Recently, while scientists were conducting tests to assess risk factors surrounding the potential of prescription drugs polluting the area drinking water, they discovered small amounts of benzoylecgonine, the digested form of cocaine, remaining in the water supply after undergoing the purification process. What this means is: there is so much cocaine floating around in the collective urine stream of Brits that not even a filtration system built to make polluted water suitable for human consumption can get rid of it all.
Experts believe this phenomenon is indicative to Britain’s need for speed. “We have near the highest level of cocaine use in western Europe,” said Steve Rolles from the drug policy think tank Transform during an interview with The Sunday Times. “It has also been getting cheaper and cheaper at the same time as its use has been going up.”
Statistics from DrugScope reveal that nearly 700,000 people between the ages of 16 and 59 use cocaine every year in Britain, with another 180,000 whacked out on crack cocaine.
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