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Topic started on 17-12-2009 @ 12:22 PM by TSOM87
Anthrax has been found in two heroin users from Glasgow - one of whom has died in hospital.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said the man died in the city's Victoria Infirmary on Wednesday. A woman being treated there has also tested positive.

A second man with "serious soft tissue infections" is being tested at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

Police believe contaminated heroin or a contaminated cutting agent may be responsible for the infections.

Dr Syed Ahmed, consultant in public health medicine, said: "I urge all drug injecting heroin users to be extremely alert and to seek urgent medical advice if they experienced an infection.

"While this section of the community need to be on their guard the risk to the rest of the population - including close family members of the infected cases - is negligible.

"It is extremely rare for anthrax to be spread from person to person and there is no significant risk of airborne transmission from one person to another."

Hoofed animals

The health board said it would investigate cases of drug injecting heroin users who presents with serious soft tissue infections now or during the last four weeks.

Anthrax is an acute bacterial infection most commonly found in hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep and goats.

It normally infects humans when they inhale or ingest anthrax spores, but cannot be passed from person to person.

The last death from anthrax in Scotland was in 2006 when Christopher Norris died after inhaling the spores.

The 50-year-old craftsman, from Stobs, near Hawick, made drums with materials such as untreated animal hides.

Last November, drum-maker Fernando Gomez, who is thought to have inhaled anthrax spores while handling imported animal skins, died in hospital in London.

The 35-year-old Spanish folk musician had been in the intensive care unit for several days.

Five people died and 17 others were ill in a series of anthrax attacks in the US in 2001.

BBC NEWS - Anthrax Found
Anthrax Wiki



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reply posted on 17-12-2009 @ 01:04 PM by foxhoundone
reply to post by Kailassa

Correct Kailassa there's this
THE BIG STAGE, An event that must cost 10s thousands of pounds...

A whole host of free, fun family activities will take place in George Square throughout the festive period. From festive film nights and live music to community theatre and carol singing, there's something for everyone to enjoy......


reply posted on 17-12-2009 @ 01:10 PM by jcrash
www.bbc.co.uk...



It's a mystery that has got British law enforcement officials and others across the planet scratching their heads. Put bluntly, enough heroin to supply the world's demand for years has simply disappeared. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) describes the situation as "a time bomb for public health and global security". [...] For the past three years, production has been running at almost twice the level of global demand.The numbers just don't add up.


The story of the stockpiled surplus heroin (from Oct 2008). Looks like it takes a while to roll out heroin spiked with anthrax.


reply posted on 17-12-2009 @ 01:28 PM by foxhoundone
reply to post by Doc Holiday

Correct DOC, what better way to cause "hate" mongering.
The usual knee jerk reaction will be "they are only junkies they deserve what they get" blah blah blah.
Heroin is not easy to wean off, From what i under stand.


reply posted on 17-12-2009 @ 01:32 PM by Kailassa
Originally posted by foxhoundone
reply to post by Kailassa

Correct Kailassa there's this
THE BIG STAGE, An event that must cost 10s thousands of pounds...

A whole host of free, fun family activities will take place in George Square throughout the festive period. From festive film nights and live music to community theatre and carol singing, there's something for everyone to enjoy......


- Well, nearly everyone.

We had something similar in Melbourne ~20 years back, also before a big-crowd event. No deaths were reported in newspapers, but I was working in drug rehab and there was a sudden rush of frightened street-kids wanting to detox after too many of their friends had suddenly died shooting up. All of a sudden all the heroin in the streets was cut with gelatine.

People in shelters for the homeless started dropping like flies too at the same time from some kind of infection. I suggest keeping your eyes open for signs of that happening in Glasgow too. But quietly. You don't want anthrax in your letterbox.


reply posted on 17-12-2009 @ 01:43 PM by Doc Holiday
reply to post by Kailassa


Not directed at you Kailassa!!!!

Posts like this is what killed my thread...so fast.


reply posted on 17-12-2009 @ 01:57 PM by JJay55
reply to post by TSOM87

This is quite interesting. Normally AQ wouldn't use biologicals because it would keep them from entering heaven. But in the case of lacing heroine that might be an exception. Further, sending the message to the West that the sinful ways of the infidel are against Islam with a warning that they do possess chemical weapons. Two birds in their terms.

Glasgow is also the place where the doctors attempted to drive into an airport terminal... unsuccessfully, which always makes terrorists return to the crime scene to complete a mission.


reply posted on 17-12-2009 @ 02:02 PM by foxhoundone
reply to post by jcrash

Or jcrash, Tie down alot of government agencies with over stretched manpower issues.Thus leaving "a weak link" in Britain's defence line.
Remember this will be driven by politicians, Not the brightest when it comes to practical issues..


reply posted on 17-12-2009 @ 04:12 PM by Stormdancer777
Originally posted by Doc Holiday
reply to post by Kailassa


Not directed at you Kailassa!!!!

Posts like this is what killed my thread...so fast.


there all fixed
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