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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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These people are known to authorities yet they still roam free? Should all known potential terrorists and their families and friends just be rounded up and deported? It would free up plenty of social housing and save tax payers money.
Deported where? He was British.
@Ted Logan: he wasn’t British
@KingBen: are you aware of what it costs the taxpayer to monitor even one person? It’s completely unfeasible for them to keep all potential terrorists under surveillance.
@KingBen: A person born Adrian Elms (or Russell or some variation thereon) born in the County of Kent in England. To where are you proposing to deport “these people”? I don’t think the Australians are still accepting convict ships. Have you a proposal to make or is that just ignorant and uninformed prejudice?
@Ted Logan: Germany are about to deport two German born men to their parents place of birth, Algeria and Nigeria!
@Ted Logan:.. if these people are extreme threat to ireland or any other country in Europe i don’t care where they send too or what happens to them their. all i care about is the safety of my family and friends and ireland and Europe which is paramount ..
@Terry McClatchey: deport him to whichever country to which he identifies himself with, maybe Morocco for example? I don’t care really but one thing is for sure he didn’t add any value to the lives of British people so why keep his like there? That OK with you and your lefty liberal feminist views?
@Ted Logan: His nationality is British according to reports but you have to love a country, respect it’s heritage and customs and most importantly you have no need to kill your fellow country men before you can claim the right to quote your nationality. Until you have looked into the eyes of a lone wolf, you will not see hatred based on twisted hatred. A lone wolf has no religious believes not alone on a bizarre ancient and dangerous cult.
@Ted Logan: of dual nationality Germany are sending back two German born citizens to Algeria where their parents come from . This is the measures that is forced on us by these terrorists
I’ll never understand how some people bite the hand that feeds them. Reminds me of the frog and the scorpion….. It’s in their nature.
@Alan Kennedy: Or maybe he is being told that everyone around him is a bigot and racist by people looking to influence individuals such as this terrorist into action.
@James Guinan: I always had a sense of right and wrong.Are you making excuses for this man full of evil and hatred?
@James Guinan: If the think as you suggest there are perfect alternatives to migrate to such awful countries, find one that shares your twisted religious beliefs if you will let you in. Not trusting a religion who hates you because you don’t share their view is NOT racist, it is an understanding what Sharia law wants to do with unbelievers when the time (and the population) is in your favour. If you have children have a good look at sharia and an examine of The Q book and learn what your bleeding heart is trying to achieve. If I don’t want child brides (low as 8), if I cannot stand the idea of girls being have their genitals multilayer or when they grow up to be beaten if they disobey their husbands then that sees me as a bigot in your mind but that won’t allow me to give an inch to sharia.
@Alan Kennedy: How is suggesting that individuals might be giving him a reason to kill others justifying his action? What a stupid assertion.
@Jho Harris: What are you on about with migration? I am refering to our medias in the west constantly on about how awful the west is and all the islamaphobia they claim we constantly produce. On top of islamist preachers advocating for action in name of their horrible religion. How can you not understand such a simple comment?
@James Guinan: Badly worded original comment James.
@Alan Kennedy: How so? On review of it, it says exactly what I intended to say as concisely as possible. Maybe don’t assume everyone is an Islamist apologising progressive.
@James Guinan: there can be little doubt that the flames of anger are stoked by others, possibly those that converted him.
@Dave O Keeffe: I agree and I would speculate that it is not merely just stoking of those who converted him, but also an environment which lead him to be converted, in regards to the main stream media perpetuating false notions of rampant hatred, racism and various phobias. Not to mention how evil we are and complicite in the actions of the military and political figure ideolouges.
@James Guinan: the flames are also stoked by those that actually do wonder about their daily lives threatening anyone that looks foreign. Remember the post Brexit postcards that people got in their letterboxes?
Another unstable person has been manipulated by the isis internet cult and has committed multiple murders using mundanely legal weapons. The usual purpose of these type of attacks is to scare the general population into hating a minority and thereby force vulnerable members of that minority already on the fringes of society into the recruitment of the terrorists. London will keep a stiff upper lip, ignore the minuscule minority of terrorists and get on with things, and so should the rest of us.
Wishy washy words
@George Roche:
Great insight there george, thanks for adding to the debate
We should be reading about the victims not inadvertently glorifying this fcuk wit!
Looks like the Californian three strikes and you’re out has unforseen benefits.
At least one of them in Ireland is being deported
@lez ferguson: the man’s British. There’s nowhere to deport him to.
@lez ferguson: I’ll believe it when it happens.
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