arizona83
Bluelighter
Wondering how many Aus Bluelighters saw the piece that Sunrise on channel 7 had on today about the effects of ectasy??
For those who did not see it the show has brought in a supposed medical know it all to tell concerned parents a little bit of background information about ectasy, what its chemical name is, street value, effects, that sort of thing.
It all sounded pretty credible until this supposed medical genius tells of sending a reporter to go and buy a street pill for laboratory testing. This guy then goes on to say to concerned parents and the uninformed public viewers that they found "Heroin, Cocaine, and an array of other non MDMA substances in the tablet purchased" 8(
I nearly fell of my stool and spilt my cereal all over me laughing. Atleast he could have said they found something in the tablet that was the least bit believable!
He then goes on to tell of the story of fifteen year old Sydney teenager, Anna Woods, who in 1995 died after ingesting an ectasy tablet. He goes on to say that Anna began to overheat and vomit, her friends realising something was wrong took her home to try to look after her. He states that she slips into a coma and dies in hospital some hours later.
Now although the facts stated are true there is an important fact that has obviously been deliberately left out of this story as it directly contradicts what this doctor is trying to preach.
In the case of Anna Woods it was concluded that she died of a cerebral oedema caused by accute water intoxication, in other words she drank far too much water which caused her brain to expand thus leading to her coma and eventual death. This information can be found in the coroners report published in the Erowid MDMA vaults.
I guess what I'm trying to get at is how can the nation as a whole be properly educated in these matters if the proper facts are not fully disclosed. Its obviously a scare tactic designed to make any prospective new ectasy user think twice about what they are taking or what could possibly be the outcome of their decision.
Anyway what is the opinion of all the Aus Bluelighters out there???
For those who did not see it the show has brought in a supposed medical know it all to tell concerned parents a little bit of background information about ectasy, what its chemical name is, street value, effects, that sort of thing.
It all sounded pretty credible until this supposed medical genius tells of sending a reporter to go and buy a street pill for laboratory testing. This guy then goes on to say to concerned parents and the uninformed public viewers that they found "Heroin, Cocaine, and an array of other non MDMA substances in the tablet purchased" 8(
I nearly fell of my stool and spilt my cereal all over me laughing. Atleast he could have said they found something in the tablet that was the least bit believable!
He then goes on to tell of the story of fifteen year old Sydney teenager, Anna Woods, who in 1995 died after ingesting an ectasy tablet. He goes on to say that Anna began to overheat and vomit, her friends realising something was wrong took her home to try to look after her. He states that she slips into a coma and dies in hospital some hours later.
Now although the facts stated are true there is an important fact that has obviously been deliberately left out of this story as it directly contradicts what this doctor is trying to preach.
In the case of Anna Woods it was concluded that she died of a cerebral oedema caused by accute water intoxication, in other words she drank far too much water which caused her brain to expand thus leading to her coma and eventual death. This information can be found in the coroners report published in the Erowid MDMA vaults.
I guess what I'm trying to get at is how can the nation as a whole be properly educated in these matters if the proper facts are not fully disclosed. Its obviously a scare tactic designed to make any prospective new ectasy user think twice about what they are taking or what could possibly be the outcome of their decision.
Anyway what is the opinion of all the Aus Bluelighters out there???
