cotland Yard launched a photo campaign in the UK to show the physical ravages caused by drug addiction. Haunting police mugshots of three American addicts show their decline over a few years, from healthy women to skeletal figures with wizened faces and sunken eyes.

The pictures were taken when the women were arrested for drug-related crimes and have been provided by the US police departments, which are subject to less stringent confidentiality restrictions than their British counterparts. There were thousands of addicts with similar stories in the UK. The UK police hopes the press, radio, billboard, flyer and beermat advertisements, targeted at 16 drug hotspot boroughs around London, will shock the public into helping to tackle the problem. ... more