People think it's harmless - but just one spliff was all it took to begin my rapid descent into hell - DJ TIM SHAW.(News)

From: Birmingham Mail (England) | Date: February 12, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: DIANE PARKES

MAIL NEWS FOCUS As the debate over the classification of cannabis rages on, Birmingham DJ Tim Shaw tells his own harrowing story of a life almost wasted. His account of how the drug came close to wrecking his mind, body and soul makes sobering reading. Here he tells DIANE PARKES how his first "peer pressure" spliff led him on a course of self destruction that almost cost him his life.

"ONE spliff was all it took to begin my rapid descent into hell."

Those are the words of Birmingham's most infamous shock jock, Tim Shaw - but for once his message ...

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People think it's harmless - but just one spliff was all it took to begin my rapid descent into hell - DJ TIM SHAW ; MAIL NEWS FOCUS As the debate over the classification of cannabis rages on, Birmingham DJ Tim Shaw tells his own harrowing story of a life almost wasted. His account of how the drug came close to wrecking his mind, body and soul makes sobering reading. Here he tells DIANE PARKES how his first "peer pressure" spliff led him on a course of self destruction that almost cost him his life.
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People think it's harmless - but just one spliff was all it took to begin my rapid descent into hell - DJ TIM SHAW ; MAIL NEWS FOCUS As the debate over the classification of cannabis rages on, Birmingham DJ Tim Shaw tells his own harrowing story of a life almost wasted. His account of how the drug came close to wrecking his mind, body and soul makes sobering reading.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail ; ...before he knew it Tim was no longer taking drugs to get high but just...continued with the drugs. Over a period of three or four years Tim said he wallowed...bulimic, anorexic or on drugs - so I admitted I was on drugs." Tim's father took him...
People think it's harmless - but just one spliff was all it took to begin my rapid descent into hell - DJ TIM SHAW; MAIL NEWS FOCUS As the debate over the classification of cannabis rages on, Birmingham DJ Tim Shaw tells his own harrowing story of a life almost wasted. His account of how the drug came close to wrecking his mind, body and soul makes sobering reading.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England) ; ...before he knew it Tim was no longer taking drugs to get high but just...continued with the drugs. Over a period of three or four years Tim said he wallowed...bulimic, anorexic or on drugs - so I admitted I was on drugs. Tim's father took him...
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Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ; ...supply. It's a worrying time. Aimspro has been a miracle for Tim. He says the drug, made from goat's blood, has helped him...the full again. Since being diagnosed with MS 18 years ago,Tim has tried just about every possible treatment known to man...anything. I've tried everything over the last 12 years, said ...
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Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London ; ...suffering from senile dementia, was put into a nursing home. "Tim hated it," recalls Vicki. "I remember once she had been pretty...said, `Isn't it marvellous? Gwenny's recovered.' I looked at Tim and his expression was the same as mine. We felt that it was...life as a result of what had happened to Gwen. I ...
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