Is this the end of the hard drugs epidemic? Number of crack and heroin addicts fall by 10,000 in two years

The number of heroin and crack addicts needing treatment fell by almost 10,000 over the last two years, figures showed today.


The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) said the number of people addicted to class A drugs fell from 62,963 in 2008/09 to 52,933 last year.


The figures also recorded the number of drug users who have been treated successfully and are getting their lives back on track rose by almost a fifth last year.


Some 27,969 users were classed as recovering in 2010/11, a rise of 18 per cent on the previous financial year and 150 per cent higher than 11,208 in 2005/06.


There was also a sharp fall in the number of addicts under 30 over the last five years, fuelled by the number of 18 to 24-year-olds seeking treatment for heroin and crack addiction halving from 12,320 in 2005/06 to 6,108 last year.  Full Read

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