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NHS’ NTA study: cocaine users in treatment

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

NHS’ National Treatment Agency for Substance Abuse (NTA) released last week the results of a new study relating to cocaine users in treatment. According to the research, 10% of drug users in treatment in England are in treatment for cocaine (powder) addiction. This is a 4% increase in four years. 70% of those who continued treatment either stopped consumption or reduced their use within six month. Click here to read the full report.

Tags: cocaine, drug report, National Treatment Agency for Substance Abuse (NTA), NHS

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 12:01 am.

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