Monday, 2. September 2013
Topic: DRUGS - on September 2, 2013 at 1:56:00 PM CEST
Britain named the European capital of drug addiction
This country is now the “addictions capital of Europe”, according to the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), the think tank established by Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary.
The abuse of drugs and alcohol costs the nation a total of £36 billion annually with an “epidemic of drink-related conditions” and an emerging problem from other substances which are currently technically legal.
Christian Guy, the director of the CSJ, said: “While our addiction problem damages the economy, it is the human consequences that present the real tragedy.
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