Article: WHIte mischief; ... or why an increasing number of otherwise respectable, middle-class professionals of both sexes are turning to cocaine.

Byline: ROSS BENSON

KATIE unfolded the small rectangular paper packet and spread its contents out on the kitchen's grey granite work surface. She picked up an old-fashioned safety razor blade, quickly chopped up the tiny white crystals into a powder, and drew it out into two neat lines about an inchanda-half long.

With Macy Gray's latest album playing in the background, she rolled up a [pound]10 note, put it to her nose and snorted first one line, then the other.

The change in her was almost instantaneous. Her eyes suddenly sparkled and she started talking with fresh animation.

'That feels better,' she said, stretching her arms up ...

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