4960 x 3721 px | 42 x 31,5 cm | 16,5 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
août 2014
Lieu:
United Kingdom
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Fake Ecstasy pills know as "Blue Ghosts". These tablets contain PMA, a drug with similar effects to MDMA but can kill at much lower doses. The effects of PMA take longer to onset than MDMA so users often re-dose before the initial pill has taken effect. PMA has a far greater effect on the hypothalamus than MDMA causing rapid increases in body temperature (hyperthermia, dehydration) and internal bleeding it is this effect that can prove fatal. Users taking a combination of MDMA and PMA are at particular risk as the 2 drugs work together increasing the negative side effects of each. Tablets from the batch of pills photographed were responsible for 3 members of the public requiring emergency treatment at the V Festival on 15 August 2014. See E67WJ4 for Green Rolex tablets containing PMA that were responsible for 20 fatalities in 2013 and E686FN for Pink Superman tablets connected to a number of serious adverse reactions and fatalities in January 2014
