ANTHRAX LINK TO KILLER SMACK; Fears killer bug could spread from contaminated heroin.(News)

From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: May 18, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

THE lethal germ warfare weapon anthrax may have killed 10 Scots heroin addicts.

Tests at Britain's biological defence lab at Porton Down have found signs of anthrax infection in two of the victims.

It's thought heroin smuggled from the Middle East may have been contaminated with the deadly bacteria.

The shock revelations have raised fears that the disease could spread like wildfire among intravenous heroin users across the country.

And dozens ...

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