Two young mothers in Co Louth were out of danger last night after consuming cannabis, initially thought to have been contaminated.
But results of tests on the drugs which the women consumed showed they contained cannabis resin and cannabis herb, with no traces of contaminants.
One of the women had traces of benzodiazepines (tranquillisers), but, more significantly, friends told gardaí she had also sniffed aerosol deodorant.
Gardaí now suspect this may have caused her respiratory failure in conjunction with the cannabis.
The other case is less clear, with no benzodiazepines in the woman’s system, nor any reports of other substances.
It that case, gardaí are examining the possibility that synthetic cannabis — which did not come up in the tests — may have been in the cannabis she smoked.
They have also not ruled it out in the other case.
Source: Cormac O'Keeffe, Irish Examiner, 01/06/2013
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