'Universal Credit delays drove me back to Spice while living on the streets'

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Sophie, who has autism and ADHD, says she turned back to the drug while she was on the streets for two months without enough money to buy food

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Didn't eat for long time, maybe if they didn't buy drugs it would go on food. .....

I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want....

It's always somebody else's fault.

Being on the streets is horrific but they still had a choice to take drugs they weren't forced, I've met homeless people who've been on the streets for years and never touched drugs. It's horrible they were on the streets but they still made a choice to do drugs

Shame it didn't drive you to get a job instead?

nah.

Shock headline!!

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