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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.<ref name="Simson-1976">{{Cite journal | last1 = Simson | first1 = LR. | title = Sudden death while attempting to conceal illegal drugs: laryngeal obstruction by a package of heroin. | journal = J Forensic Sci | volume = 21 | issue = 2 | pages = 378-380 | month = Apr | year = 1976 | doi = | PMID = 1262836 }}</ref> | 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.<ref name="Simson-1976">{{Cite journal | last1 = Simson | first1 = LR. | title = Sudden death while attempting to conceal illegal drugs: laryngeal obstruction by a package of heroin. | journal = J Forensic Sci | volume = 21 | issue = 2 | pages = 378-380 | month = Apr | year = 1976 | doi = | PMID = 1262836 }}</ref> | ||
<ref name="Roberts-1986">{{Cite journal | last1 = Roberts | first1 = JR. | last2 = Price | first2 = D. | last3 = Goldfrank | first3 = L. | last4 = Hartnett | first4 = L. | title = The bodystuffer syndrome: a clandestine form of drug overdose. | journal = Am J Emerg Med | volume = 4 | issue = 1 | pages = 24-7 | month = Jan | year = 1986 | doi = | PMID = 3947429 }}</ref> | <ref name="Roberts-1986">{{Cite journal | last1 = Roberts | first1 = JR. | last2 = Price | first2 = D. | last3 = Goldfrank | first3 = L. | last4 = Hartnett | first4 = L. | title = The bodystuffer syndrome: a clandestine form of drug overdose. | journal = Am J Emerg Med | volume = 4 | issue = 1 | pages = 24-7 | month = Jan | year = 1986 | doi = | PMID = 3947429 }}</ref> | ||
For more information on dealing with an accidental overdose resulting from rupture of these packets, please click [[Opioid overdose|here]]. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Vidit Bhargava, M.B.B.S [2]
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
|month=ignored (help)