THE dangers of heroin was highlighted at an inquest in to the death of an Atherton man.
After hearing evidence at Leigh Town Hall coroner Mr Aidan Cotter said 40-year-old Stephen Nowell, who was found collapsed in his ground floor Devonshire Road flat on the Hag Fold estate, died as a result of heroin abuse.
"This is unfortunately yet another person who has died in this area from the abuse of this drug. It is abundantly clear that small amounts of heroin can kill."
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