Stuff co.nz 13 June 2021
Family First Comment: “anything over 1mg could potentially be fatal, but 2mg/l fell “within the range associated with both recreational use and overdose fatalities”.”
Politicians should stop playing Russian Roulette with drugs. 
‘Drug testing’ gives false confidence and underlying approval.
The death of a woman at a rave at Auckland’s Bastion Point was due to MDMA, a coroner has ruled.
Karen Ellett, 43, died on April 15, 2018, at a party in the gun emplacement bunkers at Bastion Point.
Before her death, Ellett had performed in a Pop-Up Globe production having recently graduated from an acting course.
Her father Graham Ellett said it was a “disaster” she died “when she had so much potential”.
“She had everything going for her, and it was such a pity that her life was lost in this way,” he said.
His daughter’s death was unexpected and a complete shock, he said.
When she died, she had MDMA in her blood at a level of 2 milligrams per litre.
According to the toxicology report provided to the coroner, anything over 1mg could potentially be fatal, but 2mg/l fell “within the range associated with both recreational use and overdose fatalities”.
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