Coronation Street’s Izzy Armstrong is set to be at the centre of a controversial storyline in the new year after she turns to drugs for pain relief.
The scenes will see the Izzy (Cherylee Houston) – who suffers from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome – struggling to cope after the pain of her condition becomes worse and her prescription medication doesn’t help.
When she tells Erica Holroyd, played by Claire King, she suggests she tries smoking cannabis to help with the symptoms – and tells her she knows where she can get it.
But although Izzy is initially… Read the full story