In for the quick fix

By Ruth Pollard
Updated November 8 2012 - 11:53pm, first published April 10 2009 - 2:13pm

Thirty minutes before she went to the clinic, Sarah had what she thought would be her last shot of heroin. She made sure it was a big one. Barely conscious of her surroundings, she was questioned briefly by a nurse about heroin use that day. "I said I had used a lot and the nurse said: 'Well, you will probably get very sick then."'

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