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If you take illegal drugs, or have thought about doing so, consider the following:-
Most people don't take drugs: about 9% of people in the UK between 16 and 59 used illegal drugs in the last year
- Drug addiction can destroy everything that's important to you: health, relationships and well-being
- Drug taking can result in you losing your job, imprisonment or death
- Illegal drugs are responsible for between 1,300 and 1,600 deaths a year in the UK
- You can become addicted to some drugs in a matter of weeks
- You can never be certain what's in an illegal drug and what the effects might be
- Drugs are expensive e.g. cocaine costs about £45/g
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