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The US opioid crisis has come to Britain

13 January 2024

9:00 AM

13 January 2024

9:00 AM

‘Never do drugs, you’ll be hooked instantly,’ my mother used to say, and though I nodded, I never even considered paying attention. So I don’t expect my young cousins or my godchildren or my pill-popping friends to take a blind bit of notice when I tell them the same, but I mean it: don’t do drugs.

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