Cocaine use rises as Britain records more drug deaths and cocaine-linked crime
National figures show a significant rise in cocaine-linked crime and record drug-related deaths, driven largely by an ageing group of long-term users, prompting calls to overhaul addiction treatment and public health strategies.
A symbolic institutional revolving door marked ‘ADDICTION’ has been fitted with a stairlift running in a continuous circle. A greying man sits in the chair, looking wearily at a pleased policy planner whose ‘DRUG STRATEGY’ drawing shows the same endless loop. The satire targets a system accommodating the cycle rather than helping people escape it.
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