A 13-year-old girl from Altentreptow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has died after taking an ecstasy pill. A 14-year-old boy with the same blood and urine values is in the intensive care unit in Neubrandenburg. And a 15-year-old also died at Rathenow in Brandenburg. All three must Ecstasy pills called “Blue Punisher” They took.
Ecstasy is a synthetic drug, often in pill form, manufactured in a laboratory without natural raw materials. The appearance of the Blue Punisher pill resembles a diamond with an engraved skull, inspired by the logo of the Marvel character, The Punisher. But they are also available in other colors.
Half a pill can cause an overdose
According to experts, half a pill can lead to an overdose because of its high concentration of active substance (MDMA). German police suspect that an even more violent variant of the already particularly strong “Blue Punisher” is currently in circulation. And also in Austria these drugs are already available.
Check out!
“There has been an increasing number of blue Punisher XTCs in circulation for two years,” warns that Vienna “check it!” drug analysis project. However, one cannot rely on the fact that only the blue pills are dangerous: “The appearance (logo, color, weight) says nothing about the ingredients and their dosages”, says the Viennese Coordination of addictions and drugs on request PULS 24.
Some pills would contain none of the psychoactive MDMA ingredients, but others would contain between 298 or four milligrams. Pills containing 103 milligrams of MDMA were only tested in Vienna in June.
Dosage is key
The concentration, i.e. how much MDMA is in a pill, is very different. The risk of undesirable effects such as nausea, vomiting, muscle tremors, jaw spasms and severe increase in body temperature increases especially with doses greater than 1.5 milligrams per kilogram of body weight in men and greater than 1.3 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. body weight in women.
That equates to more than 90 milligrams for a 60-pound man and about 78 milligrams for a 60-pound woman.is[calledHowevertheeffectisveryindividual[chamadoNoentantooefeitoémuitoindividual
Other dangerous side effects are severe overheating at high doses, as well as tachycardia, increased blood pressure, seizures and anxiety, as well as disorientation. At worst, death – as happened to the two girls in Germany.
“We are not aware of any deaths in Austria caused by a specific type of ecstasy pill”announced the Viennese coordination of vices and drugs.
Drug screening can save lives
Consumers should “absolutely” do this Drug check offer use, they say. The appearance of the pills would say nothing about their contents. “If there is no possibility of drug verification, then a low dosage is the order of the day. We are talking about a maximum of one third of a tablet“. In the same way must always come back consumption breaks – It takes the human brain about four to six weeks to restore normal serotonin levels. Mixed consumption should be “generally avoided”.
In the case of the 13-year-old, an arrest warrant was issued against a 37-year-old on Tuesday. He is said to have given narcotics to minors in two cases. The 13- and 15-year-olds may have met – investigators have a possible connection in mind.