German Tourist Dies Of Drug Overdose In Phuket

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German dead in Phuket from penis overdose

PHUKET: -- One German tourist is dead and another in hospital following apparent overdoses of the drug methadone – taken by injection into the penis.

Chalong Police said the tourists, a gay couple in their mid-30s, arrived in Phuket on January 26 as part of a group tour and were staying at a five-star hotel in Karon.

One of the pair, admitted to Phuket International Hospital by his partner yesterday, told doctors he had injected the drug into his penis.

The partner, whose name is being withheld pending notification of kin, then left the hospital but failed to answer a telephone call later that day.

He was later found dead in the hotel room the couple had been sharing.

Chalong Police said bloody hypodermic needles found at the scene, injection marks on the penis of the deceased and containers of methadone indicated that the man died of an overdose of the drug.

They collected nine containers of the liquid synthetic opiate in total: seven in the compartment beneath the seat of their rented motorbike and two more in the hotel room safe.

Methadone is generally prescribed to heroin addicts as a way of allowing them to function normally while attempting to break the habit.

The methadone was prescribed to both men by a well-known private hospital and came with the specific instructions that it was to be taken orally twice a day, police said.

The hospitalized tourist was moved to Vachira Phuket Hospital last night.

Police said he remained in a serious condition.

-- Phuket Gazette 2011-02-05

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What part of taken orally did they not understand?

[NoBrainer]

Must have been a dam_n big Penis!!!!!! What happened? Did he choke on it?

[NoBrainer]

I think the Editor having to work overtime on a Saturday may have had something else on their mind while they were writing the story. Or maybe the Phuket Gazette needs a little boost in readership!!!

[NoBrainer]

Actually they got it in the wrong section of the Phuket Gazette.

Shouldn't it be filed under Queer News

http://www.phuketgazette.net/queernews/

Anyway reflecting on the seriousness of the situation, may the deceased Rest in Peace.

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So according to the headline his penis is dead?

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from an overdose.

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The mind boggles. Well, his did.

[Jingthing]

So he was using Methadone as a thrill drug? Is this a trend now? That's a new one to me, but I can't claim to be a scene queen these days.

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German methadone survivor out of Phuket ICU

PHUKET: -- A German man whose male partner died of an apparent methadone overdose by penile injection last week is out of a coma, staff at Vachira Phuket Hospital have confirmed.

The German, in his mid-30s, was transferred to Vachira Phuket Hospital from Bangkok International Hospital last Friday.

“He was released from the ICU [on Tuesday], but is still under close observation by medical staff. He sleeps most of the time. We have already contacted his relatives abroad through the embassy,” a staff member of the hospital’s international department told the Phuket Gazette.

“His internal organs, including his kidneys, are still in a worrying condition,” the officer said.

The officer said she did not believe the surviving patient overdosed through injection, either to the penis or any other part of the body.

“We didn’t find any injection marks anywhere on his body. He might be a drug overdose victim, but if so we are not sure how he administered the drug,” the officer said.

-- Phuket Gazette 2011-02-10