Citizens Commission on Human Rights

Australian National Office

This is not an overdose

By Lorna Knowles and John Stewart, ABC Investigations and Jackie Dent, ABC News, 5 May 2021

 

The night before Isaac Reis died, the 22-year-old knew something wasn’t right.

Isaac was so concerned about all the prescription medication he was taking, he asked to stay at his parent’s house.

The 22-year-old had recently moved out of home, but he phoned his father Paul Reis late that night asking to be picked up.

“When I picked him up, he was slightly sedated. He’d taken his night-time medication,” Mr Reis told the ABC.

 

Read the full article here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-05/isaac-died-taking-prescribed-medications/100043708