{"id":4352,"date":"2005-10-11T07:43:56","date_gmt":"2005-10-11T07:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diyhealth.com\/?p=4352"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:33:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T11:03:15","slug":"surveys-crack-open-londoners-cocaine-cracking-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/globalhealthcare\/surveys-crack-open-londoners-cocaine-cracking-syndrome","title":{"rendered":"Surveys Crack Open Londoners' Cocaine-Cracking Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A special report appearing in a section of the UK press talks of growing drug addiction among Londoners. Based on surveys, this report claims that no less than 50,000 Londoners have taken to cocaine cracking, both by way of injection and smoking. While the malady of drug addiction has spared no part of the globe, the fact that as many as 46,000 in 15-44 year age group have fallen prey to drugs is a disturbing phenomenon indeed.<\/p>\n

What’s more, the incidence of cocaine cracking has an established track record of causing serious mental disorders, like depression, paranoia and violence.<\/p>

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Besides, if taken in injection form, the drug exposes the users to the threat of blood-borne infections, such as HIV and hepatitis C. Again, police records suggest that one in five arrests is related to crack use, and that individual spending on the drug is as high as “500 pounds a week! Given the situation, Home Office’s denial of the severity of the problem would only amount to an ostrich-like behavior on their part. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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