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Batch of the drug ice leaves Victorians fighting for life
A batch of the drug ice has left three Victorian men fighting for their lives and another seriously ill in hospitals in Melbourne and country Victoria, police say.
Police confirmed it was a batch of methamphetamine, known as ice, that triggered a severe respiratory reaction that caused four men to be hospitalised. Friends of the men have also suffered similar, but less severe, symptoms.
Clandestine Laboratory Squad investigators were told two men who smoked or ingested the drug went to the Monash Medical Centre on November 19 with respiratory problems.
The men, aged 26 and 24 from Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs, are now in intensive care.
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Two other men, both aged 21, presented at the Bairnsdale Hospital in Gippsland last week. One of these men is in intensive care at The Alfred while the other is in a stable condition at the Sale Hospital.
A spokesman for the family of the 21-year-old, known as Mitch, who is in intensive care in The Alfred told Channel 7 that it was "devastating".
"Mitchell's just a normal 21-year-old. This was a bad choice, there's no second chances with this drug," Neil Dunbar said.
The television station is reporting the drug was mixed with weed killer.
All four men who have been hospitalised know each other and detectives say a number of their associates also experienced similar symptoms such as a cough that lasts for days, shortness of breath, chest pains and fever.
Detectives are asking for these associates and anyone with information to come forward to help uncover links between the cases.
A sample of the batch has been provided anonymously to one of the hospitals and police are testing the substance.
"It is a timely reminder for anyone who believes there is a 'good batch' or 'bad batch' of any drug to think again and remember that you gamble with your life every time you choose to use an illegal substance," a Victoria Police spokeswoman said.
"Sadly this highlights the dangers of illicit substances and the fact that you just don't know what you are putting into your body."
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/b...orians-fighting-for-life-20141201-11xyt9.html
A batch of the drug ice has left three Victorian men fighting for their lives and another seriously ill in hospitals in Melbourne and country Victoria, police say.
Police confirmed it was a batch of methamphetamine, known as ice, that triggered a severe respiratory reaction that caused four men to be hospitalised. Friends of the men have also suffered similar, but less severe, symptoms.
Clandestine Laboratory Squad investigators were told two men who smoked or ingested the drug went to the Monash Medical Centre on November 19 with respiratory problems.
The men, aged 26 and 24 from Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs, are now in intensive care.
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Two other men, both aged 21, presented at the Bairnsdale Hospital in Gippsland last week. One of these men is in intensive care at The Alfred while the other is in a stable condition at the Sale Hospital.
A spokesman for the family of the 21-year-old, known as Mitch, who is in intensive care in The Alfred told Channel 7 that it was "devastating".
"Mitchell's just a normal 21-year-old. This was a bad choice, there's no second chances with this drug," Neil Dunbar said.
The television station is reporting the drug was mixed with weed killer.
All four men who have been hospitalised know each other and detectives say a number of their associates also experienced similar symptoms such as a cough that lasts for days, shortness of breath, chest pains and fever.
Detectives are asking for these associates and anyone with information to come forward to help uncover links between the cases.
A sample of the batch has been provided anonymously to one of the hospitals and police are testing the substance.
"It is a timely reminder for anyone who believes there is a 'good batch' or 'bad batch' of any drug to think again and remember that you gamble with your life every time you choose to use an illegal substance," a Victoria Police spokeswoman said.
"Sadly this highlights the dangers of illicit substances and the fact that you just don't know what you are putting into your body."
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/b...orians-fighting-for-life-20141201-11xyt9.html
