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Cocaine users 'risk getting Hep C'
(BBC 10/06/2009)
People who snort cocaine or other drugs using a shared bank note or straw risk contracting potentially deadly blood infection, Hepatitis C. Around 10,000 people get the virus every year in the UK, but many don't know they have it.
(The Scotsman 14/02/2009)
A LINE of cocaine can cost as little as £1, new figures show. The Home Office said a gram of the Class A drug can cost as little as £20. Experts estimate each gram can yield up to 20 lines, putting the price of a line at less than a cup of coffee. The average price of both heroin and cocaine has plummeted in recent years; a gram of cocaine cost £77 a decade ago.
Cocaine: the number of women seeking treatment has doubled in two years
(Telegraph 30/01/2009)
"It was like I had pure joy coursing through my veins." That is how Sarah describes the feeling when she took her first line of cocaine at a party 10 years ago. But just three years later, this "joyful" drug had come close to devastating her health and ruining her closest relationships. It had also left her thousands of pounds in debt and close to losing her job.
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