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| A record 202,000 people went through drug treatment programmes in England last year, according to new figures. | A record 202,000 people went through drug treatment programmes in England last year, according to new figures. |
| But only 7,300 addicts or 3.6% of the total left the programmes drug-free, the National Treatment Agency found. | But only 7,300 addicts or 3.6% of the total left the programmes drug-free, the National Treatment Agency found. |
| More people than ever before were in treatment, said the agency, which oversees the £500m-a-year programme. | More people than ever before were in treatment, said the agency, which oversees the £500m-a-year programme. |
| But services must now "raise their game" and be more ambitious as they try to help addicts come off drugs, the agency said. | But services must now "raise their game" and be more ambitious as they try to help addicts come off drugs, the agency said. |
| The figures were a "watershed" and "over-achieved" the government's target of doubling those on the programme, the agency added. |