What is the city that consumes the most drugs in Europe?

Do you know which city consumes the most drugs in Europe? A study by the EMCDDA , the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, based on the analysis of sewage from large urban centers, may surprise you.

What is it? The city that consumes the most drugs in Europe?

The European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) carried out a study that included the daily analysis of wastewater from 67 European cities belonging to 27 countries, during a week of March 2016, looking for traces of the use of drugs such as cocaine, amphetamines and MDMA (ecstasy), among others.This study has been carried out for five years, and again the city what more drugs he consumes turned out to be London , at least in the case of cocaine, with 909 milligrams per 1,000 people, and reaching 1,047 milligrams during the end Weekend , leaving the second city far behind in this ranking of dubious honor, A msterdam, which despite the permissiveness that characterizes it, recorded only 642 milligrams.

London

It was also possible to verify that the dynamics with the so-called recreational drugs are different during the weekends, in which Antwerp beat London in drug use.

Although the various agencies that monitor the use of illegal drugs in Europe report a decrease in consumption compared to 2007 and 2008, results of these latest analyzes reveal an increase in MDMA consumption compared to 2011.

The analyzes show that drug use is higher in Belgium and the Netherlands, England and Spain; and that there is greater consumption in Western Europe and in the nations that are in the Mediterranean basin.In Spain there are cities like Barcelona (461.1 mg) and Valencia ( 278.2), located respectively in the fifth and ninth place of European cities with the highest consumption of narcotic drugs; and the case of Paris is noteworthy, with a consumption of 161 milligrams per 1,000 people, it is in the middle of the list of cities evaluated.

What is the city that consumes the most drugs in Europe?

Barcelona

The first 5 cities by levels of consumption would be London, Amsterdam , Antwerp, Zurich and Barcelona ; however, in the case of cocaine, Spain occupies the second place , after the United Kingdom, with 3.3% of the population between 15 and 34, while in the United Kingdom it would be a 4.2.Both percentages would be well above the European average, which is 1.9%.

Other interesting and worrying data from this study is that consumption has increased of heroin and that there is an increasing number of new psychotropic substances in this clandestine market.An example is worthwhile: in 2014, 101 new substances of this class were detected, 80 more than in the previous year; and most would not even be subject to some kind of legislation or control.

Studies such as the one carried out by the EMCDDA go beyond satisfying curiosity to know which city consumes the most drugs, its purpose is have a more realistic view of a problem where information is usually covered up or falsified, in order to develop health and safety strategies that are able to live up to the true dimensions of the problem.

We also recommend, If you are interested in the subject, 5 tremendously addictive drugs.

Images: Nightlife Of Revelry, Jose Maria Cuellar, Bert Kaufmann, (c) Can Stock Photo/stryjek

Comments

8 things that if you don't watch, will make you lose your job

Finding a good job is increasingly difficult, ironically, losing it can be quite easy. If you want to be less likely to lose your job, you should consider some simple but very important aspects, ¡ keep an eye on them and you won't have any problems! 8 things that if you don't watch, will make you lose your job 1.Be late A fairly common habit which sometimes becomes part of the daily routine .You should pay close attention to this if you do not want to lose your job, because although sometimes it seems not to be so important, you do not know to what extent you are making your anger angry Boss. Being late to work may imply that you are not enough temente responsible and that you do not take the work seriously, so try to organize your time better and you will save yourself the stress of the eagerness and possible reganos. 2.Dress too informal This depends on the job you have, but as the saying goes "Dress up for the job you want, not for the one you ha...

The formula that will always do you a favor

There are phrases that change everything.From a "Hello" with a comma in the wrong place to a "I love you" without the proper intonation can become true social suicides, so the words matter and what matters It is said.One of the situations in which we most need these tools, called social skills, is when we want to do us a favor .But, did you know that a formula has been discovered recently (almost) magic to get others to help us? We tell you all about this sociological and linguistic experiment. The formula that will always do you a favor The communication researcher Christopher Carpenter was who published his analysis of this curious fact in 2013.In it, a very simple assumption was proposed.With the help of two of his companions, he studied in a shopping center .The procedure was very simple. They just had to approach a person who was alone in the supermarket and ask them the following: «Excuse me, would it matter to give me some coins that I am mi...

The bloody ivory hunt

Surely you have heard about the recent killing of elephants in Africa to take their fangs away.They have been authentic massacres the work of poachers, which we will deal with today in Lifestyle . The bloody ivory hunt Poaching is illegally done, usually to endangered species or in areas where it simply cannot be their environmental and natural characteristics.In the case of ivory hunting, since 1989 there is an express prohibition of hunting African elephants to protect these splendid animals (the largest land mammals), which have been threatened to the point that some environmentalists They estimate that if drastic measures are not taken to stop the smuggling of ivory, the population of pachyderms will be history in a matter of a few years.In the 80s, the hunters ended up with more than half of the African elephants . And what happens? Why is ivory so valuable, who buys it? As in the case of numerous species, such as pangolin, the main market is the Asian , especially Chi...

These 12 signs will reveal to you if you are a narcissist

Surely you've met someone who thinks he is perfect.If you don't know him, then maybe you are a narcissist yourself...In any case, with these signs you will be able to find out! These 12 signs will reveal to you if you are a narcissist 1-They hate to feel emotions If you are a narcissist, you will not want to feel any emotions in public, because you could not control the perfect image that you always seek to maintain.By admitting any feeling you may end up affected, according to psychiatrist Craig Malkin. 2-Your bad behavior is justified A narcissist constantly feels that he has been hurt, so he uses vengeful or antisocial behavior.Of course, he knows that what he does is not right, but he excuses his behavior in this way, as if it were a way of balancing the injustice with which You have been treated. 3- After more than 34,000 interviews, psychologist Frederick Stinson, deduced that men usually being more narcissistic than women .Usually, in adolescence it i...

3 ways to deal with everyday sadness

Being sad is not being depressive , this is a nuance that we must make clear from the beginning.Another important aspect that we should admit is that sadness is something that catches us all from time to time.when, and what we don't like to prove.The reason? For many, to be sad is to appear a certain weakness, a decay that in the eyes of others shows lack of character or warmth. It is not true .Who admits his sadness and recognizes it He is able to cope with it.Who hides or conceals it with other aspects, through masks such as irony and even frustration, creates scabs that will prevent him from moving forward with courage. Sadness is a common enemy that you have to know how to manage .It sometimes appears without our understanding why… How do I feel this way today if I had a great day yesterday? Maybe it's the weather, maybe that punctual psychological discomfort is due to a bad diet, to be under defenses, it can happen...Or it may also be that without knowing how or ...

4 things that only those of us who wear glasses know

Glasses. We love and hate them, they are those windows that give perspective to our myopia or windows to our farsightedness, they were perhaps that bitter condemnation in our childhood or that resource that today, It gives us an air of irresistible appeal that we are not going to give up because of the contact lenses. Are you a man or a woman attached to glasses? Then do not miss this article, after all, as statistics tell us, all of us will need at some time in our lives, those faithful allies for our eyes, to those eyes where our soul hides and our desire to interact with the world , and if it is through crystals...Much better! Let's start? 1.That moment in your childhood when they told you that you needed glasses The teachers already indicated it to your parents "this child is clueless and doesn't look at the board" .It was then where they took you to that "damn" place where a man put you in a Star Trek type machine in the eyes, and then ...

Can thoughts influence our health?

Have you ever heard the expression "the power of thought" ? That before we do something we first think about it? Or in the Catholic religion, for example, the bounty of "in thoughts, words and deeds"? In any process, thinking is always the first step.Does it also occur in our health? Can thoughts really influence us? How do they influence our mood or self-esteem? self-esteem is the interpretation or assessment that we make of ourselves, it is the ability to love, appreciate, value and accept ourselves as we are.In that sense, when we have negative thoughts about our abilities we are feeding unnecessary situations of stress, anxiety and suffering , directly influencing our mood.The mood depends on the reading we make of the environment around us.There is nothing wrong or good in itself, it is our perception of the facts that determines how we feel .And the perception is given, in large part, by our thoughts. For example, if an import is coming I examine...

Incredible! 100 years ago an engineer made these predictions and I guess almost everything!

It is quite common to make predictions of how we are going to be in a certain time.In fact, we have an article exactly like that, as we will live in 100 years.Well, for you to see, it is not something new. In the United States, for example, in 1900, a little over 100 years ago, a civil engineer made predictions that were not far from the current reality.Sure, some were not true, but it is incredible that many of them live today. Incredible! 100 years ago, an engineer made these predictions and I guess almost everything! John Elfreth Watkins , our civil engineer, wrote an article for the magazine Ladies Home Journal , which titled “What could happen in the next hundred years?”, Where he makes certain predictions about what according to his expectations could be lived in the 100 years that would run from 1900 to 2000, and it is amazing to see that much of what he wrote is a daily reality for us, inhabitants of that future. For example, he predicted that Americans would measu...

10 successful people who dropped out

When parents project the future of their children they usually draw a path that they believe will lead them directly to success : from nursery to school and from institute to university .A title under the arm seems to be the catapult that will launch you to victory.However, if we take a look at the Olympus of the celebrities , many of them did not end your training .We will meet 10 Successful people who dropped out of school 10 Successful people who dropped out of school 1.Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerberg, joined the Harvard University in 2003 , after several problems with the university's administrative council for computer programs, in 2004 he created Facebook for a year.leave the university, with the intention of and return, to devote himself to his incipient company. In 2005, he definitively abandons his studies , Facebook is already unstoppable. 2.Steven Jobs Apple's co-founder entered college in 1972 , was at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. At 6...

The amazing friendship between Osiris and Riff, the heroes of Instagram

A friendship between a dog and a rat? Why not? There is no day when we are not surprised with this kind of incredible stories, stories that, strangely enough, are almost always starring in the animal world.In the last weeks you may have stumbled upon the image of these two adorable creatures in your social networks. The reason? Their owners, their human companions, have uploaded an endless number of photos to Instagram with the idea of showing that friendship, that love and love, knows no borders ...nor sizes! Do not miss this incredible story between a dog and a rat. Osiris and Riff, two "giants" to take an example We must recognize it, the life of the rats is really hard .Skillful survivors who must face not only the hostile means of many cities, but also have to fight against the natural repulsion of many humans towards their nature, towards their presence They are usually related to dirt and poor hygiene, hence they always seek to "exterminate them....

Lifestyle Libre

Search This Blog