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Body stuffers
Introduction
Heroin overdose in a number of cases, can occur accidentally in a group of people called as ‘body packers‘ and ‘body stuffers’. Body stuffers usually stuff their rectum or vagina with bags of heroin in an attempt to illegally smuggle them into a country. Since these bags are not specially designed to store drug in the body, there are chances that they might actually rupture leading to accidental poisoning/overdose.[1] [2]
For more information on dealing with an accidental overdose resulting from rupture of these packets, please click here.
Reference
- ↑ Simson, LR. (1976). “Sudden death while attempting to conceal illegal drugs: laryngeal obstruction by a package of heroin”. J Forensic Sci. 21 (2): 378–380. PMID 1262836. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Roberts, JR.; Price, D.; Goldfrank, L.; Hartnett, L. (1986). “The bodystuffer syndrome: a clandestine form of drug overdose”. Am J Emerg Med. 4 (1): 24–7. PMID 3947429. Unknown parameter
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