Pubdate: Tue, 28 Feb 2012
Source: Merritt Herald (CN BC)
Copyright: 2012 Merritt Herald
Contact:  http://www.merrittherald.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1446

NAUSEA, ANXIETY? NO ECSTASY AT ALL

Muscle tension, nausea, and blurred vision. Forceful clenching of
teeth and bulging eyes.

Welcome to the drug ecstasy.

Feelings of sadness, anxiety, depression, and memory difficulties
after the high.

Doesn't sound very euphoric, does it?

Increased heart rate and blood pressure.

Hardly fun...

Interference with the body's ability to regulate its temperature,
leading to hyperthermia.

This is getting serious.

Brain and organ damage - or death - in 75 per cent of serious
overheating cases.

That's the supposedly "safe" street drug known as ecstasy, or
MDMA.

Once in the domain of raves, or large dance parties, this synthetic
drug has made its way into the high school demographic.

In about the past year, it has been the cause of 18 deaths in B.C. -
including two Abbotsford teens, and one in Langley.

Ecstasy doesn't require prolonged use to be potentially fatal. Because
of the wide range of toxic chemical concoctions developed in home
labs, disaster can result from a single dose.

Ecstasy is cheap, it's easy to get, and it's increasingly
popular.

Police, medical and education officials are undertaking new
initiatives to get the message out: Ecstasy can be a killer.

Parents, you must become informed. You need to have conversations with
the young people in your care. Don't assume your kids simply wouldn't
touch ecstasy.

You may be tragically wrong.

And to the youth in this community: Please, listen. Think.

Say no.
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MAP posted-by: Matt