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A MELBOURNE teenager is fighting for life after six people overdosed on drugs at Melbourne’s Stereosonic festival yesterday and one man died in Adelaide.
This afternoon the identity of Stefan Woodward, 19, was revealed as the man rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital about 5pm on Saturday, where he later died.
A police spokesman said illegal drugs were the suspected cause of the man’s death.
“The initial investigation indicates the man had consumed an illicit drug and was in possession of a number of pills,’’ the spokesman said.
Police released images of orange pills imprinted with a dollar sign, which they say “may be related” to the death.
A Melbourne man — in his late teens — was yesterday taken to Western Hospital in Footscray in a critical condition.
He is now in intensive care with his condition reduced to serious but stable.
Five others in Melbourne were taken to hospital as a result of drug overdoses amid 70 arrests at the same event.
Two others were also still fighting for their lives in Adelaide, with the death there coming just a week after the death of pharmacist Sylvia Choi died at Sydney’s Stereosonic.
She overdosed at the Sydney event after ingesting MDMA dissolved in a bottle of water.
In Melbourne, two others were treated by paramedics - one man was taken to hospital for a medical condition while another man, in his 20s, was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital with a serious head injury after a fall.
The awful fallout appears to have been traced to a dodgy batch of pills stamped with dollar signs.
The drugs appear to have slipped through a police dragnet in every state, before the man’s death in Adelaide.
The deaths have put the future of the Stereosonic festival in doubt.
In Brisbane today where the event kicked off, there was a heavy police presence.
Many festivalgoers were stopped and interviewed or searched.
Dozens of tributes to the man were posted on Facebook last night as his friends and family came to grips with the man’s sudden death.
A 20-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were both fighting for their lives after attending the Adelaide event last night.
Victoria Police this morning revealed that drug dogs had led to 70 arrests at the festival, with drugs seized including ecstasy, MDMA, amphetamines, cocaine and cannabis.
Of those held, 56 were issued diversions, six with cautions, two were expected to be charged on
Diversions were given to 56 people, 6 people were issued with cannabis cautions, two were expected to be charged, two others were charged and bailed.
PM’s shock at death
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the man’s death in Adelaide as shocking and tragic.
Mr Turnbull and Justice Minister Michael Keenan spoke about the death as they announced a package of measures to combat the drug ice.
“Someone takes a pill and dies — probably, perhaps — unaware of the risks that they were taking,’’ Mr Turnbull said.
“(This is a) tragic event and all of us here have the same sympathy for the family.”
Mr Keenan said authorities went to enormous effort to try and prevent illicit drugs from being taken into music festivals.
He said the government was not planning to support “pill-testing”, where drug users could use testing kits to check on what was contained inside illicit drugs.
“My heart goes out to the family of that particular individual who obviously have seen the worst possible consequences of the danger of illicit drugs,’’ Mr Keenan said.
“But it’s a reminder to us about how dangerous these substances are. You don’t know what’s in them and if you’re taking them you have no idea what you’re putting in your body and what the consequences can be.’’
South Australian police mirrored the views of Victorian authorities today, saying
despite repeated warnings about risk-taking behaviour a young man had died in “the worst possible outcome”.
“Despite our efforts despite the media messages, the warnings in relation to risk taking behaviour that people engage in — in taking illicit drugs ... we’re still in this tragic situation of a 19-year-old man who is now dead,” Superintendent John De Candia said.
Police would not reveal the number of tablets found on the dead man but confirmed the other overdoses were not from the same tablets that featured a dollar sign on them.
Forensic testing will be done on the pills in question.
Images appeared on social media showing a toilet wash basin filled with condoms used to smuggle drugs into the music festival.
In a statement on their Facebook page, Stereosonic organisers said they were “devastated to hear of another loss to drugs”.
“We are imploring people to see the dangers of the situation, enjoy the day and please be safe,” the statement said
A Geelong woman banned from yesterday’s event after being caught holding pills told the Sunday Herald Sun she had agreed to hold five “upper” pills for her friend, who was a lawyer, and for whom she had offered to be the designated driver.
She said she hid them in a container of mints and a sniffer dog had singled her out at the gate.
Links:
Herald Sun link: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/la...n/news-story/a3c7e47abf6d6c0e6704ccca862960bd
Orange $ sign link on Pillreports: http://www.pillreports.net/index.php?page=display_pill&id=35398
This afternoon the identity of Stefan Woodward, 19, was revealed as the man rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital about 5pm on Saturday, where he later died.
A police spokesman said illegal drugs were the suspected cause of the man’s death.
“The initial investigation indicates the man had consumed an illicit drug and was in possession of a number of pills,’’ the spokesman said.
Police released images of orange pills imprinted with a dollar sign, which they say “may be related” to the death.
A Melbourne man — in his late teens — was yesterday taken to Western Hospital in Footscray in a critical condition.
He is now in intensive care with his condition reduced to serious but stable.
Five others in Melbourne were taken to hospital as a result of drug overdoses amid 70 arrests at the same event.
Two others were also still fighting for their lives in Adelaide, with the death there coming just a week after the death of pharmacist Sylvia Choi died at Sydney’s Stereosonic.
She overdosed at the Sydney event after ingesting MDMA dissolved in a bottle of water.
In Melbourne, two others were treated by paramedics - one man was taken to hospital for a medical condition while another man, in his 20s, was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital with a serious head injury after a fall.
The awful fallout appears to have been traced to a dodgy batch of pills stamped with dollar signs.
The drugs appear to have slipped through a police dragnet in every state, before the man’s death in Adelaide.
The deaths have put the future of the Stereosonic festival in doubt.
In Brisbane today where the event kicked off, there was a heavy police presence.
Many festivalgoers were stopped and interviewed or searched.
Dozens of tributes to the man were posted on Facebook last night as his friends and family came to grips with the man’s sudden death.
A 20-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were both fighting for their lives after attending the Adelaide event last night.
Victoria Police this morning revealed that drug dogs had led to 70 arrests at the festival, with drugs seized including ecstasy, MDMA, amphetamines, cocaine and cannabis.
Of those held, 56 were issued diversions, six with cautions, two were expected to be charged on
Diversions were given to 56 people, 6 people were issued with cannabis cautions, two were expected to be charged, two others were charged and bailed.
PM’s shock at death
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the man’s death in Adelaide as shocking and tragic.
Mr Turnbull and Justice Minister Michael Keenan spoke about the death as they announced a package of measures to combat the drug ice.
“Someone takes a pill and dies — probably, perhaps — unaware of the risks that they were taking,’’ Mr Turnbull said.
“(This is a) tragic event and all of us here have the same sympathy for the family.”
Mr Keenan said authorities went to enormous effort to try and prevent illicit drugs from being taken into music festivals.
He said the government was not planning to support “pill-testing”, where drug users could use testing kits to check on what was contained inside illicit drugs.
“My heart goes out to the family of that particular individual who obviously have seen the worst possible consequences of the danger of illicit drugs,’’ Mr Keenan said.
“But it’s a reminder to us about how dangerous these substances are. You don’t know what’s in them and if you’re taking them you have no idea what you’re putting in your body and what the consequences can be.’’
South Australian police mirrored the views of Victorian authorities today, saying
despite repeated warnings about risk-taking behaviour a young man had died in “the worst possible outcome”.
“Despite our efforts despite the media messages, the warnings in relation to risk taking behaviour that people engage in — in taking illicit drugs ... we’re still in this tragic situation of a 19-year-old man who is now dead,” Superintendent John De Candia said.
Police would not reveal the number of tablets found on the dead man but confirmed the other overdoses were not from the same tablets that featured a dollar sign on them.
Forensic testing will be done on the pills in question.
Images appeared on social media showing a toilet wash basin filled with condoms used to smuggle drugs into the music festival.
In a statement on their Facebook page, Stereosonic organisers said they were “devastated to hear of another loss to drugs”.
“We are imploring people to see the dangers of the situation, enjoy the day and please be safe,” the statement said
A Geelong woman banned from yesterday’s event after being caught holding pills told the Sunday Herald Sun she had agreed to hold five “upper” pills for her friend, who was a lawyer, and for whom she had offered to be the designated driver.
She said she hid them in a container of mints and a sniffer dog had singled her out at the gate.
Links:
Herald Sun link: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/la...n/news-story/a3c7e47abf6d6c0e6704ccca862960bd
Orange $ sign link on Pillreports: http://www.pillreports.net/index.php?page=display_pill&id=35398
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