Cocaine use trebles in a decade - 2m Britons take illegal drugs each month; 1 in 3 adults has tried banned substances; 1 in 4 school-aged children has used drugs/ Independent, 15 August 2008

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/drug-nation-897538.html
"Almost two million people take illegal drugs at least once a month, with cocaine growing in popularity among teenagers and young adults, the widest-ranging official investigation into Britain's drugs habit has discovered. Research published by the Department of Health shows that more than one-third of the population has experimented with a banned substance at least once."