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可卡因如何征服英国:在酒吧、音乐节和职场,这种毒品已成日常习惯How cocaine conquered the UK: in pubs, festivals and workplaces the drug has become an everyday habit

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可卡因派对 图片合成:卫报设计/盖蒂图片社COCAINE PARTIES copy Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images

可卡因曾被视为中产阶级毒品,但价格下跌使其更广泛地流通,并引发了一系列新问题。随着消费激增,英国与可卡因相关的犯罪正在上升。

老龄化的使用者与创纪录的死亡人数——英国每年 98 亿英镑可卡因习惯背后的数据。

Previously considered a middle-class drug, price drops have made cocaine more widely available, and created a new set of problems Cocaine-linked crimes on the rise in Britain as consumption surges Ageing users and record deaths – the data behind Britain’s £9.8bn-a-year cocaine habit Lisa* is watching Scissor Sisters at a festival in the Lake District, a can of cider in hand, dancing along to the music on a sunny afternoon.

《卫报》的一项调查发现,自2019年以来,记录在案的涉毒犯罪案件增加了10%。图片合成:卫报设计/盖蒂图片社A Guardian investigation has found a 10% rise in recorded crimes where the drug was mentioned since 2019. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images
可卡因过去是——现在依然是——一种派对毒品,在夜总会、学生家庭派对、中产阶级晚宴派对上很受欢迎,如今也出现在了酒吧里。摄影:Everynight Images / AlamyCocaine was – and still is – a party drug, popular at nightclubs, student house parties, middle-class dinner parties and now in the pub. Photograph: Everynight Images/Alamy

丽莎*手持一罐苹果酒,在湖区的一个音乐节上观看“剪刀姐妹”乐队演出,在阳光明媚的午后随着音乐起舞。

The 30-year-old has a few days off from her job as a veterinary nurse in Gateshead, where she lives with her fiance.

这位 30 岁的女子从盖茨黑德的兽医护士工作中抽出几天假期,她和未婚夫住在那里。她热爱参加音乐节,尤其是因为“我喜欢结识新朋友,”她说。

She loves going to festivals, especially as “I love meeting new people,” she says.

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