Drug use on the rise

In a police report released on Friday it said that Drug use has risen in Turkey and the centre for distribution is Istanbul. Seaside resort towns were also see as a centre for drug activity during the summer months. The report also stated that 20 million tablets of synthetic drugs had been seized throughout Turkey in police operations over the last five years, with 3,444 people being taken into custody as a result. The report also said that the use of ecstacy had risen in Turkey since 2000.Although the report claims that drug use has been on the rise, when you compare it with Europe, drug use is still considerably low in Turkey. According to the report, 8 million people use ecstacy worldwide regularly.Â