GPs urged to tackle drug–abuse patients
The doctors' union, claimed that the harm caused by drug addiction was being exacerbated by the strong focus on law and order at the heart of drugs policy. It said that the risk of prosecution, and a likely prison sentence, was deterring addicts from …
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Barry Reeve murder trial: Wounds 'suggested torture'
A former bus driver was tortured in his home by a drug addict couple before developing pneumonia and dying, a Home Office pathologist has told a court. Dr Nat Cary told a murder trial Barry Reeve, 67, from Norwich, had been stamped on and beaten with a …
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Hundreds of ex-offenders and drug addicts are being moved to Medway, council …
Hundreds of ex-prisoners and drug addicts with no links to Medway are being moved here from the rest of Kent, a shock report has claimed. Whole blocks of houses are being used by firms providing high-needs “supported housing”, councillors have been …
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