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The £110 billion price tag of illegal drug use

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Over the past 10 years, the combined health and crime costs of illegal drug use totals £110 billion, according to a report published by the treatment charity Addaction. Drug crime-related spending accounts for £100 billion of this sum while just £3 billion of this total spending goes to actually tackling drug addiction in the UK. Money well spent? What are your thoughts?
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2 responses // The £110 billion price tag of illegal drug use

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    mattbrawn
  • i know some will say that drugs can be good for you but in my oppinion THEY ARE NOT!! in all the years i have known people that have taken drugs it has eventually ruined their minds and life...
    yes profit is made from it and its great to feel the way you do when you take them but it cost so much money for ambulances to come out to an emergency when some one has taken a drug overdose because they couldnt handle it. it awful to think about it but what can you do....
    they made most drugs illegal (the ones that doctors dont supply) and still no effect on the amount of drugs being sold out to people !!
    global_problems

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