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Wednesday, 16 October 2013

Teenagers with Drugs

Rachel Mackley who was 17 years old died after her third overdose. She had been prescribed two months worth of anti-dressprents. She took ten tablets on the day she got them, 40 three days later and 6 days later took 130. She died of complications in Hutt hospital on the 30 September, which is 7 days after her overdose. Joanne Mackley, Rachel's mother said that after her first overdose, Rachel left the hospital before being accessed and walked to the local mall in her pajamas.  After her second overdose she was seen by two mental health crises assessment team members who thought she was a suicide risk. A councilor was told that Rachel was planing a third overdose so the councilor tried to contact health authorities and her mother. They hid the pills but Rachel found them.

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