Dealers

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When Stacey arrived at The Hospital , she found her sister, Lucy (image) unrecognizable

Stacey, Jordan still wonders whether she could have done to save her sister.

Lucy 24 was White just as she died in The Hospital in the summer of 2018 after a line of cocaine triggered a Heart Attack And Then a coma.

Lucy, a student from Bristol, were introduced to cocaine by her mother, a long-term drug users, But .

When Stacey came to The Hospital , she found her sister, almost unrecognizable.

"I would have much stricter", she says with 18 months. "You look back today, and they're like, 'it was hidden from me. To avoid me for a reason. '

"But I could see it? Maybe Not . I wanted to see it? This is perhaps the Question . "

Figures compiled for Bbc News NHS-Digital-show-Lucy's story is far-set by unusual, with record levels of cocaine, increases the pressure on the NHS in England.

The figures show:

Lewis , a 25-year-old from The Midlands , suffered a Heart Attack , after a line of cocaine.

"My Friend is a nurse and she took my pulse and she whispers, 'you better Call an Ambulance . 'My heart is beating out of my chest. "

Lewis was spending up to £300 per week on cocaine

He had taken the drug numerous times before, But on this occasion it reacted poorly with his system and he needed medical treatment.

He made a full recovery and his cocaine, which he admits took even Him £200 to £300 per week, has reduced dramatically in The Past year.

"It makes me happy," says Lewis of his drug use. "It was the worst paranoia I ever had in My Life .

"I would be sitting in front of my window, a car would pull and I would looked over my shoulder. I was afraid My Girlfriend is cheating on me. "

Dealers are now seen in the marketing of cocaine, once, as they come, especially for rich people, more far-

The increased need for the NHS for the treatment of cocaine-users, such as The Number of people die, after you take the drug at a record level.

For 2015, the cocaine-related deaths tripled in Scotland and doubled in England and Wales.

cocaine in the UK is more pure, more available and consumed more widely than ever before.

Former professional football player Colin McNair, says the addiction is destroying his career

"from the age of 15, we have supported the people to help you, your cocaine," says Eddie Buggy, a drug worker in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, with the drug charity Addaction.

"It is easier to buy than alcohol, you don't have to go into a business.

"you can use digital platforms to get to it, the Young People are very familiar with - Snapchat , Whatsapp, things like this. "

'Destroyed my career"

The increased availability is driven in part by dealer marketing a drug, once seen as mainly for the rich people.

Multiple strands with different levels of purity are now sold, a little down the cost is from £100 grams to as little as £30 a gram.

The Sheer amount of cocaine in Lanarkshire, in fact, in Scotland, has led to, took a leading role in warning Young People of the dangers of drug abuse.

The Club 's chief executive, Colin McGowan, himself a former drug and alcohol addict, has a anti-love, which goes into the local schools for the education of Young People .

As part of his address to the Young People , Colin McNair shows the effects on his body, the two decades of drug use

last Friday, Colin gave a talk on our Lady's High School in Motherwell, accompanied by Colin McNair, a former professional footballer with hearts, Falkirk and Motherwell, whose lives are out of control and ended up in prison after he took a line of cocaine in his early 20s.

"people will not be able to understand in drugs," you threw it all away?'" he says.

"I did not throw it away. If you are trapped in addiction, their decisions are taken from you.

"That's how strong and powerful cocaine is. "

drug use, drugs trade

Source of news: bbc.com