Pubdate: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 Source: Daily Herald-Tribune, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2003 The Daily Herald-Tribune Contact: http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/804 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mdma.htm (Ecstasy) WOMAN'S DEATH LINKED TO ECSTASY RED DEER (CP) - RCMP are probing the death of an 18-year-old woman after she took two ecstasy pills Saturday night. The woman and three friends took the popular party drug at the Euphoria dance club Saturday night, police said Tuesday. The woman, whose name has not been released, became ill. "She wasn't doing well with it. They said she seemed to be having a bad trip," said Cpl. Bucky Buchanan. The woman went home at about 6 a.m. and fell asleep. Her boyfriend and another friend said they checked on her every half hour. "The third or fourth time they went to check, she wasn't breathing. They called paramedics at 10:15 a.m.," said Buchanan. The woman was a known drug user who had previously suffered stomach problems from taking ecstasy, said Buchanan. An autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death. Ecstasy has often been found to contain potentially lethal cocktails of other drugs. The pills are commonly laced with other drugs such as LSD and even strychnine or rat poison. As of September 2002, 22 people had died in Canada as a result of taking ecstasy. The pills taken by the woman were purchased at the club, according to her friends, RCMP said. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake