{"id":36921,"date":"2021-12-10T16:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=36921"},"modified":"2021-12-10T16:58:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:58:28","slug":"from-crack-to-cocaine-the-proposed-10-year-war-on-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/12\/10\/from-crack-to-cocaine-the-proposed-10-year-war-on-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"From crack to cocaine: the proposed 10 year war on drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Through the medium of a 61-page document, the government have declared war on British drug culture.<\/p>\n

Drug deaths in the UK are at an all-time high. In 2020, 4,561 deaths related to drug poisoning were registered in England and Wales.<\/p>\n

Almost half of all drug deaths are still linked to opiates, and cocaine related deaths are on the rise.<\/p>\n

But is this War on Drugs going to help the disenfranchised underclass who have been pushed outside the lines of society?<\/p>\n

And will it do anything to address affluent, middle-class recreational drug dabblers?<\/p>\n


\nCocaines is part of the pub and pint culture in the UK.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Zach Stevens is a 32-year-old campaigner for addiction recovery. He has over 113.7k followers on his tik tok @zach_clean, which documents his recovery. This April he will be 3 years clean.<\/p>\n

He started using cocaine at the age of 15 and developed an addiction by the age of 22. He is thankful something is finally being done.<\/p>\n

At the age of 19 his use had descended into a problem, as he used it on his own, during the week. He managed to hold back because he realised it was affecting his career but aged 22, the point he peaked in success, it became a slippery slope.<\/p>\n

Working in recruitment, his professional environment was rife with cocaine. He added: \u201cIn any sales capacity it\u2019s normalised but also in terms of our culture, it\u2019s part of the going out culture in Britain.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not frowned upon, it\u2019s not looked down upon, it\u2019s socially acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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