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B y J o h n S t e e l e , C r i m e Correspondent, published: April 2007. %u201cThe UK has the highest levels of a d d i c t i o n a n d m u l t i - d r u g consumption and the secondhighest rate of drug-related deaths in Europe, the document claimed. More than 320,000 problem drug users commit \of offences\but also violent crime. The report, commissioned for the launch yesterday of the charityf u n d e d U K D r u g P o l i c y Commission (UKDPC), highlighted research that around a quarter of 26 to 30-year-olds have tried Class A drugs %u201c.