Leah Betts: As Bear mentioned, major media story of the early-mid 90s - first really big anti-Ecstasy push that I recall. At the time the claim was that she died "from a single tablet" with the implication being that taking Ecstasy was a complete lottery and anybody doing so could die at any point with no warning. Pictures of her filled with tubes and stuff were all over the place - big billboards and stuff even. When it was discovered that she actually died from following then current government information to the letter (which was, at the time, to drink as much water as possible cos Ecstasy makes you overheat). She basically died from water intoxication - over-diluting essential salts and stuff to the point the body can't function any more. Terrible shame cos it was totally preventable if accurate HR info had been widely available back then.
It's also either twisted or amusing (depending on perspective) that the pills she was reported to have taken (Apples) became the most widely sought-after pills in the country following the reports. I was at college at the time and was at the pub playing pool with me bestest buddy a week or so after the story broke and noticed Dunk (said bestest mate at the time) was unusually happy and dopey and kinda fuzzy round the edges so asked him wha' gwarnin. He got all conspiratorial and giggly and pulled a handful of said Apple pills out his pocket and grinned like a Cheshire cat. HR was actually much better served by supping a cold beer (just the one or two - was only lunchtime) than guzzling vasty quantities of water. An equivalent quantity of water would've been even better obviously... but we had a bit of a think for bottles of Holsten Pils at the time. Served inna glass with ice for reasons I can't quite recall. Laaaaarvely on a hot summer afternoon though
Pee Ess: I do believe that was the very first time I actually saw an ecstasy pill as it happens. Was still a few years before I actually got around to trying the stuff. Was a bit of a late-developer in the ecstasy stuffs for no particular reason other than I was actually kinda nervy about drugs back then. Facinated but nervy.