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Cocaine use among university students is surging, now rivaling cannabis as the second most popular drug on campus — a shocking reversal of earlier predictions. With consumption in Britain up 26% and the market worth nearly $10 billion, young brains remain especially vulnerable. Students increasingly use cocaine to cope with pandemic-era social gaps, academic stress, and loneliness — often mixing it with alcohol to create a dangerous compound that harms memory and organs. Tragic stories like Daniel Mervis’s death at 23 reveal the hidden toll: addiction often hides behind a veneer of confidence and social ease. His father’s charity warns that zero-tolerance policies backfire by silencing conversations — and that universities, better equipped to support mental health, must lead harm-reduction efforts before dependency becomes irreversible.

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