Uk Drugs Problem Worst In Europe
The UK has the highest level of problem drug use and the second highest level of drug-related deaths in Europe, a report claims today. Despite successive governments' attempts to control the demand for and supply of illegal drugs, drug policy appears to have had "minimal" impact on the overall level of use in the UK, according to its authors.
The report, by experts Professor Peter Reuter of Maryland University in the US and Alex Stevens of the European Institute of Social Services at Kent University, has been commissioned for today's launch of the independent UK Drug Policy Commission.
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