Friday, September 15, 2006

'Cocaine is now the commonest cause of heart failure in young,' warns inquest doctor / Western Mail, 15 Sep 2006

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Robin Turner
"A DOCTOR gave a grim warning to recreational drugs users after the inquest into the death of Kelly Anne Brittain. Ms Brittain, a fit and healthy part-time ski instructor who liked to work hard and play hard, suffered a massive heart attack last July soon after taking cocaine at her home in Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley. Unlike heroin, cocaine is more associated with pop stars and actors than crime and death. But Home Office Pathologist Dr Rick James, who examined her body, said it was a little-known fact that cocaine-induced cardiac arrests were now the commonest cause of heart attacks in young people in the UK."