Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:<p>Citing National Crime Agency figures, the BBC reported this week that Britain consumes 117 million tonnes of cocaine a year. That's almost 5kg per person, per day.</p><p>Per day!</p><p>With every British man, woman and child tooting at this level, you'd expect national productivity to go through the roof. </p><p>Fortunately the country's actual consumption is one million times smaller.</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bbc-reports-cocaine-million-tonnes-b2731051.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/home</span><span class="invisible">-news/bbc-reports-cocaine-million-tonnes-b2731051.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Cocaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cocaine</span></a></p>