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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Libby Brooks

Tuesday briefing: How a journalistic hunch revealed the scale of Britain’s problematic cocaine use

Graphic showing close-up of wrists in handcuffs, with hands holding a bag of cocaine.
Most cocaine-associated crimes last year were drug offences, but 18% were violent crimes. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images

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How did Britain become a cocaine nation? Our series investigating how a drug once associated with affluence and exclusivity has become an everyday habit, in pubs, dinner parties, festivals and workplaces, has the answer.

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