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Banner - Britain's drugs habit
Last Updated: Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 14:56 GMT 15:56 UK
Drugs
Drugs 'blight most parts of UK'
Three quarters of people in the UK say drugs are a problem in their area, according to a BBC survey.
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ACROSS ENGLAND

 

Anti-poppy sticker The heroin trail
From Afghanistan's fields to the veins of British heroin addicts
Police patrol in Preston In the shadows
Richard Bilton assesses the impact of drugs in Preston
map graphic Flow of drugs
Find out how drugs reach Britain with our clickable map

AN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Packages of cocaine of the type swallowed by drugs mules (Pic: Network Photographers) Nigerian drug mules 'on the rise'
The number of Nigerian women held in UK jails on drugs offences has risen six-fold in three years.

Sunshine island's deadly trade
Turkey at the drugs crossroads
Met seize 'biggest' cannabis haul
Rethinking the war on drugs
Galicia drug runners test Spain
FOCUS ON HULL
City working to lose drug habit
'I lost my son to heroin'
DRUG TRENDS

GBL graphic The paint stripper drug that kills
An industrial solvent used to clean graffiti has become the potentially lethal drug of choice for some gay clubbers.

Drugs in the UK: Key facts
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UK clubbers 'turn to ketamine'
Cocaine use 'continuing to rise'
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New way to fight drug crime
VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
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DRUGS INFO & HELP SITES

 

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X-ray of someone who has swallowed cocaine packets I was a drugs mule
One woman explains what led her to swallow cocaine
Erin O'Mara - editor of Black Poppy magazine for drug addicts Viewpoints
Experts on how UK's drugs policy should look in 10 years
Silhouette of man smoking a joint UK drugs trends
Is Britain's drug use rising?



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