Scotland is global hotspot for cocaine use

[CoolBreeze]

Scotland has been identified by the United Nations as the country with the biggest cocaine habit in the world.

A study by the UN reveals that more people per head of the population use cocaine in Scotland than anywhere else.

With England suffering the second highest level of usage, equal with Spain, the United Kingdom was identified as Europe's biggest market for the drug in terms of overall consumption. More than one in four of Europe's cocaine users are in the UK, researchers found.

The UN World Drug Report found that 3.7 per cent of the adult population in Scotland used cocaine in 2009, the same level as in 2005 but almost three times as high as in 200.

By contrast, in the United States, which is perceived to have a huge cocaine problem, the level of usage was 2.6 per cent of the adult population aged 16 to 59.

Scotland was also found to have, with Estonia, some of the highest levels of heroin use in the world, though cannabis use is falling. Western Europe is the world's biggest heroin market, taking 26 per cent of it, followed by Russia, with 21 per cent, and China, with 13 per cent.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr ... 08753.html

[cgarison]

Makes sense considering that I know a few business people in Philly that think that expensive scotch, Cuban cigars, and cocaine chasers are the proper way to end a productive week of work.

(sigh)



Personally, I prefer a cool down sipping on old fashioned glass of Knob Creek (or Woodford Reserve) on the rocks sitting in the comfort of my den or on the back porch.