GROWING numbers of youngsters are being treated for cocaine addiction, NHS figures have revealed.
Since 2005 the number of under-18s helped to get off the drug rose more than 65% - from 453 to 745 addicts.
Treatment numbers for 18 to 24-year-olds doubled from 1,586 to 3,005 in the same period, the National Treatment Agency (NTA) found. A total of 12,354 people were treated for cocaine addiction in England last year. Four in 10 addicts were clean after six months but a quarter had dropped out.
