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Daily Mirror
25-06-2025
- Daily Mirror
Mum's shock video that forced ketamine addict, 19, into going to rehab
Daniel Davis, 19, from Warrington in Cheshire, went into rehab after developing a £40 a day ketamine habit which saw him even snort the Class B drug while at work A teenage ketamine addict has told how he was shocked into going to rehab by his mum after she videoed him coming home high. Daniel Davies, 19, snorted five grams, or £40 worth, of ketamine each day, even while he was at work. The teen, from Warrington, Cheshire, was so addicted to the class B drug that he even swapped his PlayStation 5 console for four ounces (113g) of the powder after checking in to rehab – leading to him being kicked out. A year in to his addiction, mum Julie Williams, 43, filmed then-17 year old Daniel after he'd come home from a ketamine bender. The video shows spaced out and wide-eyed Daniel stumbling around as his concerned mum asks 'what are you doing, what are you actually doing?'. Daniel said: 'When I was off the drugs, it made me feel like s***, I hated it, but I couldn't stop doing it. For everyone else, it was awful – I was just a liability, they always had their eyes on me 24/7. My mum started sleeping on the landing outside my bedroom door. I was getting kicked out from house to house.' Daniel started to sleep at the homes of friends and families, who would set him strict rules not to bring ketamine in – but he'd smuggle it in anyway. He said: 'I'd say 'I won't', and I'd go in and have ket in my boxers. I'd go off to the toilet and sniff it. It's not the kind of drug you can get away with when you're on, especially not when you're doing that much. The way you look on it is awful.' Daniel first tried ketamine when he was aged just 15, when a friend brought the drug over. However, he didn't become addicted until a year later, after one of his friends tragically killed himself. He said: 'I started using it every day. I couldn't get out of the cycle. My mum was trying everything – she didn't know for a good while. My mum didn't know about it for a year, I flew under the bus for a year. When she found out she was trying everything she could. 'She started becoming ill from what I was doing, thinking I was going to kill myself. I'd tell her I was going to stop, then I'd stop it for like two days and then I'd be back on it again, the cycle just kept going.' Despite side-effects including weight loss, Daniel continued to take massive amounts of the drug each day, snorting up to five grams, or £40 worth, of the powder. He said: 'I didn't get to the point where I was weeing blood, but my wee felt like razor blades on the end of my penis. I would often get constipated, I was doing regular hospital visits – but the hospital can't really do anything. I had stomach cramps, so if I had an extra mouthful when I ate I'd throw up.' Daniel was so addicted to the drug that he was even doing it at work, while he was taking part in an electrical apprenticeship on construction sites. He said: 'I'd be nipping off to the portaloo, doing bumps of ket, walking around the site where big machinery was driving about – putting myself in danger and other people. I just could not stop using no matter what.' Daniel was finally convinced to get help after his mum saw a TV news report about the Elisha House recovery centre in Colne, Lancs. After initially being kicked out of the rehab when he traded his PlayStation 5 console for four ounces of the drug, he came back determined to quit once and for all. Now, he's nearly 90 days clean of the drug – which he says has left him feeling '10 times better' – and he's gone from under nine stone in weight to over 11 stone. He said: 'They kicked me out for a week, and then I thought 'I can't do this any more'. I came back and now I think I'm 86 days clean. I couldn't get four days out there, so I had to be taken away, it had to be done. Reach out for help, there's a lot more people than you think going through the same thing. When I was doing it I thought I was the only one, I thought I was on my own – but you're not. 'I've learnt it's OK to talk, there's a lot more people going through the same thing you're going through. Just reach out for help.' In Lancashire, where Elisha House is based, councillors have said the region is in the grip of a 'ketamine crisis'. The government recently awarded the county a £10.6 million grant to help tackle drug and alcohol-related deaths and to help those with addiction in the region. According to the Office for National Statistics, 2.9% of 16 to 24-year-olds reported using ketamine between April 2023 and March 2024. This was down slightly from the previous year, where usage levels hit a record 3.8% for the age group. In January, the Home Office said it would seek expert advice on reclassifying the drug from its current controlled Class B status to the more serious Class A. Currently, the maximum penalty for supplying and producing Ketamine is up to 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine, or both.
The Hill
14-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
US should stay out of war in Middle East: Retired colonel
Following Israeli strikes on Iran, one retired military officer told NewsNation, The Hill's sister network, that the U.S. should stay out of the fight. Iran has already vowed retaliation and the U.S. has shifted military assets into the region in case they are needed. Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis told NewsNation that the path forward depends on whether Iran chooses to prioritize revenge or regime survival, with revenge being the more dangerous option. 'Iran can bring substantial damage to Israel if they choose to go down the path of revenge, because then they're not going to be concerned about what happens next,' he said. 'They're going to be concerned about how much damage they can cause in the meantime.' Iran could consider the U.S. involved in the attack because it had forewarning and because the country supplies military aid to Israel. Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied any U.S. involvement in the initial attack and President Trump has urged Iran to reach a deal on dismantling its nuclear program. 'I will just categorically say that no matter what happens in terms of Israel and Iran, we should not get involved,' Davis said. 'It is not our war to fight.' 'It shouldn't have started at all, and we should not sacrifice American troops, which we surely would do if we get into a fight there,' he said.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
US should stay out of war in Middle East: Retired colonel
(NewsNation) — Following Israeli strikes on Iran, one retired military officer told NewsNation the U.S. should stay out of the fight. Iran has already vowed retaliation and the U.S. has shifted military assets into the region in case they are needed. Retired Lt. Col. Daniel Davis told NewsNation that the path forward depends on whether Iran chooses to prioritize revenge or regime survival, with revenge being the more dangerous option. Rubio: US 'not involved' in Israel's strike inside Iran 'Iran can bring substantial damage to Israel if they choose to go down the path of revenge, because then they're not going to be concerned about what happens next,' he said. 'They're going to be concerned about how much damage they can cause in the meantime.' Iran could consider the U.S. involved in the attack because it had forewarning and because the country supplies military aid to Israel. 'I will just categorically say that no matter what happens in terms of Israel and Iran, we should not get involved,' Davis said. 'It is not our war to fight. It shouldn't have started at all, and we should not sacrifice American troops, which we surely would do if we get into a fight there.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Economist
11-06-2025
- Health
- Economist
An immune-system user's guide—an interview with Daniel Davis
Supermarkets and social-media feeds are bursting with 'immune-boosting' products that promise to make you better able to fend off infections. But can orange juice really fight a cold? And will a fancy yoghurt help your microbiome prevent illness? Enter a myth-busting immunologist who helps you to ignore the noise and to think critically about your immune health. Alok Jha, The Economist 's science and technology editor, speaks with Daniel Davis, a professor at Imperial College London and the author of a new guide to immune health, 'Self Defence'.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fresno hospital system quietly cuts hundreds of nursing supervisor roles
In the Spotlight is a Fresno Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. Story idea? Email tips@ Fresno's largest healthcare system discreetly slashed hundreds of nursing supervisor positions in recent weeks as part of a staffing shakeup. Nearly 300 clinical nursing supervisors employed by Community Health System were informed that they had to decide whether to take a pay cut, apply for a leadership position or accept a severance package. A March 4 letter obtained by The Bee confirms CHS notified Fresno city and county officials about plans to eliminate 285 positions due to the hospital system 'restructuring its operations.' The letter said the layoffs impacted 180 positions at Community Regional Medical Center, as well as 19 positions at Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital and 86 positions at Clovis Community Medical Center. The layoffs at CHS took effect May 3, weeks before news broke that the health system agreed to settle a federal probe and pay a $31.5 million fine, raising questions for some staff members. Last month, CHS entered a massive settlement agreement announced last month by the U.S. Attorney's Office. The settlement addresses allegations that CHS was involved in a multi-year kickback scheme in which hospital executives provided expensive wine, liquor, cigars and meals to physicians in exchange for patient referrals. CHS denies the settlement was the reason for the staffing changes. 'Community frequently evaluates our care model to assure that we have the right staffing mix to meet changing patient care needs,' Daniel Davis, R.N. division president of hospitals for CHS, said in a statement. 'This shift was driven solely by clinical best practice and patient care needs and was not designed to achieve cost savings,' Davis said. Any company with 75 or more employees must file a WARN notice if it lays off 50 or more employees in a 30-day period, according to state law. Hospital spokesperson Mary Lisa Russell said a WARN notice was sent out in early March, as required by law. However, a spokesperson for the state's Employment Development Department said they had no record of a WARN notice from CHS. Two nurse supervisors said the 285 impacted employees were forced to apply to new leadership positions, or take a demotion, with the majority taking big pay cuts. 'We were told that these changes had nothing to do with finances. That is incredibly hard to believe,' said one former nursing supervisor who spoke on condition of anonymity due to fear of professional retaliation. The nursing supervisor said rumors started circulating in February about the elimination of clinical nursing supervisor roles. She said affected staff met individually with human resources to explore their options — either applying for assistant nurse manager, charge nurse or clinical nurse ladder positions, or accept a severance package. CHS also offered two-year retention bonuses. Most positions offered lower pay than the eliminated supervisor role. Another nursing supervisor who had worked at Community for more than a decade — who said she loved her job and had no discipline record — accepted a severance package after her position was eliminated. The supervisor said she thinks the restructuring was a cost-saving measure. She said employees and patient care were sacrificed to pay for leadership's actions. Clinical supervising nurses who accepted other nursing positions have to be retrained on charting and other bedside nurse responsibilities, she said. 'I loved working here, I love my team,' she said. Davis said CHS developed a new job description for assistant nurse manager, which is a model of clinical leadership and staffing followed by other local hospitals like Kaiser, Kaweah Health and Sutter Health. 'Based on those needs and industry best practice to support nursing at the bedside, we transitioned away from Clinical Nursing Supervisors and toward a combined Assistant Nurse Manager and Charge Nurse model,' Davis said. Davis said that 247 of the 285 affected nurses transitioned to new roles. 'Only a small percentage chose to separate,' he said. He also said in the coming months, 'nearly 95% of our workforce will see compensation increases as we continue to implement an organization-wide set of adjustments to align with California's new healthcare minimum wage.' A new state law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2023 requires an increase in the minimum wage for workers at several eligible healthcare facilities.
