Cant find the link but this is taken from an old bluelight post about the death.
PARTY DRUG KILLS MUM
By TEGAN SLUGGETT
07 Mar 2006
ONE mistake has cost a loving mother-of-two her life and has left her family devastated.
Mt Barker woman Meeghan Turra, 27, was rushed to hospital at 4am on Sunday after a bad reaction to the illicit drug ecstasy.
Her family has said it was unlike Mrs Turra to take drugs and she had fallen victim to "a shocking and tragic misjudgment".
Mark Turra, Mrs Turra's brother-in-law, said taking ecstasy was "a once-off thing for Meeghan".
"We weren't aware she was going to do it," he said. "It was completely out of character."
Mrs Turra had recently moved into a new house with husband Greg and sons, Noah, 3 1/2, and Harry, six months, and had started a promising career with retail company Ikea.
Yesterday, family members gathered in Mt Barker to help support Greg, Noah, Harry and each other.
Greg Turra told The Advertiser yesterday that his wife had been a wonderful person. "She was a very loving mother . . . and a great wife," he said.
"She was very outgoing, and always putting others before herself.
"She was willing to do anything for anyone, especially her kids and family."
He said Mrs Turra had continued to help people after her death by donating her organs.
He also said she had been striving to do the best she could at her new job at Ikea.
"She was working hard and long hours," he said.
"She was extremely smart and bright.
"She got promoted on her second day on the job."
Mr Turra said it was hard to believe she had gone.
"You go in and out of reality," he said.
"One minute it's surreal, because I'm coming home to the house, and all her clothes are around the house. It hasn't been long enough to realise she's gone.
Mark Turra said the family wanted to remind people of the dangers of taking drugs.
"This could happen to anyone," he said.
"What happened is very unfortunate and very out of character.
"It's a warning to other people."
Royal Adelaide Hospital illicit drug expert Dr David Caldicott said Mrs Turra's death was not associated with a "bad" batch of the drug believed to be in circulation in Adelaide.
"Unfortunately, most drug overdoses are associated with a stock standard batch," he said.
"The problem is you're never going to guarantee how to respond to any given batch of pills. Different people metabolise drugs in different ways."
Drug and Organised Crime Investigation Branch detective Inspector Peter Giles said deaths from the use of illicit drugs were more common than people realised.
"One of the upsetting things from our perspective is to try and educate the public to think twice before taking illegal substances," he said.
He described recreational drug use as a deadly game of "Russian roulette".
From The Advertiser (
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18373123%5E910,00.html)
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