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Discussion => Drug safety => Topic started by: jackstraw on February 01, 2012, 04:00 am
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Apparently some bad ecstasy going around some parts of Canada but I don't think that's what killed this kid. 5 people dead since August. This was from the vancouver sun today.
Never heard of PMMA but I'm not a big roller. Be safe my e friends.
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The B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed that a 16-year-old Langley boy who died last month had ecstasy, as well as an over-the-counter antihistamine, in his system.
There was no trace of paramethoxymethamphetamine (PMMA), the adulterant added to ecstasy believed to have killed at least 13 people in B.C. and Alberta recently.
The teen, along with several friends, took the ecstasy on the night of Jan. 14, according to the coroner. Early the next day, the others heard him collapse and called 911.
Paramedics transported the teen to Langley Memorial Hospital; however, he could not be revived.
The pharmaceutical found in his system, diphenhydramine, is commonly marketed under the name Benadryl.
Barbara McLintock, a spokeswoman for the coroners service, said the agency is still quantifying the amount of each drug in the teen’s system.
Until those results are available, “how related [the death] was to the ecstasy, we don’t quite know yet,” she said.
Five British Columbians, ranging in age from 14 to 37, have died from PMMA-tainted ecstasy since August, according to chief coroner Lisa Lapointe.
Eight people in Alberta have also died with the drug in their system since late last year.
PMMA is about five times more toxic than MDMA, or pure ecstasy Because of its slower onset, many users take more pills — and end up with much more significant overdoses, said Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.’s provincial health officer.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Langley+teen+combined+ecstasy+antihistamine+before+died/6081374/story.html#ixzz1l6DDCdyC
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Another easily preventable death if MDMA was legalized and regulated :(
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This is really why I love SR so much, you can be relatively confident that what you are ordering is what the vendor says it is due to the feedback system.
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Another easily preventable death if MDMA was legalized and regulated :(
This ^ :'(
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The recent death of a 23-year-old man in Calgary has been linked to tainted ecstasy, making him the seventh person in the area believed to have been killed by the drug.
Toxicology tests show that the toxic additive PMMA was in Cody Gorlick's system when he was found dead on the SAIT Polytechnic campus earlier this month.
The deadly additive is suspected to be behind six other deaths in the Calgary area.
Police are still investigating the death of a 37-year-old man after an apparent drug overdose in the city's northwest end on Sunday.
Two other people who were with the man at the time were transported to hospital in the serious condition.
Officials are also waiting for the results of toxicology tests conducted on two young women who died after overdosing on drugs in a downtown hotel on Saturday.
Meanwhile, local police are warning young people to stay away from the drug.
Officers say they have received numerous tips about the tainted drug but still don't have enough information to locate a suspect or dealer.
Earlier this month, a Calgary mother urged young people to stay away from ecstasy after a lethal dose of the drug killed her 18-year-old son.
The dose that killed Daniel Dahl is suspected to have been laced with PMMA.
"I can't deny that my son took that drug," Carol Dahl told CTV Calgary.
"But I still can't help but think that we could press more charges and make these dealers and the people held accountable."
Calgary police Sgt. Mike Bossley told The Canadian Press that it would be up to the Crown to lay murder charges if a dealer is connected to the tainted drug.
No arrests have been made in any of the seven cases.
Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20120131/calgary-area-death-tainted-ecstasy-120131/#ixzz1l8g9J5Kg
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The amount of potentially unsafe RC's floating around makes me feel a little uneasy.
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I wonder what the effects of this PMMA poison are...
PMMA warning. Deadly fake E responsible for nine deaths in Calgary, Canada.
Just a warning that news reports have shown that nine people have died in and about Calgary, Canada over the last month because of PMMA laced presses they bought as
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Another easily preventable death if MDMA was legalized and regulated :(
One day. Maybe one day. :( The annoying thing is that most people who're uneducated in the drug field will look at reports like this and assume that it is another reason why MDMA shouldn't be legalized when in fact legalizing MDMA would lead to a happier, better world with so much less drug crime.
Silk Road is just a glimpse into the possibilities and reality of ending prohibition.
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Another easily preventable death if MDMA was legalized and regulated :(
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I've heard of PMMA, and I know it's killed a few people. Makes me nervous about moving to Canada.
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Another easily preventable death if MDMA was legalized and regulated :(
Silk Road is just a glimpse into the possibilities and reality of ending prohibition.
Yeah, totally. To me it feels like a proving ground of full legalization. With lots of great, somewhat safe and non addictive drugs, why would I want to bother with heroin or crystal meth? Having a fully available product range means users can make safer choices, if they so desire. I'm sure there are people who don't mind being addicted to H, as long as they can keep getting it.