Record number of synthetic chemicals detected

Two young mothers in Co Louth were out of danger last night after consuming cannabis, initially thought to have been contaminated.

But results of tests on the drugs which the women consumed showed they contained cannabis resin and cannabis herb, with no traces of contaminants.

One of the women had traces of benzodiazepines (tranquillisers), but, more significantly, friends told gardaí she had also sniffed aerosol deodorant.