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NEWS : 17.11.09 - Schoolies urged to say no to drugs by grieving mother

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Schoolies urged to say no to drugs by grieving mother

By Greg Stolz

November 17, 2009 12:00am

THE mother of a Gold Coast teenager who died from an ecstasy overdose has pleaded with youngsters not to experiment with drugs at Schoolies Week.

"Please, just don't do it," Liz Vaina, mother of Blair Elizabeth Vaina, said yesterday.

"I don't want to see it happen again. I don't want any other families to go through what we've been through. Schoolies could easily be another tragedy waiting to happen."

Mrs Vaina made her heartfelt plea as police warned drug sniffer dogs could be unleashed at Schoolies for the first time. They also vowed to use a network of more than 50 surveillance cameras in Surfers Paradise to snare would-be drug dealers.

Mrs Vaina's appeal also came amid reports a new internet-order designer drug craze was sweeping youth culture.

Drug experts are alarmed by the emergence of mystery drug mephedrone – known on the street as MM-Cat, plant food, meow and 4-MMC – and billed as a cross between cocaine and ecstasy.

The so-called "legal" drug can be bought over the internet and there are fears it could appear on the streets of Surfers Paradise during Schoolies.

Mrs Vaina, whose daughter died in August 2007 after taking ecstasy with friends, urged schoolies to ignore peer pressure to experiment with drugs.

"Blair had people pushing her to get high . . . the pressure can be enormous," she said.

"But young people just have to say 'no'. Use your own mind, think, don't listen to others. It's not worth the risk."

Mrs Vaina said she and her son Travis had researched ecstasy in detail since Blair's death and young people needed to know the facts.

She said ecstasy could easily contain "toxic poisons" such as paramethoxamphetamine (PMA) which she believed killed her daughter. It also encouraged users to take more and more by depleting seratonin, the endorphin that helps control moods, increasing the risk of death.

Gold Coast police Superintendent Jim Keogh said there was no evidence of mephedrone on the Gold Coast yet, but a Cairns importer had recently been charged and he conceded there was a risk the drug could find its way to southeast Queensland.

Undercover police will roam Surfers Paradise during Schoolies looking for drug dealers and other troublemakers and Supt Keogh would not rule out bringing in drug sniffer dogs.

He also warned a network of more than 50 surveillance cameras would be trained on potential drug dealers.

"We'll be watching intently for anything that we perceive to be drug dealing," he said. "We will be very vigilant."

Cary Strong, special operations co-ordinator with the Queensland Ambulance Service, said paramedics often had difficulty telling whether schoolies were affected by drugs because they were so drunk.
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http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,26359461-3102,00.html?from=public_rss
 
Why isn't she speaking out against alcohol? Just because HER daughter took pills and died doesn't mean alcohol is safer and there will be more schoolies drinking than taking pills. I do feel bad for these parents who lose their kids to drugs but you would think they would actually take some time to learn about what killed their child not just speak random nonsense about it that nobody listens to and blame their friends for peer pressure.
 
personally the idea of taking drugs in ones teens still baffles me....

be interesting to see what busts occur, etc.
 
"Gold Coast police Superintendent Jim Keogh said there was no evidence of mephedrone on the Gold Coast yet,"


lol police are like 2 years behind the times. C-4 has been on the gold coast for a while now although still quite rare. Pills still have the crown.
 
Stupid fucking news as always. Kids...test your pills. Simple as that.

Blair's death was a total waste. The 'war on drugs' fails another young life. Education and harm minimisation is the key! Wake up!!
 
marley said:
Stupid fucking news as always. Kids...test your pills. Simple as that.

Blair's death was a total waste. The 'war on drugs' fails another young life. Education and harm minimisation is the key! Wake up!!
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EXACTLY. It AMAZES me how many people still take pills without testing them, sometimes not even checking PR!! I know PR can sometimes contain misinformation, but if a bad batch is out, such as the beige mitsubishis from Perth with the PMA, it is great to be able to check and be informed. Almost every time I acquire pills, if I have my phone with me, I'll check PR before the transaction.
 
Because the outdated pill testers that we use are useless against a whole range of crap thats out there now
 
hyroller said:
personally the idea of taking drugs in ones teens still baffles me....
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I'm not sure which teenagers you've been hanging around, but a good 1/3 of my yr 12 class were regular pillheads and more still were massive stoners, not to mention the booze which goes hand in hand with being a teenager in western society
 
just having finished highschool myself. I am not going schoolies (due to a fight with my supposedly best friend), but the way i see it now, im happy im not going coz its just going to be just one massive E, drug and alcohol binge, sure id love to binge on E alcohol and other shit for that period of time, but what for? to prove that im a sick cunt?

Out of all my friends that do gear, i think im the only one who researches on ways to reduce harm. Yeah i love rolling, i look foward to it, but something so good needs to be taken in moderation, just like everything else.

Its lack of proper, factual education why kids these think they can be heroes.
 
Also, this schoolies is going to be far more dangerous with the pills that are around at the moment.
 
kingpin007 said:
THE mother of a Gold Coast teenager who died from an ecstasy overdose has pleaded with youngsters not to experiment with drugs at Schoolies Week.

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She said ecstasy could easily contain "toxic poisons" such as paramethoxamphetamine (PMA) which she believed killed her daughter
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Did she die from PMA or MDMA? I know ecstasy is a broad term but if she died from PMA it should have been mentioned at the start, way to sensationalise 8)

paulii said:
sure id love to binge on E alcohol and other shit for that period of time, but what for? to prove that im a sick cunt?
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Your motives for consuming various substances aren't reflective of why others do it. You just finished school as well don't let your artificial sense of adulthood get in your way of having a good time be it sober or not.
 
Jordan` said:
Your motives for consuming various substances aren't reflective of why others do it. You just finished school as well don't let your artificial sense of adulthood get in your way of having a good time be it sober or not.
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i dont think artificial sense of adulthood is the right term, i am quite mature and i like to be informed and educated on what i do, thats why i am here, hence harm reduction.
 
Yeah we understand that mate but schoolies was great fun, I live here so I was a schoolie many years and its a fantastic set up they have, stages on the beach and stuff. Mind you drugs wern't very common with school leavers other then weed and booze.

Its one of them things youl try and say "im glad I didn't go" but really youl have so much more fun if you do.
 
I think Mum needs some MDMA therapy to help with her grieving %)

Another rubbish article
 
Anti-prohibition campaigning (is that what I should call it?) is something I'm really considering. I can imagine it will be fairly expensive *waits for inheritance*.

Is there really that many groups or significant that make noise in Australia?

I haven't come across anything more than the odd bearucrat who has done his homework or the HR/drug information community.
 
Police bring in drug dogs for schoolies

Nicole Cox, police reporter

November 18, 2009 12:30pm

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POLICE will use sniffer dogs at schoolies celebrations this year for the first time, amid an admission by police of a surge in drug-use by school leavers.

Officers today expressed serious concerns about the use of ecstasy and amphetamines amongst teenagers, as leavers start their annual pilgrimage this weekend.

About 10,000 Year 12 students are expected to head to Rottnest, Dunsborough, Busselton and Mandurah to celebrate their end of schooling.

Regional Commander Fred Gere said police would again focus on festivities on Rottnest Island and Dunsborough, with the force's new passive alert dogs being called in to the operation for the first time.


``Certainly the intelligence that we've received from agencies...show that drug use is on the increase. What we want to provide out there is to try and provide as safe as we can the environment that they are in,'' Cdr Gere said.

``Any illicit drug we are concerned about.

``Clearly these particular illicit drugs are made in backyard laboratories and they are dangerous.

``My concern is that one of these kids can take it and it can be some very devastating effects on not only their lives but also the lives of families.

``There are number of dogs, both the passive dogs as well as the narcotic detection dogs...They will be working together with a number of specialist (police) areas such as the Water Police, our horse section will be down in Dunsborough along with our Traffic Enforcement Group.

``If drugs are detected, then the appropriate action is taken by those officers. It could be a caution, it could be an appearance in court.

``Parents will be contacted, (the leaver) will be served with a move-on notice and the message is quite clear. Your friends will be celebrating leavers down there without you. It's a milestone in these people's lives.''

Cdr Gere declined to say exactly how many officers would work during the leavers period, but said officers had been seconded to the operation.

Among the them, Water Police, the Sex Assault Squad, which will be deployed on Rottnest Island, and the Mounted Squad, which will travel to the South-West.

Cdr Gere said police had a number of contingencies in place but were hopeful of minimal trouble with a dramatic decrease in the number of arrests at Schoolies celebrations in recent years.

Police Commissioner Karl O'Callagahan said: ``The message is go to leavers, have fun but take care.''

Mr O'Callagahan said police would pay particular attention to ``toolies'' who preyed on youngsters.

The official Leavers celebrations start on Tuesday and end on Friday, November 27, but it is expected that many students will make their way to holiday spots this weekend.
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Crankinit said:
I'm not sure which teenagers you've been hanging around, but a good 1/3 of my yr 12 class were regular pillheads and more still were massive stoners, not to mention the booze which goes hand in hand with being a teenager in western society
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well yeah, haven't been a teen for quite some time, and my 16 y/o sis is fairly straight edge. I do hear about what some of the other year 10 kids get up to though, which never does cease to amaze!
 
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