A husband-to-be who was so addicted to co-codamol he would take 48 a day says his wife saved his life by giving him the ultimatum: 'choose me or the drug'. Ben Welthy was first prescribed the drug for ...

STOCKED in every high street pharmacy in Britain, it is a drug that’s meant to ease pain – not cause it. And yet, an escalating addiction epidemic in the UK is risking the lives of ordinary people.

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A husband-to-be who was so addicted to co-codamol he would take 48 a day says his wife saved his life by giving him the ultimatum: 'choose me or the drug'. Ben Welthy was first prescribed the drug for ...

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