Death proves Opal not safe to sniff
Natasha Robinson; 13/5/08
Opal fuel should no longer be advertised as non-sniffable, the Northern Territory Coroner warned yesterday, after finding a boy died after sniffing the supposedly safe petrol at a remote central Australian community. Kenny Burns, 12, suffocated after sniffing Opal fuel for about 10 minutes after a disco at Hermannsburg, Coroner Greg Cavanagh said in his report, delivered yesterday. The boy, a regular petrol sniffer who had been responding well to social workers’ attempts to steer him away from the habit, had been sniffing Opal with his 15-year-old cousin, who watched him fall backwards and begin to suffocate after inhaling the volatile fumes.
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Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Drugs