Pubdate: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Copyright: 2004 San Jose Mercury News Contact: http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/390 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mdma.htm (Ecstasy) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/irma+perez TEEN GETS SIX MONTHS IN DRUG DEATH A 14-year-old Redwood City girl has been ordered to serve six months in a juvenile hall therapeutic detention program for supplying the drug ``ecstasy'' to a friend who later died of an apparent overdose. San Mateo County Juvenile Court Judge Marta Diaz also ordered the teenager at a Wednesday hearing to write a detailed biography of her dead friend, Irma Perez, and interview the girl's family. The judge strongly admonished the girl for not understanding the pain she had caused the family of Perez, an eighth-grader at Belmont's Ralston Middle School who died April 28, five days after taking the drug at a sleepover. Prosecutors say Irma would have lived had the other teens called 911 sooner. The sentence was part of a plea agreement that shields the teenager from serving a maximum sentence of seven years in the California Youth Authority. Three other people also have been charged in Irma's death. A 14-year-old Belmont girl received a similar sentence last month. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin