Petition Charge those who misuse public services through drink or drug abuse.

Charge those who misuse public services, such as the ambulance service, police, fire service or the NHS, through drink or drug abuse. Use the money raised through these charges to improve those services, funding things like cancer research, police on the streets, keep hospitals open.

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An article from The Telegraph in 2015 in reference to the government looking into the cost of obesity, drug abuse and alcoholism to the UK economy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11769531/Cost-of-obesity-drug-abuse-and-alcoholism-to-be-revealed.html

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Date closed 5 March 2017
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