A presentation by two of the Balearic islands most senior emergency services and toxicology staff, laid out information regarding the level and type of drug abuse cases being treated on the island.

Jordi Puiguriguer, a toxicologist and Balearic president of the Spanish association of accident and emergency medicine (Semes) was joined by María de los Ángeles Leciñena, head of the Can Misses emergency department and also Pitiuses representative to Semes.

They revealed that more than 60% of those being treated for drug related issues at Can Misses emergency department had tested to show they had taken more than one substance and that Ibiza also has a far higher level of Ketamine usage. Results from Ibiza found 20% of patients to have consumed Ketamine, compared to just 1% in Mallorca.

The most common drug identified was Ecstasy, identified in 90% of the 150 cases analysed. Drug abuse accounts for 3% of all cases dealt with at Ibiza’s Can Misses hospital. Both Puiguriguer and Leciñena stressed that though Ibiza’s drug abuse treatments were different in nature, overall the level of cases is not considerably greater than areas such as Mallorca, Barcelona, Bilbao and Madrid.

Via: theibizan.com