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Hugo Rifkind

Lariam and my six months of madness

We’re finally stopping giving our soldiers Lariam. Thank goodness for that

28 May 2016

9:00 AM

28 May 2016

9:00 AM

I once went mad in Africa and it was no fun at all. I was snorkelling off the coast of Zanzibar and I dived a little too deep, and something in the middle of my head went click. And then I came up and fell on to a boat that took me back to the paradise sands, and when I got there I couldn’t walk straight and everything started to fall apart.

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