High tide

摘要

Dandies and partygoers have long flocked to Brighton, a sunny escape in the busy south-east. Its Royal Pavilion, a preposterous temple of fun completed by George iv, has modern equivalents in the form of a booming club scene, catering to hedonists from all over the region.rnThis wild side has a cost. Brighton recorded more drug-related deaths per head than anywhere else in Britain in the most recent two years for which data are available, according to a team at St George's, University of London. One reason is that its coroner keeps more meticulous records than others. Still, the problem is alarming, and shows no sign of improving. The latest suspected victim died last week, in the lavatory of a town-centre McDonald's.