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.
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