Young Britons are Europe's biggest cocaine users
By
Fiona Macrae
Science Reporter
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Daily Mail
[November -2006]
YOUNG Britons have the biggest
cocaine habit in Europe, shocking figures have revealed.
An International report showed almost
five per cent of 15 to m24 -year -olds admit having tried the drug in
the last year - the highest proportion in the 29 countries studied.
Cocaine's image as the celebrity drug
of choice - plus a fall in price - has led to its use among under -25's
quadrupling in the last 12 years. THE problem is not restricted to young
people, however, with use by all adults almost tripling.
Between 1985 and 2004 almost 55,000
Britain's died from overdoses and other drug related problems, with
cocaine blamed for up to 20 per cent of deaths.
THE UK also heads Europe's amphetamine
league, with one in six adults having tried the drug, and has the second
worst record on Ecstasy use among young people, according to the
[European] drugs agency.
Cannabis use is also widespread, with
almost a quarter of 15 to 24-year-olds trying the drug in the last year.
The report by the Lisbon-based European
Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drugs addiction., points to falling
street prices as a major factor. Cocaine cost £65 a gram in the UK in
2000 -just £51 in 2004, while an ounce of cannabis resin dropped from
£85 to £61.
The figures, which class cocaine and
crack cocaine separately came as the Home Office revealed that drug
abuse costs the UK £15.4 billion a year.
Each user
of Class A drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, Ecstasy and amphetamines,
costs the tax-payer an average of £44,321, with drug
related crime accounting for 90 per cent of that.
More than 180,000 people started
treatment for drug addiction last year -more than double the number
eight years ago [During the reign of King Tony the Prime Minister with
the anything goes policy providing it gets more votes] .
Over ten tons of cocaine were seized in
2005, from a drugs market worth at least £5.2 billion a year.
Tories said the figures highlighted the
frightening consequences of Labour's lax attitude to drugs, which
included down-grading cannabis despite studies showing a clear link with
mental illness.
Shadow Home Secretary David
Davis said:
'This is the cost of Labour's failure
on drugs, and it is being met by the public .....
[We have to ask David Davis what his
leader has been doing since he was crowned the saviour of the
planet about the long list of failures by the Government and yet he says
that he supports the present Administration when he agrees with their
policies. What we find hard to understand is that only recently the
Government that is failing everybody on so many issues could have been
defeated in the House on the Iraq Inquiry motion and this defeat might
have in time brought down the Prime Minister and a possible General
Election. We hear a constant barrage of complaints about the
performance of the present Executive from the members of the Shadow
Cabinet but the reality is that they themselves have yet to get looking
like a TRUE OPPOSITION PARTY.]
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NOVEMBER/06
THE PEOPLE HAVE
SPOKEN-IS THE EU COMMISSION LISTENING?
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Ditch the EU
TREATY after IRISH REJECTION
SAY VOTERS
by
Daniel
Martin
Political
Reporter
[Daily Mail-Wednesday, June
18,2008]
MORE THAN HALF of voters believe Britain should
drop the controversial European Treaty in the wake of its
rejection in last week's
IRISH REFERENDUM'
The poll comes as the Tories launch a last-ditch
bid in the
HOUSE of LORDS
today to delay the
RATIFICATION OF
THE TREATY.
And
10,000 people
have signed a
PETITION
on the
DOWNING STREET-
WEBSITE
within the past few days
JUNE16-2008
, calling on the
GOVERNMENT
NOT TO RATIFY THE BILL
[WHY DON'T YOU?]
Downing Street
website is
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Abandon-Lisbon/
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JUNE 18-2008
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13th October,2007
So You Want Out
Of The EU
THEN WHY NOT SIGN THE
RENUNCIATION of EU CITIZENSHIP
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Optout
Details from petition creator
With the signing of the Maastricht
Treaty the people of Britain were given
DUAL CITIZENSHIP
-both
EUROPEAN and BRITISH
The extra tier of citizenship was
thrust upon the people without their consent -and in many cases
knowledge.
The PEOPLE of GREAT BRITAIN should be
allowed the option of opting out of the EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP if they so
wish. The GOVERNMENT will then be able to provide those who have opted
out with
BRITISH DOCUMENTATION
-only such as British (not EU)
passports, driving licences and other national documents.
EU laws will also NOT APPLY to those who
HAVE OPTED OUT OF EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP
[PETITION OPEN UNTIL
OCTOBER 08]
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Let the people speak!
www.makeitanissue.org.uk
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www.noliberties.com
[Latest Addition - June07]
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www.eutruth.org.uk
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www.thewestminsternews.co.uk
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www.speakout.co.uk
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Daniel Hannan - Forming an OPPOSITION
to the EU
www.telegraph.co.uk.blogs
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GORDON BROWN WANTS TRUST-BUT WHY WON'T
HE TRUST YOU?
HELL ON EARTH IN IRAQ
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67% want powers back from
EU-ICM poll-June 21-2007-95%
of British people want a
REFERENDUM
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PETITION
FOR A
REFERENDUM
SIGN TODAY ON LINE
telegraph.co.uk/eureferendum
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July 18-2007
VOTE
-2007
TO
LEAVE
THE
EUROPEAN
UNION
WITH THE ONLY PARTY WITH A MANDATE
TO SET YOU
FREE
THE
UK
INDEPENDENCE PARTY
www.ukip.org
THE QUESTION THAT THE
VOTER MUST ANSWER
‘DO
YOU WISH TO BE GOVERNED BY YOUR OWN PEOPLE, LAW AND CUSTOM OR BY THE
CORRUPT ,EXPENSIVE UNACCOUNTABLE AND CORRUPT ALIEN BUSYBODY BRUSSELS’
-SIMPLE IS IT NOT?
TO RECLAIM YOUR DEMOCRACY DON'T VOTE
FOR THE TRIPARTITE PARTIES IN WESTMINSTER
BUT
SMALL PARTIES THAT SPEAK THEIR MINDS
WITHOUT SPIN AND LIES.
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ONLY
PRO-PORTIONAL
REPRESENTATION
WILL
BRING
DEMOCRACY
BACK
TO
THE
ENGLISH
PEOPLE
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SCOTLAND
-ITS PARLIAMENT -WALES-ITS
ASSEMBLY-ENGLAND-STILL
AWAITS ITS PARLIAMENT-WHY?
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Home
Rule
for
Scotland
WHY
NOT
HOME
RULE
for
ENGLAND
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