25% of the UK Population drink above recommended weekly guidelines (1)
1 in 13 people in Britain are dependent on alcohol (2)
37% of young men and 23% of young women binge-drink regularly (2)
7 in 10 people have witnessed a fight after people have been drinking (2)
10% of people aged 16-24 are unable to remember if they had sex the night before (2)
1 in 4 beds in male hospital wards are occupied by someone with an alcohol-related illness (2)
10 people per week are killed because of drink driving (2)
£3bn is the annual cost to the NHS of alcohol abuse (2)
Drugs
99% of banknotes in circulation in London have traces of cocaine (4)
Up to £18.8bn is the annual cost to society of drug abuse in England and Wales (3)
Prevalence of drug use amongst the adult population in the UK is estimated to be (1)
34.1 % have used one or more drugs in their lifetime
11.8 % have used one or more drugs in the last year
7.1 % have used one or more drugs in the last month
In Young People (aged 16-24) (5)
45% had used one or more drugs in their lifetime
27% had used one or more drugs in the last year
16.9% had used one or more drugs in the last month
Gambling
75% of the UK population take part in some type of gambling activity (6)
53% (c 24 million) gambled in the week prior to the survey interview (6)
1.7% of men who had gambled in the previous 12 months in 1999 were problem gamblers compared with 0.7% of women (7)
(1) Reference The Cabinet Office Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England March 2004(2) Sunday Times Research (3) Alcohol Concern (4) Observer Research
(5) DOH UK Drug Situation 2005 Edition (6) British Gambling Prevalence Survey (BGPS) 2000 (7) National Centre for Social Research using the South Oaks Gambling Screen estimate (SOGS)
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