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Cocaine alert as drug cocktail linked to lethal blood disorder

Cocaine users have been warned to look out for symptoms of a rare and potentially fatal condition linked to the drug in the wake of a case in the west of Scotland.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed that doctors had treated a user for the blood disorder methaemoglobinaemia, which affects how oxygen is carried in the blood and can lead to coma or death.