NO QUICK FIX Exposing the depth of Britain’s drug and alcohol problem

Addiction and alcohol and drug abuse are taking a heavy toll on Britain. One in 20 adults in England (1.6 million) is dependent on alcohol. 1 and one in 100 (380,000) is addicted to heroin or crack cocaine.2 This human tragedy is accompanied by eye-watering economic costs. The annual bill to society is over £21 billion in alcohol-related harm and a £15 billion cost from illicit drugs. There is