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A flotilla of rowing boats
pass under Tower Bridge on the River Thames in London, September 16, 2005.
So much cocaine is being used in London that traces of the white powdered
narcotic can be detected in the River Thames. |
So much cocaine is being used in London that traces of the white powdered
narcotic can be detected in the River Thames, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper
said.
Citing scientific research which it had commissioned, it said an estimated
two kilogrammes of cocaine, or 80,000 lines, spill into the river every day
after it has passed through users' bodies and sewage treatment plants.
It extrapolated that 150,000 lines of the illegal drug are snorted
in the British capital every day, or 15 times higher than the official figure
given by the Home Office.
"Because of the long-term complications of cocaine use, we are looking
at a healthcare time bomb," clinical toxologist John Henry was quoted as
saying.
Cocaine use has been in the headlines in Britain after fuzzy images of supermodel
Kate Moss apparently enjoying some lines in a London recording studio were published
in a tabloid newspaper.
She soon went into detox after losing some of her most lucrative contracts,
but is already making a comeback, appearing Sunday on the front page of several
newspapers -- including the Sunday Telegraph.
