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 Ecstasy
overdose claims another life
Funeral
Held for Teen who Died of Ecstasy Overdose
Source: Edmonton Sun
By: Sun Media
May 2, 2009 - Mourners crammed into the
Evergreen funeral home this morning to
remember the short life of Cassie Eyre.
The 14-year-old died last week after taking
several ecstasy pills. Friends and family
remembered the outgoing teen as a confident
music-lover who had many friends.
"She was my hero in a lot of ways," her
older sister Deanna said. "She was confident
and she wasn't afraid of anything."
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Ecstasy
abuse increasing again in many areas
Ecstasy
is Back, but with a Twist
By Sofia Santana
Source:
SunSentinel.com
November 28, 2008 - A popular
drug that once ruled the South Florida rave
and pop dance club scenes is making a
menacing comeback, ending a five-year lull.
Local police say they've come across more
Ecstasy pills on the street lately, and more
often than not they're laced with
methamphetamine.
The added ingredient turns Ecstasy from a
mellow stimulant — and so-called "happy
drug"— to one with the potential to deliver
jolting, heart-racing effects.
"Many people who are taking it aren't aware
the pills are laced with methamphetamine,"
said Fort Lauderdale Is your Fort Lauderdale
restaurant clean? - Click Here. Police Sgt.
Frank Sousa.
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Learn the
effects of ecstasy and how to treat symptoms
Adverse
Effects of Street Drug 'Ecstasy'
By The University of
Arizona College of Pharmacy
Source:
HealthNewsDigest.com
November 14, 2008 -
...According to the U.S. Department of
State, the short-term negative effects of
ecstasy can be nausea, dilated pupils, dry
mouth and throat, and lower jaw tension. Use
of the drug often leads to dramatic
increases in body temperature exceeding 100
degrees Fahrenheit, which in turn can lead
to muscle breakdown and kidney and
cardiovascular system failure. This
hyperthermic response can therefore result
in fatal blood clotting, heart attacks and
strokes.
Scientific studies have found that ecstasy
use also produces long-term damage to the
brain’s ability to release serotonin, which
regulates mood, body temperature and memory.
“Ecstasy may be the only amphetamine-based
drug that attacks the serotonin system,”
says Monks. “There is little doubt that it
has the potential to be toxic to the human
nervous system. The question is how.”
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Abuse of
ecstasy and similar drugs carries major
risks
Using
Ecstasy like 'Russian Roulette"
Source: The
Canberra Times
By: Sarina Talip
October 11, 2008 - There could
be deaths if bogus Ecstasy tablets
circulating in Canberra turn out to be the
illegal designer drug PMA (Synthetic
hallucinogen. Chemically: paramethoxyamphetamine), a leading drug
expert warns.
The warning comes after a 24-year-old man
was admitted to hospital after taking a
potentially lethal drug he believed was
Ecstasy.
He was in a serious condition at Canberra
Hospital yesterday.
Drug and Alcohol Research and Training
Australia director Paul Dillon said because
it was impossible to tell what was in
Ecstasy pills, users ran the risk of taking
the deadly drug PMA instead. ''People don't
actually call [Ecstasy pills], 'Ecstasy' any
more; most users call them 'pills' because
they really don't know what's in them,'' he
said.
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Drug
Rehabilitation needed to Recover from
Ecstasy toll
Can
Taking Ecstasy Once Damage Your Memory
Academics at the University of Hertfordshire
are issuing new warnings about the dangers
of ecstasy and its effects on the brain.
Source: Academics
at the University of Hertfordshire
October 11, 2008 - According to
Professor Laws from the University’s School
of Psychology, taking the drug just once can
damage memory. In a talk entitled "Can
taking ecstasy once damage your memory?", he
will reveal that ecstasy users show
significantly impaired memory when compared
to non-ecstasy users and that the amount of
ecstasy consumed is largely irrelevant.
Indeed, taking the drug even just once may
cause significant short and long-term memory
loss. Professor Laws findings are based on
the largest analysis of memory data derived
from 26 studies of 600 ecstasy users.
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Ecstasy
abuse damages mind and body, requires
treatment
The
Health Effects of Ecstasy
Source: VirtualMedicalCentre.com
September 15, 2008 - The latest
research on the wide-ranging health effects
of taking 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
(MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy, will be
discussed by researchers from across the
globe at Swinburne University this week.
The ‘Psychobiology of MDMA or Ecstasy’
conference has been organised by Professor
Andy Parrott, an international authority on
the human psychobiology of MDMA from Swansea
University in the UK. He is currently a
visiting professor at Swinburne.
Ecstasy is an illegal synthetic drug – a
powerful stimulant with immediate euphoriant
effects. However this euphoria is typically
followed by feelings of tiredness and
depression during the subsequent period of
nervous system recovery.
“When used regularly, ecstasy can lead to a
range of problems, including memory
deficits, impaired sleep, reduced problem
solving ability, and reduced social
intelligence,” Parrott said.
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Increase
in deaths involving ecstasy show need for
rehabs that work
Cocaine
and Ecstasy deaths up 1,200% since records
began in 1993
By:
Charlotte Gill
Source: MailOnline
August 29, 2008 - United
Kingdom — Death from 'middle class' drugs
glamorised by celebrities are at their
highest level since records began,
government figures revealed today.
Party drugs Ecstasy and cocaine now claim
nearly 300 lives a year, an increase of over
1,200 per cent since figures were first
recorded in 1993.
The statistics, released by the Office for
National Statistics, also reveal that far
more men than women are dying from drug
abuse and are taking them later in life,
often into their 40s.
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Judge
gives exceptional sentence in Ecstasy death
By: Rob
Piercy
Source: King5.com
August 25, 2008 - EVERETT, WA — A
Puyallup teen could have spent as little as
30 days in jail for letting a friend die
from an Ecstasy overdose.
Instead, a judge Monday sentenced
18-year-old Dona Huertas to be locked up
until her 21st birthday for the death of
Danielle McCarthy on New Year’s Eve 2006.
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OKC
police worry about ecstacy's spread
Source:
Associated Press
TulsaWorld.com
August 14, 2008 - OKLAHOMA CITY — Use
of the designer drug ecstasy has declined in
recent years, but Oklahoma City police say
they're concerned about its spread from the
suburbs to the inner city.
The illegal drug "X," an amphetamine that
triggers the pleasure chemical serotonin in
the brain, has penetrated into nearly all
neighborhoods, police said.
"Four years ago, I would have said we had a
heck of a problem" with ecstasy, Oklahoma
City police Lt. Tom Terhune said. "It's
still out there and it's still available.
The demand for it is not what it used to
be."
While officers are arresting dealers with
smaller quantities, the dealers are a more
diverse population.
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Youth access
to drugs increases
Teens
can now get marijuana and prescription drugs
more easily than last year. But drug usage
is not up.
By: Uri
Friedman
Christian Science Monitor
August 14, 2008 - Excerpt: For
example, teen Ecstasy use increased
dramatically at the beginning of this decade
because young people viewed the pills as
safe and saw few social consequences to
taking "the hug drug." But news of
Ecstasy-related deaths and a national
campaign, launched in 2001, helped reduce
usage by ratcheting up perception of risk
and social disapproval, says Mr. Pasierb.
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Drug raid reveals big business in ecstasy
Allegedly hawking the so-called love drug
and other narcotics has turned out to be a
bitter pill for one Winnipegger.
By: Chris
Kitching
Sun Media
August 12, 2008 - Excerpt: The
ecstasy powder was stored in a pink plastic
tub with a Bratz sticker on it. Bratz is a
well-known children's doll franchise. Police
would not say if any kids lived in the
house.
Officers also found 237 ecstasy tablets
(estimated value of $3,500), 21 grams of
powder cocaine ($1,700), 9.5 kg of
benzocaine ($24,000) a cutting agent used in
the production of cocaine, six grams of pot
($100), cellphones and an undisclosed amount
of cash.
One of the more unusual items police showed
off yesterday was an empty can of puncture
sealant, which has a false bottom that
unscrews and was used to hide drugs or
money, police said.
In recent months, city police have warned
more ecstasy pills or capsules are turning
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