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Lessons can be learnt from Peaches Geldof's Death

WARNING:  The following content is sensitive and can be found triggering to those suffering from, recovering from or have recovered from health problems such as depression or suicidal thoughts and those recovering/recovered from problems surrounding drug abuse. It was a sad case of affairs when the death of Peaches Geldof was announced back in April. The tv presenter and model mum-of-two was found in her home having overdosed on heroin, relapsing after a 4 month period of being 'clean'. The death was originally ruled as 'sudden' and 'not suspicious' but 4 months on coroners found this to be untrue, with the dose that ended Peaches life being discovered in a box of sweets next to her bed, and a further £550 worth of high purity heroin being found in a cupboard in the family home. As expected, the death of Peaches bought the death of her mother back to the surface, and many people are calling it a 'sad case of history repeating itself'. But should his...