That the young Brits are turning their backs on the perilous illegal drugs for the first time in three decades is heartening news from the National Treatment Agency (NTA) for Substance Abuse, which has recently revealed that, in the last two years, the UK has witnessed a notable drop in the number of heroin and crack cocaine users who require treatment!

Going by the NTA statistics shared by the agency, number of adults who began treatment for the class A drugs in England in 2008-09 was 62,963 --- a number that reportedly fell by 10,000 in 2010-11 to 52,933; with the sharpest decline having been observed in the ‘less than 30 years’ age group.

An elaboration on the figures revealed that, there has been an over 50 percent fall in the number of heroin users aged between 18 and 24 years; and a near equivalent fall among the users in 25-29 age-group.

With reference to the NTA figures showing a fall in heroin and crack cocaine users in the UK, drug treatment experts have said that they are "cautiously optimistic" that the heroin wave which has hit Britain since the 1980s has apparently passed its highest phase.