As the ACMD’s successor to sacked advisor, Prof David Nutt, Prof Les Iversen and his team have conducted its first undertaking being the review on cocaine.  There has been a five-fold increase in users since 1996 and use among those in age bracket 16-59 has increased to 3% from 0.6% in the same period.  Iversen has told Home Secretary Alan Johnson that cocaine should remain in Class A due to its harmful effects.