 have taken cocaine – rising to 11.2 percent for the 15-24 age group and 12.7 percent for the those aged between 15 and 34.
The study also showed the U.K. to have the highest proportionate use of amphetamine usage among adults in the world. Cannabis use is still much more prevalent than any other “narcotic,” 71 million Europeans say they have tried it – about one in four citizens. In the UK, 30.1 percent of the 15-64 age group say they have used cannabis, exceeded only by France (30.6 percent) and Denmark (36.5 percent).
The problem with comparable U.S. figures is that most of the time I don’t believe them, but you can find them here anyways.
