by Nurlan Agayev LLM, Owner and Recovery Specialist, Alterlaw

Cocaine has been romanticised by movies and shows like Scarface, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Narcos, in which taking the drug is depicted similarly to something as casual as having a cuppa coffee.

In real life, it is increasingly harder to imagine a party taking place in an average European city without 'snow.'

At the same time, people from top to bottom nod their heads when it comes to banning the production, smuggle, storage, sell and use of cocaine - because of addiction and criminal violence.

Taken together, it begs the question: how big is Europe's cocaine problem and are we in the middle of a war on drugs?

Equally important: who is winning in it?

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