Taking cocaine is 'playing Russian roulette', says State pathologist

Taking cocaine is 'playing Russian roulette', says State pathologist

Dr Margot Bolster told the inquest that cocaine is a well-recorded cause of sudden death. File picture: Domnick Walsh

Taking cocaine is “playing Russian roulette” with life as even very small quantities can kill, the assistant State pathologist has said.

Margot Bolster made the warning at the inquest into the death of Lynne Hyde, aged 61, who suddenly collapsed and died in a van at the Lakeview roundabout outside Midleton in Co Cork.

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