UK is drugs capital of Europe

Use of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and amphetamine at its highest in UK compared to rest of continent, the EU’s drug agency has revealed.

The UK is the drugs capital of Europe with reported use of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and amphetamine at its highest across the continent, the EU’s drug agency has revealed.

Seizures of heroin and MDMA were also higher in the UK than in any of its neighbours, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

And legal highs continued to flood in to the continent with 101 new substances reported last year, a rise of 25 per cent on the previous year, the agency said.

More than 450 legal highs are now being monitoring across Europe, according to the report, the EU’s annual review of the drugs problem.

Reported use of such substances also increased by more than half.

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