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Health Canada - 1996 Warning
- New, Highly Dangerous Form of Ecstasy Being Sold in Canada.
OTTAWA - The Health Protection Branch of Health Canada has issued a warning that a new, potentially fatal,
form of Ecstasy may be being sold across Canada. The warning follows a seizure by the RCMP in Ottawa.
The RCMP indicate this drug could be available at "rave" parties in other cities.
Several forms of Ecstasy have been seen before but this version combines MDMA (known on the street
as Adam) and a closely related drug MDEA (known on the street as Eve). This combination plus the
high potency of the drug, which is two to three times higher than other versions of Ecstasy, could
prove lethal.
In England, there have been several fatal incidents associated with Ecstacy use at "rave" parties.
It is believed the drug found in Ottawa originated in Amsterdam.
This round pill which was being sold for $25 can be identified by a bird on one side and a slash
on the other. The identity of the drug was established by the Ottawa Drug Analysis Laboratory
in the Drugs Directorate of Health Canada.
"Ecstasy" Damages the Brain and Impairs Memory in Humans
A NIDA-supported study has provided the first direct evidence that chronic use of MDMA, popularly
known as "ecstasy," causes brain damage in people. Using advanced brain imaging techniques, the study
found that MDMA harms neurons that release serotonin, a brain chemical thought
to play an important role in regulating memory and other functions. In a related study, researchers
found that heavy MDMA users have memory problems that persist for at least 2 weeks after they have
stopped using the drug. Both studies suggest that the extent of damage is directly correlated with
the amount of MDMA use.
ARF tape on Ecstasy
Ecstasy is a stimulant drug that also has some hallucinogenic properties. Its chemical name is MDMA.
On the street, it's known as "E," XTC, Adam, Euphoria, X, MDM or Love Doves. Ecstasy can produce
feelings of pleasure and euphoria. However, it can also have negative and disturbing effects.
Man may be charged in woman's drug death
- Uxbridge, Massachusetts by David Weber - Boston Herald
Monday, February 21, 2000
Cape Cod prosecutors are still mulling whether to lodge additional charges against the boyfriend of
an Uxbridge teenager who died after ingesting a mixture of drugs during what was planned as a
romantic getaway weekend. Kelly Ann Sullivan, 18, died Friday in Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.
Investigators were waiting for autopsy results to determine whether Sullivan died of using controversial
drugs known as GHB or GBL.
Phoenix Sun forward collapses after taking supplement
On the night he suffered a seizure that caused him to stop breathing,
Phoenix Suns forward Tom Gugliotta ingested a supplement
that has been tied to the collapse of a 16-year-old Peoria boy and at least one
death.
FDA Links BD to 3 Deaths to Dietary Supplement
The Food and Drug Administration warned yesterday that at least three people have died
and more than 100 have become ill after taking unregulated new products marketed as health supplements
promoting such results as bigger muscles, sounder sleep and better sex. In 1998, authorities arrested
and imprisoned a California chiropractor for distributing BD at a New Year's Eve party where more than
100 guests became ill.
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