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Boy, 17, fitted with pacemaker after massive heart attack caused by £200-a-week coke binge
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4a5dbdca-44b6-4a1a-be11-e8fd0b9e7e61/B0EC1C54-FB6C-4D0E-9059-F8FD0D84B29B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html"><H1>Boy, 17, fitted with pacemaker after massive heart attack caused by £200-a-week coke binge <BR /></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html"><P><IMG alt="" src="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/DEBORA%7E1.ART/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-3.jpg" />A 17-year-old boy had to be fitted with a pacemaker after cocaine abuse brought on a massive heart attack.<BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html"><P>His mother Shelly, 34, only learned of his addiction when he collapsed in agony clutching his chest. Doctors battled to save his life but warned the damage to his heart had been permanent. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/B19DF469-A591-48B3-BA84-DEDC114D9E14" alt="Tom Bertram with his mother" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html"><P class="imageCaption">Close to death: Tom Bertram, pictured here with his mother Shelley, had to have a pacemaker inserted when he was just 17 after three months of cocaine abuse</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html"><P>‘The doctors said if I took cocaine again I could die but I’d never do that. I know I’m lucky to be alive', said Tom, who has now turned 18. <BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/244E2759-8E72-481C-AA88-76CE60384F7F" alt="Tom Bertram in hospital after suffering a heart attack" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html"><P class="imageCaption">Permanent damage: Tom was rushed to hospital after suffering a massive heart attack brought on by a £200-a week cocaine habit<BR /></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1205751/17-year-old-boy-suffers-heart-attack-cocaine-abuse.html"><P>Last month an NHS survey of casualty departments revealed sixty under 18s received treatment after taking cocaine last year – compared to just 16 in 1998</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B0EC1C54-FB6C-4D0E-9059-F8FD0D84B29B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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