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Death

Karl Burnett

I lost my brother James twice – once to addiction, then to overdose

When he died, police didn’t even call to tell me – a symptom of our indifference to a problem that claims so many lives in the UK. This is what it’s like to know and love a drug addict

Tue 30 Dec 2025

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