It’s illegal of course, but apparently as popular among middle-class Millennials as ever.
Yet the drug of choice among increasing numbers of people across various ages and levels of Irish society has a significant impact on life expectancy.
The American Addictions Centers – a large chain of rehab clinics in the States – has a helpful online calculator to crunch the numbers for you.
According to their data, one line of cocaine can take 397.8 minutes – almost seven hours – off your life. So even one line a week from the age of 30 will take almost two years off your life expectancy.
This is because long-term cocaine use can increase the risk of blood clots, which in turn can lead to heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms, strokes and deep vein thrombosis.