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Rachel Whitear (6 February 1979 - 10 May 2000) was a British student from Ledbury, Herefordshire who died following a heroin overdose. Her death in May 2000 led to a large-scale anti-drugs campaign i...
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Heroin Rehab Doesn't Work; Replacement Drugs are Dangerous and Unnecessary. Get the Facts.; ... someone addicted to heroin ... Search another word or see heroin addict on Thesaurus | Reference...
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Froukje, a heroin addict in Amsterdam for 19 years, took a long look at the pictures of Rachel Whitear's bloated and blackened body, bent double by the craving for smack that sent her to a grim and premature death. ... Like Paul and Jan Betts, who published a photograph of their daughter Leah dying from an ecstasy pill in 1995,
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"This is how heroin killed our girl," read the headline that ran alongside the shocking photograph. But that headline is meaningless. "This" isn't how heroin killed Rachel. "This" is just how she looked after she died.
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By the time the last photograph was taken, when she was 36, she looked more like a bloated hag than a woman in her prime. ... I’m sure a sensible girl like Rachel Starr would never use them. ... Hey Atiyana: Can you E-mail me I have a question about the article you posted about Maria Ramos-heroin addict. Thanks Lords106@aol.com...
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Devon police officers, meanwhile, had interviewed Mr Fitzgerald, as a matter of procedure, on May 13. Describing himself as an unemployed addict, he told them that Rachel had not taken heroin for several weeks before her death. ... The photograph of Rachel Whitear's body, turned purple through partial decomposition,
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"It was a very difficult decision to release the photograph, but we thought that if we did so we would be using her body to help others. ... Rachel's mother and stepfather believe she first took heroin when she was 18, after being introduced to it by an older boyfriend who was an addict.
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The mother of drug addict Rachel Whitear suggests "foul play" may have led to her death, a new inquest hears. ... Rachel Whitear, 21, who used heroin, was found dead with a syringe in her hand at an Exmouth bedsit in May 2000.
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THE body of Herefordshire heroin addict Rachel Whitear is again the focus of widespread attention. ... Rachel's death shocked the nation when a photograph of her three-day-old corpse, crouching face down with a syringe in her hand, was released as a warning about the dangers of drugs.
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"I'll do anything to get that golden stuff in me," Jimmy said, then added, "I've even seen people shoot up in their titties." For over thirty years Jimmy lived the life of an addict and pill taker. His life spiraled out of control until the inevitable happened. ... Liza a heroin addict...
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