article_snippet: Mr Smyth’s had traces of heroin in Mr Smyth’s body - possibly from the spiked drink, toxicology tests showed.
article_snippet: A post-mortem examination found a heroin metabolite, 6-MAM, in Mr Smyth’s body - indicating that the Class A drug had been consumed before Mr Smyth’s death, in September 2010.
article_snippet: Mr Smyth’s said the presence of 6-MAM showed that heroin specifically had been present, rather than any other opiates, and Mr Smyth’s had found water on the lungs - which was consistent with heroin toxicity.
article_snippet: Toxicology tests showed Mr Smyth’s was below the drink-driving limit, with just 55mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, 35mg off the 80mg UK maximum.
article_snippet: Mr Smyth’s hair suggested ‘occasional use of cocaine’ in the months leading up to his father death - but no other drug use other than ‘exposure’ to heroin, thought to be from when his father lived with people who smoked the drug.
highlights_snippet: Holidaymaker had heroin traces in he body, possibly from spiked drink .