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EU catching up to US in some drug use The European drugs observatory reports that Europe remains a significant market for stimulants. In countries such as Spain and Britain, the levels of cocaine use have reached those of the United States of America. cocaine is responsible for 10% of the deaths caused by illegal drugs. Some three million Europeans are estimated to have used it recently. The monitoring centre says the use of amphetamines and ecstasy also continues to rise. As many as 1.3 million were using needles, it adds. It puts the number of people in the EU whose drug use it calls problematic at no ore than 2.1 million. Around three million use cannabis in the EU every day. ======= http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=81&story_id=25 634&name=Spaniards+among+biggest+users+of+cocaine+in+EU Spaniards among biggest users of cocaine in EU 24 November 2005 MADRID - Spaniards are among the biggest users of cocaine, Ecstasy and cannabis in the European Union, according to a new report. In the past year, cocaine became the drug of preference for Spaniards, said the report by the European Drug and Intoxicants Observatory (OEDT). The OEDT, which analyses tendencies in drug use in Europe, said 4 percent of young adults aged between 15-34 had used cocaine in the past 12 months. Its report said between three and three-and-a-half million people try the drug each year and 1.5 million are habitual users. "In Spain and Britain, the rise in drug use since 2001 shows a possibility stabilization of use," the report said. In Spain there was a 26 percent rise in patients seeking treatment for addiction. In Holland the figure was 38 percent. There was a continued rise in the use of Ecstasy and amphetamines across the EU, the report added. Britain (6.9 percent) was followed by the Czech Republic (5.9 percent), then Spain (3.8 percent) and Estonia (3.7 percent). In Spain about 2.6 million had tried Ecstasy or amphetamines. Spain was in fourth place among other European countries in terms of cannabis use. About 17.3 percent of Spaniards had tried the drug. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
