“We don’t know what it is at the moment, but we have our concerns. There is a strong chance it could be a bad batch of heroine. There is also a slight concern that fentanyl could be playing a part in these deaths,” an anonymous source told the Daily Telegraph.
Not Greta Thunberg again!
Good riddance. Frankly, the more of these Southend druggies kill themselves, the better it’ll be.
The police should refuse to investigate on the grounds it’s a victimless crime.
JuliaM
+1 for both points!
JuliaM:on the grounds it’s a victimless crime
Femtanyl?
In the wake of the deaths, Public Health England issued a warning to drug users advising them to “only take small amounts” of any class Class A drugs that they purchase and not to take them alone.
They are softer on heroin than they are on sugar.
How many bad heroines constitute a batch?
Lady Macbeth, Scarlett O’Hara, the White Witch, Madame Bovary, is four a batch?
Quite so, Rob.
Suppliers should be compelled to put full dietary information on the packet plus an indication of what percentage of the RDA of heroin is contained there in.
The police may not be able to pin supplying on them, but can do them for a breach of food labelling regulations.
Some works of fiction have anti-heroes instead of heroes. Do they ever have anti-heroines?
@AM
Becky Sharp? Certainly “a novel without a hero”.
Tess of the d’Urbervilles?
Also, if you’re looking for cloying tiresomeness, look no further than Balzac’s Ursule Mirouët.