UK becomes drug capital of Europe in alarming new report

The UK has the worst drug problem in Europe – with more people taking and dying from narcotics – according to the Home Office and Public Health England. Their report shows the UK has the highest drug use in the past 10 years with cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, ketamine and amphetamine the most widely used. Last year, 9.4% percent of people in England & Wales and 12% of people in Scotland took illegal drugs. There were 76 deaths per million population in the UK – 229 per million in Scotland.