15- year old girl dies on fake Ecstasy

While we have grown from swingers and hippies peddling in the 60’s drug era, it seems that we have entered a new era of prescription drugs. On Friday, November 2^nd 15 year old Stephanie Arias purchased what she thought was ecstasy pills from a U-Gas station in Hialeah. According to friends that were with her, Arias popped the pill with orange juice and within minutes began to show evidence that something was wrong. Within fifteen minutes Arias was complaining that she did not feel well and stated “Oh, my God, I feel sick, I want to kill this roll” Police have revealed that Arias and two friends purchased the fake ecstasy for $14 each from 22-year old Christopher Rodriguez.  According to witnesses the victim began scratching herself repetitively and expressing irrational behavior. Her friends decided to take her to a nearby Walgreens and began to pour Strawberry milk down her throat in an effort to get her to throw up.  Without success, the friends then drove Arias to Mount Sinai Medical Center on 41^st street claiming to have found the stranger at the beach, and later left her there. While she was revived and attached to life support, it soon revealed that she was brain-dead and five days later her parents agreed to pull the plug. Based on urine and blood tests, traces of ecstasy and cyanide; commonly known as rat poison were found in Arias.  Later that day, one of the friends returned to the hospital coming clean with what had really happened and cooperated with police giving detectives Rodriguez’s phone number. The man was later caught and booked into Miami-Dade County Jail on Sunday, charged with first degree murder. Rodriguez was denied bail Monday afternoon and is awaiting sentencing.

FACTS ABOUT ECSTASY

*Ecstasy is a party drug.

*It is generaly characterized by being round with little symbols on them like happy faces or peace signs to help teens feel more comfortable using them.

*It is known as a “psychedelic amphetamine”

*.It has an ability to produce strong feelings of comfort, empathy, and connection to others.

*It is found in tablet form, but sometimes it comes in powder form.

*It is ingested.

*Some common names are: “MDMA”, “Ecstasy”, “Adam”, “XTC” and “E”.

*The prices range from: $10-25 depending on the roll.

* Ecstasy is illegal in all countries around the world.

* MDMA can can be traced to have come from essential oils in the sassafras tree.

*Rolling balls or Rolling face is estasy drug slang

*Techno music and raving comes with esctasy to further “blow up” the roll

*All rolls are lined with other drugs such as cocaine herione and crack. So you truly never know what you are taking.