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How cocaine conquered the UK: in pubs, festivals and workplaces the drug has become an everyday habit

Previously considered a middle-class drug, price drops have made cocaine more widely available, and created a new set of problems Cocaine-linked crimes on the rise in Britain as consumption surges Ageing users and record deaths – the data behind Britain’s £9.8bn-a-year cocaine…

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