Title: Police
in 'legal highs' warning after teen dies at RockNess Festival
Subject:
Police and health authorities raise concerns
over designer drug known as 'Benzo Fury'
Date: SUNDAY 10 JUNE 2012
Summary
Police are warning festival goers against taking
so-called “legal highs” after a teenager died and two other people were taken
to hospital at the RockNess Festival in Scotland today. A 19-year-old man
collapsed in the main arena of the festival on Saturday night and died early
this morning at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. A second 19-year-old man and a
20-year-old woman were also taken to the hospital earlier today and are
recovering. Drugs are believed to be involved in all three incidents. Police
and health authorities say they are particularly concerned about a “legal high”
or designer drug known as Benzo Fury.
Opinion
It is horrible that someone died at a festival, it should not have been
possible to have happened and someone must pay for his. The whole idea of a
legal high slightly amuses me since in the Netherlands you are always allowed
to get high when you are above the age of eighteen. But it is really their own
fault for not thinking about the risks that might be involved in taking drugs.
So it is mainly own responsibility. On the other hand however there is no one to
hold partly responsible for this because whenever you sell people something it
is still possible to not have done enough research and it might be dangerous
for anyone to take it. Or as Elvis Costello once brilliantly said: See video next to text.
Yeah, it is bad when people die. It is even worse when people die who do not need to have died. Drugs can be a lot of fun, but you do have to know what kind of reactions you might get out of them. So let this be a lesson for all of us.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt is horrible when people die, and I agree completely with Anouk. They need not have died, had they done research, had someone told them what the risks were, had they listened to warnings. It is good that the police are reminding those on the festival of the dangers of drugs.
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