Hepatitis C warning for cocaine snorters
Thursday 25th June 2009, 2:57PM BST.
Michael Gafoor, director of the Alcohol and Drugs Service.
SOME cocaine users in Jersey have contracted Hepatitis C from sharing bank notes and straws to snort the class A drug.
Health officials have confirmed that there have been cases to suggest that people who snort cocaine have contracted Hepatitis C but would not reveal how many people have been infected.
At the moment Health officials have no idea of the prevalence of Hepatitis C in the Island.
The news comes as Customs and Immigration reveal that seizures of cocaine have significantly increased compared to this time last year.
Michael Gafoor, director of the Alcohol and Drugs Service, is warning people who snort drugs like cocaine that they are putting themselves at risk of getting Hepatitis C.
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Never mind the risks of the actual cocaine though, eh?
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Oh ! That’s terrible !
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why do we even bother telling them?
It’s almost condoning drug abuse
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Oh good
perhaps natural selection will give a better future
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Oh well isn’t that just fine and dandy. So the population at large are also at risk from catching this from handling these notes?
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