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Updated 10.28pm
THE DRUG RESPONSIBLE for hospitalising six people in Cork earlier this week has been identified.
It was initially reported that a psychoactive designer drug known as 2C-B had been consumed at a house party.
However, a spokesperson for the Department of Health said a” small quantity of substance which is believed to be the original batch and source of the material involved in the specific incidences in Cork” has been seized.
It has been identified as 25I-NBOMe, a derivative of the 2C family of drugs and sometimes referred to as N-BOMe or by its street name N-Bomb.
This is a controlled substance under the Misuse of Drugs Act, and mimics the effects of LSD and methamphetamine.
It also often comes as a tab or blotter, as seen below.
A seizure of N-Bomb made in Chile last year.
The HSE took the step this afternoon of issuing a wider warning, pertaining to the broader family of 2C drugs.
These include, according to a HSE statement this afternoon:
The drugs are also known by their street names:
These drugs can be sold in liquid, powder and tablet form “and are consumed at parties or clubs for their stimulant, mood altering and in some cases, aphrodisiac effect,” according to the HSE.
“However, it is generally reported that these drugs can have serious side effects both from a psychological and physical viewpoint.
“Such side effects include paranoia, hallucinations (both auditory and visual), gastrointestinal effects and kidney problems.
“Young people are advised that there is no quality control on these drugs.
There are problems with purity and contaminants, and there is no way of checking that what is purchased or consumed is the intended substance.
Party pills
Given the serious side-effects experienced by the young people in Cork, the HSE is warning about possible contaminated ‘party pills’ and advising people not to consume any unknown substances they may be offered.
According to this afternoon’s statement:
If you have concerns around drug use please contact the confidential HSE Drugs & Alcohol Helpline at freephone 1800 459 459 or email helpline@hse.ie. Information can also be accessed at www.drugs.ie.
The six young people were hospitalised after a house party in the south of Cork on Monday night and the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Four people have been questioned and released by gardaí in connection with the case.
One person remains in hospital in Cork this afternoon. The other five have been released.
Originally published 3.25pm. Additional reporting by Nicky Ryan
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That’s a shame to hear. I used to love reading Montague’s poetry for the Leaving Cert and sure enough he showed when I needed him on the big day. A dolmen round my childhood. R.I.P.
The light, tarred skin
of the currach rides
and receives the current,
rolls and responds to
the harsh sea swell.
Inside the wooden ribs
a slithering frenzy; a sheen
of black-barred silver-
green and flailing mackerel:
the iridescent hoop
of a gasping sea trout.
As a fish gleams most
fiercely before it dies,
so the scales of the sea-hag
shine with a hectic
putrescent glitter:
luminous, bleached—
white water—
that light in the narrows
before a storm breaks. ………RIP John Montague
Hey diddle diddle The cat did a piddle, All over the kitchen mat, The little dog laughed to see such fun, And piddled all over the cat.
@michael o’brien
“The disappointed cat / Reflected in the glass / Reflects on where it’s at / And that it shall not pass.” I made up that one last week when the cat was trying to get out the kitchen window and I closed it in time. Suppose Poet’s Corner’s safe from us both Michael. RIP Mr Montague filíocht mór. Ar dheish Dé go raibh a anam.
@john o Driscoll,I like your poem John,I always liked poems that rhymed.No harm havin a bit of a sense of humour.
The rhymes the thing for many Michael. And a sense of humour carries us a long way past where we’d otherwise give up always. But beat and rhythm, imagery and sense don’t necessarily need to rhyme though they should always scan imo. Was thinking as I wrote that how the real cat in the kitchen appeared also to be outside on the window ledge at the same time (it being dark outside as in Country dark) as he gazed at his reflection, a photon cat observing a molecular cat or vice Versa.
And thought of calling the insta-ditty “An answer to Schrodinger” but immediately thought it pseud and overly clever-clogs and reading this haven’t changed opinion. That’s why great poets like Montague are great; regardless of rhyme or the absence there of. Their poetry is real, not pretentious or forced. It blows the heart wide open with apols to Mr Heaney.
I always found poetry difficult, until I discovered JOHN Montegue….you Sir, deciphered poetry for me, where others shrouded it in obscure meaning. For that, I THANK YOU. May you Rest In Peace.
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