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Drug addiction - Death by Ecstasy
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Scientists
have identified a key protein involved in one of the most
lethal side effects of the popular but illegal drug ecstasy.
Most ecstasy-related deaths are caused by an increase in body
temperature, or hyperthermia, which leads to organ failure.
Coroners report: 18-year-old female who attended a RAVE PARTY
between the hours of 2230 and 0230 hours at a vacant lot.
Mother of decedent picked her up at which time the decedent
appeared to be under the influence. Mother drove straight
to Good Samaritan Hospital where decedent told staff that
she had taken 3 Ecstasy pills at the party.
Decedent
kept in ER and monitored until about 0800 when she was released
with doctor telling the mother that she would probably sleep
for 18 hours and wake up with a headache. Decedent unable
to get to car on her own and seemed to sleep the entire trip
home to Sylmar. Decedent put to bed and checked on every 30
minutes or so by family. When checked on at about 1600 hours
she was found not breathing so family called 911. Decedent
taken to Olive View Hospital where she was declared dead in
the ER at 1701 hours.
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In this story
the young girl died after being sent home from the hospital. The
doctors failed to realize the actual lasting effects of ecstasy
and thus were unable to help this girl. If our own doctors don't
even know how to handle a drug like ecstasy, just imagine the state
of affairs our youth are in. They need the correct knowledge in
order to make the right decisions. As if the drug ecstasy wasn't
bad enough, a lot of times the drug has other things added into
it. Things like rat poison, sedatives and other chemical combinations.
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it is the drug ecstasy itself that does the most damage, nowadays
kids don't know what they are taking. They need all the facts
and complete understanding about drugs themselves in order to
keep from using them. About 8% of high school seniors surveyed
had tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives. About 5.5% of
19-22 year-olds surveyed had used Ecstasy in the previous year.
Ecstasy-related emergency room incidents increased nationwide
from 250 in 1994, to 637 in 1997, to 1,142 in 1998, to 2,850
in 1999. Some of you may be wishing you'd had this type of information
when you were growing up doing drugs. |
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You know this
would have made a big difference. Why? Because you were lied to
by friends, who were drug users, and by the drug dealers. This situation
is still happening today. What makes things even more horrifying
today is that drugs are much more powerful then they were 30 years
ago. Combine this with a pure lack of knowledge on the subject of
drugs and you can begin to see the uphill battle our youth have
in today's world. "We have an opportunity to reach kids about this
drug before they go down the dark side of using Ecstasy. I hope
the above story illustrates the importance of this for all of you,"
said Young.
For help with
overcoming drug and alcohol addiction or to request drug education
personnel to your school or group, go to http://www.DrugAddictionHelpLine.com.
What is Ecstacy?
MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known today
by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine
family whose primary effect is to stimulate the secretion of large
amounts of serotonin as well as dopamine and noradrenaline in the
brain, causing a general sense of openness, empathy, energy, euphoria,
and well-being. Tactile sensations are enhanced for some users,
making general physical contact with others more pleasurable, but
contrary to popular mythology, it generally does not have aphrodisiac
effects. Its ability to facilitate self-examination with reduced
fear has proven useful in some therapeutic settings, leading to
its 2001 approval by the United States FDA for testing in patients
with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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