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Podcast: Pre-Hospital Care Podcast
Episode: Addiction Part 1 - Specialist Addiction Therapist Mark Dempster
Description: In this next period, we will be recording a mini-series on addiction starting with this first episode with Specialist Addiction Therapist Mark Dempster. In 2013, the Centre for Social Justice determined that the level of addiction in the UK made it the âaddiction capital of Europe.â This includes the use of legal substances, mainly â alcoholâ , and the use of Class A drugs, which include â heroinâ , â cocaineâ , â methâ , and â hallucinogensâ . £36 billion is spent by the nation every year on treatment relating to drug and alcohol abuse. At the time of filing their report, titled 'No Quick Fix', the UK had the highest rate of addiction to â op...