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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Stephen Topping

'I thought my dealer was doing me a favour... then he started bringing his mates around'

It started with her dealer offering to pop round with drugs as a favour while she was struggling to get out and about.

Within weeks, her home had been taken over, and she was too scared to move from a sofa in her front room.

Samantha* was a self-described 'payday junkie' - a former health worker from Greater Manchester who was an occasional user of crack cocaine and heroin, but still 'paid the bills'.

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