Crack use up in England after 'aggressive marketing'
The findings back up figures which suggest the upward trend began to develop after a surge in the global production of cocaine in 2013.
Some users reported crack was being made available in smaller quantities, with one referring to"pocket money prices", such as £5 per rock.Treatment workers said crack was"beginning to become more acceptable, even fashionable among groups who would not previously have taken it".The report added:"In one area with a large university student population, there was a view that dealers were successfully infiltrating these groups.
In three of the areas of the study, there was evidence of"out of town" dealers from gangs in London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham infiltrating local markets. But some officers told researchers their forces no longer had dedicated drugs squads or said a"lack of capacity made it difficult to prioritise drug-dealing".
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