More than 202,000 people were recorded as receiving drug treatment in 2007-08, according to figures published today by the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse.
More than 82,000 people started treatment in 2007-08, of whom more than 78 per cent remained in structured treatment for 12 weeks.
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