Cocaine - on the rise again?
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, there are about 13.4 million current cocaine users in the world. While the U.S. is the world’s largest consumer of cocaine (not exactly something to be proud of), the next highest percentage falls in Western and Central Europe.
Ireland has seen a notable increase in cocaine use of late, as reported by their National Advisory Committee on Drugs. The organization says the number of cocaine seizures has quadrupled and cocaine-related offenses have increased by more than seven times in the last six years.
The number of treatment admissions for cocaine in Ireland has also increased noticeably, tripling since 1998.
There really hasn’t been a defining reason for the increase necessarily, but drug use throughout the world has increased and decreased by substance periodically.
Why do you think the use of any particular illicit substance increases or decreases on a national level?
Article by Eric
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This makes sense and it is directly linked to the rise in the the amout of legal stimulants that are prescribed to children and adults like Adderol and Ritalin. Many kids prescribed these drugs in school end up abusing other stimulants like cocaine and amphetamines later in life.
Comment by E. Catton — March 22, 2007 @ 10:21 am