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Michael’s* Story
Michael started out using with his mates on the weekend for fun. They would always do a bit at home before they went out.
One weekend he had been out on Friday night and stayed over at their friend’s house the next day. They decided to go out again that night and needed a bit of a pick-me-up, so they did a few lines before going out.
He went out to the car to get a change of clothes, he always had some extra clothes in case it turned into a big weekend, and after he hadn’t come back inside for a while his mate went out to see what he was doing.
He was passed out in his garden and didn’t seem to be breathing. His mate yelled and screamed frantically at him. He yelled for the others to come and help him, but the music inside was really loud.
His mate tried to see if he could feel a pulse but couldn’t really tell, he was really scared and wasn’t thinking straight. Eventually he came to, but both of them were really shaken up about the experience, it could have easily gone the other way.
There are on average three stimulant-related presentations to the Royal Perth Emergency Department every day, you can very easily lose control of your life on amphetamines. There are others where the injury being treated is a direct result of their amphetamine-affected behaviour.
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* Note: These stories are an accurate depiction of events that have occurred. However, for the confidentiality and privacy of the involved persons all names and corresponding details have been altered.