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A 25 year old Scottish man collapsed and died in his Ibiza hotel room last weekend after over-dosing on alcohol and drugs, the Glasgow Herald reported. The Herald said Paul Burns was the ninth holidaymaker to die in San Antonio this season, and the third fatality in a week, prompting a despairing response from local tourism chief Jose Ramon Serra. “This man died from a respiratory deficiency supposedly after consuming drugs and alcohol,” he told reporters. “Drugs are a cancer in society. We regret this death and only hope that we do not have any more of this type.”
23 year old Brit Michael Robertson died in the budget resort two weeks previously after also overdosing on ecstasy, alcohol and cocaine, two months after a 19 year old Brit died in July having taken 7 ecstasy pills and cocaine (according to the Daily Mail). 22 year old South Shields nurse Carla Newman also died tragically in Ibiza last week, after reportedly falling to her death while climbing between two second floor hotel balconies.
British youth’s tabloid image as beer monster hooligans was tarnished, however, by respected publication the Economist who reported that Brits are ranked 13th in terms of how many fights they have. Analysing official government statistics worldwide, the business magazine said Malta is the ‘teenage punch-up capital of the world’, noting that alcohol consumption is correspondingly the highest in the Mediterranean island.
Another study analysing fighting in Ibiza and Mallorca claimed a strong correlation between drug taking and violence though also discovered that ecstasy ‘curiously’ had no link with fights at all. “Cocaine users were almost three times more likely to become involved in a fight than people who did not take it,” study author Amador Calafat told Science Daily. “Tourists who got drunk five or more days per week were 2.5 times more likely to get into a fight than those who didn’t drink during their holidays,” he added.
dleklas says...
7 Pills and cocaine killed a 19yr old? Eeeeek. Scary.
khaiyin says...
"ecstasy ‘curiously’ had no link with fights at all" is it really that 'curious'?
stu_jacks88 says...
its not curious at all. its the 'love drug' after all.
Weqster says...
These people died because there bodys couldnt support there lifestyle. The drugs has just as much to do with their deaths as the music they danced (all night) to, people they had sex with, the breakfast they ate. Ie NOTHING. Drugs emphasise deficencys in people. Whether it be mind, body, or soul.
keirdoubas says...
There are worse places to die :) Seriously though Ibiza is a beautiful, safe amazing place - It's purely up to the individual what they consume and how much of it, there will always be individuals who take things too far. No suprise that ecstacy had no links with fights :)
funkichiken says...
i just love to see people on ecstacy try and fight...
dazza_b says...
"oh man that guy is fucked im gonna smash him...*pop*.....oh i love you....omfg adagio for strings!!!! PLUR!!! etc etc" hardly curious unless you are completly oblivious
khaiyin says...
"i just love to see people on ecstacy try and fight... " maybe if they knew capoeira lol
GroovyGeo says...
I say give everyone 2 free pills at the door included in the entry cost!! Then there will be less fighting and more hugging!! WHAT A GENUS IDEA!!
docjnr says...
i was in mallorca in july, and i saw first hand what SOME brits were like when they were drunk - VERY VIOLENT and aggressive, alot worse than what ive seen in melbourne (never towards me though - i made friends and company with heaps who were top guys/gals)