United Kingdom 2018 Drug Testing Data

London remains the cocaine testing capital of the UK although London does have a population of 10 million.  The North West remains a consistent hotbed of cocaine use testing.  Users of cocaine in Manchester and Liverpool are keen drug testers according to our data models. The results shown are the areas with the most self-testing for the cocaine drug with a urine regent strips.  We have seen large decreases in cocaine testing in Exeter and Southampton.

South of England 2018 Drug Testing Data

The South has seen a moderate increase in drug testing usage.  There has been a steady rise in southern coastal towns compared to 2017 data.  Drug testing use in Portsmouth, South End, Worthing and Bournemouth have all seen increases in self testing.  Cardiff, Brentwood and Romford have also seen large gains in cocaine testing.

London 2018 Drug Testing Data

London has seen an uptake in home drug testing screening in 2018.   South West London has seen large increases in self-testing cocaine.  Wimbledon, Croydon, Twickenham and Wembley have all seen increases in Cocaine Tests.

Central London has the highest concentrations of drug testing in the capital with high numbers also in the suburbs including south west London and noticeable high usage in Romford and Croydon. It must be noted that users of cocaine may simply be ordering the test to their place of work so the data cannot be taken at face value at this point.

Midlands 2018 Drug Testing Data

The suburbs in Birmingham have seen a constant usage of cocaine testing throughout 2018.  It is very well discussed in main stream media that middle class parents in the suburbs are more likely to test their children on a regular basis.  There has been testing usage in Norwich and Leicester and a large increase in Stoke on Trent.

North of England 2018 Drug Testing Data

Cocaine testing in the North of England has been stable compared to the previous 12 months. Liverpool and Manchester come out on top in the North with our Testing data.   Bolton and Blackburn have seen fairly big increases in cocaine test usage.  Sheffield and Blackpool have seen decreases in cocaine testing and Leeds and Doncaster have remained more or less the same.

Scotland 2018 Drug Testing Data

Glasgow and Edinburgh have naturally high levels of testing mainly as a result of being Scotlands main urban districs.  South West Glasgow has high levels of Cocaine Testing and there have been notable incrases in Livingston and Irvine in 2018.

Recently in the news, Lord Ian Burnett of Maldon stated that affluent Class A drug takers should consider the ‘huge social damage’ linked to their actions as ‘vulnerable kids are being used to run drugs all over the country’. His words come after Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick hit out at middle class cocaine users who worry about the environment but see ‘no harm’ in taking drugs.