I spent £3,565 a month on codeine tablets from online pharmacies

Ginny ordered drugs online using next day delivery (Picture: Getty Images)

‘I’m sorry, we can’t serve you,’ said the Boots cashier. ‘You’ve been in here every day this week.’

Ginny Shenton’s face flushed red, as she looked down at the packet of co-codamol on the counter between them.

‘I was so embarrassed,’ Ginny, 42, tells Metro. ‘Everyone could hear, while I tried to convince her she’d got the wrong person.

‘That should have been a turning point, but I just went to another pharmacy on the same road, and got my supply there instead.’

Ginny, from Stockton-On-Tees, was first prescribed

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