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NEWS: The Advertiser 30/07/09 'Drug users issue warning' (Bluelight / Pillreports)

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I read this yesterday - I'm not entirely sure if they are referring to Bluelight or Pillreports, since both have discussion about the "blue mercedes" and "blue nike" pills. Those threads were a couple months old I think, so the advertiser is a little late to the party, so to speak, in making this warning widespread.

The Advertiser
Edition 1 - StateTHU 30 JUL 2009, Page 005
Drug users issue warning
By TORY SHEPHERD, HEALTH REPORTER

DRUG users are warning that batches of dangerously adulterated ecstasy pills are being sold in Adelaide.
Online forums have highlighted the dangers of "Blue Mercedes'' and "Blue Nikes'', saying they cause the shakes and extreme nausea.
One poster, "pillmistress'', writes: "I unfortunately took one of these last week . . . and ended up in hospital . . . vomiting, rash, tachycardia, low blood pressure, shaking, inability to pee, unable to see/focus, dizziness.''
Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia pharmacotherapy services director Professor Jason White said sometimes it was difficult to tell whether someone had taken a "dodgy pill'' or had a bad reaction.
He said anyone who became sick after taking pills needed to go to the emergency department immediately.
"It's really unpredictable what's going to happen,'' he said.
"The main problem that arises with ecstasy overdoses is where people wait too long . . . the advice is to go as soon as there seems to be a bad reaction.''
The main ingredient in ecstasy is meant to be MDMA but this can be cut with any number of dangerous chemicals, such as PMA, which is more toxic.
Drug researcher and emergency medicine specialist Dr David Caldicott said it was possible the warnings about the pills were put out by rival drugs dealers trying to corner the market.
Speaking to The Advertiser yesterday, Dr Caldicott also criticised a new drug test available in Australia.
Hairconfirm is a drug-testing kit marketed at parents, who can send in some of their child's hair and find out if they have taken drugs, including cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy.
It costs about $120 and claims to be an accurate and "valuable new tool'' for parents.
"It's not a very good idea . . . That violation of trust can result in far worse outcomes,'' said Dr Caldicott, recommending parents instead have an open discussion with their child.
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I think they were a bit more recent, I remember seeing that post a month or so ago.

Interesting to see a fairly (relatively) no BS article about drugs in the paper. And not just any paper but the Advertiser, which is hardly a bastion of journalistic integrity.
 
drug researcher and emergency medicine specialist dr david caldicott said it was possible the warnings about the pills were put out by rival drugs dealers trying to corner the market.
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lol
 
drug researcher and emergency medicine specialist dr david caldicott said it was possible the warnings about the pills were put out by rival drugs dealers trying to corner the market.


what a dick aye, he is a drug researcher and medicine specialist and he is saying that shit. way to add more shit to the bucket of poor journalism and general drug misconception. there just shit pills made by even shitter people, simple
 
Iv alot of respect for Dr David Caldicott so Il put it down to being possiable
 
DiscoRekkah. said:
drug researcher and emergency medicine specialist dr david caldicott said it was possible the warnings about the pills were put out by rival drugs dealers trying to corner the market.


what a dick aye, he is a drug researcher and medicine specialist and he is saying that shit. way to add more shit to the bucket of poor journalism and general drug misconception. there just shit pills made by even shitter people, simple
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How about that DiscoRekkah bagging out Dr David Caldicott... what a dick aye for not researching on his drug researcher and medicine specialist.

Dr Caldicott is one of the good guys. He talks reality from the point of view of the doctors in casualty, mental health units..hell any area of medicine that deals with the fall out from drug use and he tells the truth. He's a good man and one who's integrity is solid. Many here on bluelight know this to be true.

The reporting of bad pills as he says is always open to abuse. Just as some dealer can always post positive reports on bunk pills someone can always post negative reports about good pills so as to discourage people buying them... what Dr Caldicott is saying is obvious... he isnt saying this is whats happening..he is saying its possible and there is motive for people to do this and he is correct
 
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pinothippy = hit nail on the head

Dr Caldicott is in fact a highly respected member of the Australian HR community and of Bluelight itself. He has done many good things for HR in this country which has no doubt saved numerous lives as a result. He's not going to glamorise drug use, or the drug trade, because he has seen first hand the fallout surrounding the use and abuse of illicit substances.

DiscoRekkah - Just because his comments don't line up with your own beliefs, it's probably best to consider your posts for a little longer in the future. :)
 
Dr Caldicott knows what he's talking about and has consistently spoken the truth about drugs, despite often being taken out of context by the media in order to sensationalise their stories. I agree that it's a weird claim for him to make, but to be honest I'd be inclinde to at least consider what he's saying.
 
It is good to see an article like this, it doesn't have any outright bullshit in it and hopefully a few would be pill users read it and realise they can get information on the internet. I think that even if this article makes one or two people aware of sites like bluelight and pillreports then it has done really well and beats the shit out of the usual "drugs are bad mmmmkay" rubbish.
 
Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia pharmacotherapy services director Professor Jason White said sometimes it was difficult to tell whether someone had taken a "dodgy pill'' or had a bad reaction.
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This is such a pain in the arse for any statistics about ECSTASY as some/most of the bad reactions is due to adultarants... and the media rarely talks about this. Great to see this information put forward in the media. :)
 
Yeah I read this article and thought wow they actually got it kinda right for once. What Dr Caldicot said sounded wrong to me but hes pretty reliable in other senses so Ill just assume he meant it another way or was misquoted.
 
Good to see the journo observing both sides.

Although they were def pip shite, with a CAPITAL P
 
Apparently Pipes AND DXM.


Drone has hit here being sold as MDMA though so I guess that will replace our influx of pipes.
 
I'd prefer mephedrone to pipes, except that people are charging the same price as meth for it, which is beyond absurd given the relative potency/duration.

Just shows how far people will go for a clean high these days.
 
Iconoclast said:
Yeah I read this article and thought wow they actually got it kinda right for once. What Dr Caldicot said sounded wrong to me but hes pretty reliable in other senses so Ill just assume he meant it another way or was misquoted.
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I would also see what Dr Caldicott said in it's entirity, I am pretty sure that he did not just come out and say that. Dr Caldicott is not a man of few words, I am pretty confident that this would have been extracted from a whole paragraph on the matter.

Bloody journos
 
Yeah it's kind of hard ot imagine, demand for pills is so high that whatever you have should sell dependant of what other drug dealers are selling.

I don't doubt that the reverse is true though, dealers/pressers going onto pillreports.com and talking up their pills.
 
some of the dealers reports on PR are piss funny,

"Get them while you can, these are the bomb"

"These are the best pills I have ever had, stock up"
 
Yeah, it's always funny seeing a single 'These are the bomb stock up!' followed by 10 people saying 'shit, don't bother'
 
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