Italians spend 15 bn on drugs a yr, half on cocaine - report

(ANSA) - Rome, April 15 - Italian spend some 15 billion euros a year on illegal drugs, almost half of it on cocaine, the Libera and Gruppo Abele anti-mafia groups said in a report Wednesday.
    There are an estimated eight million habitual users in Italy, the report said, "very many of them minors".
    One in three 15-to-19-year-olds in Italy tried at least one drug over the past year, it said.
    Over 20,000 prison inmates are in jail for drug pushing offences.