Freaking Out Over Freaks

Britain is in danger of becoming overwhelmed by a drug culture that would see a society where drug dealers hold political influence, the streets are teeming with "the walking dead", and "gated communities" are created to protect their residents.

This is the vision in a new government report compiled by a team of academics headed by Professor Neil MacKeganey, the director of the influential Centre of Drug Misuse Research at Glasgow University.

Compiled for the Department of Trade and Industry's Foresight, a body set up to look at possible future developments, Sociology and Substance Use paints a bleak picture for the UK in the next 20 years if the current scale of drug misuse continues unabated.

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Sounds grim, but also unlikely.