Concern as Ulster drug deaths rise; INQUEST.A HARD drugs epidemic sweeping Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. has seen death rates rise by two thirds in a year, a coroner warned yesterday. Joanne Donnelly highlighted the problem during the inquest of OFFICE, INQUEST OF. An examination into a matter by an officer in virtue of his office. Vide Inquisition. an unemployed roofer who collapsed after overdosing on cocaine. Ryan Clarke, 25, died in his dad's home on Commedagh Drive, West Belfast, in May 2007 after snorting the drug in an upstairs bedroom. Revealing that drugrelated deaths in the region have risen from 29 annually to 48 in just 12 months, Ms Donnelly said: "This inquest serves I hope to highlight the fact one of the health risks of these drugs is death." Ms Donnelly concluded poisoning by cocaine was the cause of death. |
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