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'It's absolutely rife': Drug linked to hundreds of deaths is being sold to Manchester's homeless for just 50p a pill
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukA prescription drug linked to a rapidly growing number of deaths in England and Wales is being widely sold on the streets of Manchester for as little as 50p a tablet.
Pregabalin, normally used to treat nerve damage, epilepsy and anxiety, is being increasingly used among the city centre's rough sleepers and drug addicts.
One charity worker described the drug as 'absolutely rife'. Last year pregabalin was linked to 344 deaths in England and Wales - 60 in the North West alone.
That's up from just one a decade earlier, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. The abuse of the drug, and other prescription medications, cuts across society, rather than being specific to homeless people.
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