The Roscommon coroner is warning young people about the danger of cocaine after it was linked to yet another death.
Brian O’Connor was speaking at the inquest of an 18-year-old man who died by suicide behind a nightclub in Ballaghaderreen.
Roscommon Coroner’s Court heard how cocaine intoxication was a contributory factor in his death.
Coroner O’Connor said this is unfortunately another inquest which has come before him in the past month, in which a young man has taken cocaine and alcohol.
He said it’s a well-established medical fact that a combination of alcohol with cocaine will impair a person’s judgement.
He said let this be another warning to others, particularly to young people, of the consequences of abusing drugs and alcohol.
Ballaghaderreen councillor Micheál Frain also says they’re very dangerous substances:
