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Eurozone woes 'increase drug abuse'

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According to the chairman of the European monitoring centre on drugs and drug addiction, the bad economic and social state of Europe are making drugs and alcohol abuse worse.

Joao Goulao, the Portuguese drugs tsar, explained why he thought the problem was so bad.


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