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Ireland: High speed garda pursuit involving man who’d taken ‘magic mushrooms’ and thought his car was an aeroplane

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2 years ago

February 17, 2023

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Mr O’Sullivan outlined how the silver Toyota Corolla being driven by Mr O’Mahony forced a garda, who was driving a private vehicle, to take evasive action. The defendant also undertook and overtook vehicles.

In Buttevant, North Cork a garda raised his hand to stop the Toyota but it continued “at speed”.

When Mr O’Mahony reached Charleville he did not stop after hitting the wing mirror of a car he overtook on the main street.

On the N20 Mr O’Mahony drove on the incorrect side of the road.

Sgt Walsh, who was on mobile patrol on the day, said he activated the blue lights and sirens but that Mr O’Mahony failed to stop.

Limerick Circuit Court heard that the defendant drove through Patrickswell at 100km/h while there were pedestrians on footpaths and other vehicles in the village.

As they headed towards Limerick city, Sgt Walsh said Mr O’Mahony reached speeds of 140km/h and drove on the wrong side of the road which forced 10 cars to come onto the wrong side of the road and into the path of gardai.

Mr O’Mahony drove the wrong way around the Raheen roundabout and went into the industrial estate.

Sgt Walsh said they lost sight of the Toyota in the estate but then heard a crash at the “Regeneron roundabout”.

Mr O’Mahony emerged unscathed and was later arrested.

After the events, he told gardai: “I didn’t want to hurt anybody else. Nothing seemed real. I wanted to leave. I was trying to get away from myself. I hoped the car would turn into a plane.”

Jack Nicholas BL, who represented Mr O’Mahony, said his client took magic mushrooms as he was under the impression it would help with his depression.

“It was an insanely stupid thing to drive. He was going to Shannon Airport. He thought the car would turn into a plane when he hit the roundabout,” said Mr Nicholas.

The barrister asked Sgt Walsh if Mr O’Mahony was a “fundamentally decent person” and the sergeant agreed.

Mr Nicholas said it is a “really unusual case”.

“He suffered with severe depression. He saw his GP and a psychotherapist. It was effectively all encompassing and overwhelming and he made the stupid decision to take magic mushrooms to overcome depression,” said Mr Nicholas, who referenced studies of psilocybin (contained in magic mushrooms) being used for the treatment of depression.

“These are reported in newspapers quite a lot and obviously had an effect on Mr O’Mahony. He is extremely remorseful and could have killed someone. He is honest, intelligent and hard-working. He was not thinking straight – he was in a desperate situation,” said Mr Nicholas.

Judge Tom O’Donnell said it was one of the most appalling cases of endangerment and dangerous driving he had come across.

The judge accepted Mr O’Mahony was a man of good standing but it was “his decision to ingest these items”.

“It is an absolute miracle there were no injuries including to the defendant,” he said. Sentencing was adjourned to enable the judge to read of a number of reports that had been handed in.

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Alert: We are just over a week away from the Natural Medicine Division opening our application process to individuals who are interested in becoming business Owners or Natural Medicine Handlers, and to business applications for Healing Centers, Cultivations, Testing Facilities and Product Manufacturers.

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3 days ago

December 27, 2024

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Dear Interested Parties:

We are just over a week away from the Natural Medicine Division opening our application process to individuals who are interested in becoming business Owners or Natural Medicine Handlers, and to business applications for Healing Centers, Cultivations, Testing Facilities and Product Manufacturers.

This week, we wanted to share some logistical information about the application process.

We encourage you to submit your application online, and there will be instructions on how to submit applications on the Natural Medicine Division website.

However, based on stakeholder feedback, we will be opening up limited appointment slots for in-person assistance at our Lakewood office starting on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. At this time, Fridays will be the only day that we will be offering in-person natural medicine licensing application assistance. We will be open from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for in-person Friday appointments.

We are finalizing the applications and will be sharing those prior to our application process coming online. You can always check out our Public Resources folder to find information and compliance tools.

As always, please reach out to us at [email protected].us if you have any questions.

Stay tuned!

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Mexican “Shamen” on The Run After Actress Dies In Frog Ceremony

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3 weeks ago

December 9, 2024

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An actress in Mexico tragically lost her life after she ingested Amazonian frog venom as a part of a cleansing ritual while at a spiritual retreat. She experienced severe diarrhoea after taking part in the ceremony and was rushed to a hospital, but the doctors failed to save her life.

A shaman at the spiritual retreat where the actress took the Amazonian frog venom that caused her death has fled.

The 33-year-old actress Marcela Alcázar Rodríguez took part in the traditional South American Kambo ritual, which involves drinking water, getting burns on the body, and ingesting frog venom to cleanse the body of toxins, reported the Mirror. However, this ritual is known to have deadly consequences.

How is the Kambo ritual performed?

The participants in the ritual are made to drink more than a litre of water. Small burns are then created on their skin, following which frog mucus is applied on the wounds.

The mucus, which contains venom, increases blood pressure and induces vomiting, reported the outlet. It also causes diarrhoea in some cases. Other symptoms involve fainting, dizziness, swollen lips and face. Usually, the symptoms last for nearly half an hour. However, extended exposure of the venom to the blood stream can cause seizures and also death.

What happened to Marcela Alcázar Rodríguez?

Soon after beginning the ritual, Rodríguez reportedly started throwing up and eventually suffered from severe diarrhoea – these symptoms are often considered the body’s “healing” reactions during the cleansing process. Initially, she refused help but gave in when her friend visited her.

According to the Metro, a shaman at the retreat in Mayocoyani, Durango, told her she couldn’t leave. However, after her condition worsened, the person fled. Reportedly, police are now searching for the shaman.

Tribute to the actress

In a social media post, Durango Film Guild paid tribute to the actress after her untimely demise. They remembered her as “a young woman who worked in various short films, series and movies filmed in Durango.”

The guild added, “She leaves a void in the hearts of the people who knew her working in what she loved: cinema.”

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Dutch police find gnome made of MDMA during drug bust

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1 month ago

November 23, 2024

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Officers in the southern Netherlands have found a garden gnome weighing nearly 2kg (4lb) and made of the drug MDMA.

“Drugs appear in many shapes and sizes, but every now and then we come across special things,” Dongemond Police said in a translated social media post.

The gnome was found among suspected narcotics during a large drug search.

“In itself a strange place to keep your garden gnome,” the force said. “That’s why we decided to test [it] for narcotics”.

“The gnome himself was visibly startled,” police said, referring to the gnome having its hands covering its mouth.

It is not known which area the gnome was recovered in, but the Dongemond Police covers the municipalities of Oosterhout, Geertruidenberg, Drimmelen and Altena.

MDMA – which is an illegal substance in the Netherlands – is a synthetic party drug also known as ecstasy.

As of 2019, the Netherlands was among the world’s leading producers of MDMA.

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