Young people are playing Russian roulette with their lives when they buy synthetic drugs, a coroner warned after hearing a teenager died after taking a powerful opioid he thought was cocaine.
Cork City Coroner Philip Comyn made his comments as he returned a verdict of death by misadventure in the case of Michael Cornacchia (16) who died after taking a combination of U47700 and ecstasy at his home at Deermount, Deerpark in Cork on January 16th, 2017.
He said that those buying synthetic drugs should know that there was “no quality control”.
He said those who were manufacturing synthetic opioids such as U47700 were not interested in the welfare of their customers but only in maximising their profits.
Mr Cornaccchia was found unresponsive on a couch by his mother Joan Deasy. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Source: Barry Roche, The Irish Times, 22/03/18
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