‘Drug overdose’ pair out of danger

Two mothers who suffered severe drug-induced reactions were last night out of danger and talking with their families.

It was still not clear last night what caused the overdoses after initial results from the Forensic Science Laboratory confirmed the women had smoked cannabis resin and cannabis herb. The tests did not find any contaminants.

Gardaí believe one of the women also sniffed aerosol deodorant and that this, combined with the cannabis, may have triggered respiratory failure.