Claim: Cocaine use in Britain has doubled in the last five years.
Fact-check: Has cocaine use really doubled in five years? - Full Fact
Verdict: there isn't enough available evidence to say this. these figures are based on an analysis of wastewater in parts of london and bristol, which can't tell us very much about the picture across britain.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2019-05-23T00:00:00