'Natural ecstasy' linked to man's death at club (The Guvernment)

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Posted by dEsidEL on Jul-02-2008 16:38:

'Natural ecstasy' linked to man's death at club (The Guvernment)

another club related death this past weekend..

quote:

'Natural ecstasy' linked to man's death at club

July 02, 2008
Jackson Hayes
Staff Reporter

A natural product widely sold as a safe and legal form of the street drug ecstasy is being linked by Toronto police to overdoses which killed a man and left a young woman in critical condition.

Both overdoses occurred downtown at The Guvernment club and involved a product called Pure Rush, police said.

The product is available on the Internet and reportedly can also be bought over the counter in local drug paraphernalia shops.

The male victim, 55, collapsed early Monday shortly after ingesting the product at the Queens Quay E. club, police said. Emergency crews took him to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Roughly 24 hours later, police said, a young woman took a similar product at the club and also collapsed.

She remains in hospital in critical condition.

Identities of both were withheld pending notification of family.

Toronto police Det. Dave Alexander said the man suffered from high blood pressure and it is unclear if that was a factor in his death.

Police issued a public safety warning yesterday describing the overdoses and citing Pure Rush as a stimulant that can be bought in drug culture shops, and "is believed to create the same effect" as ecstasy.

Police believe the victims took the "natural ecstasy" in pill form.

One website promotes another such product, XTZ, as a "party pill" and six-hour "energy booster," charging $24.21 (U.S.) for 25 pills. The site listed XTZ natural ingredients as caffeine, free-form amino acids, antioxidants, vitamins B6 and B2, and black pepper extract.

Police said there was no evidence to suggest the two Guvernment cases were connected. Alexander said he believes the victims did not purchase the pills at the club.

Attempts to contact The Guvernment last night were unsuccessful.

Police say they issued the alert to warn people about the possible dangers of the natural ecstasy substitutes.

"Even though some of these things are billed as safe, it may not be the case," said Alexander.

source:
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/452556

Posted by jon jon on Jul-02-2008 16:42:

"The male victim, 55, collapsed early Monday "

55!?!??!

early monday? or do they mean "early tuesday"?

Posted by Import on Jul-02-2008 16:44:

Since you beat me to it, also

Citynews

Posted by chinamon on Jul-02-2008 16:46:

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Originally posted by jon jon
early monday? or do they mean "early tuesday"?

nope, early monday. one of the lighting guys told me he was working on sunday night for a pride party.

Posted by gummybear on Jul-02-2008 16:50:

sounds suspicious...i'm gonna need toxicology reports on this one...

now i know why there was a citynews van and a reporter trying to find a way in to the guv on tuesday morning when i parked my car to get on the boat..

Posted by E2EK1EL on Jul-02-2008 17:11:

That's really sad ... I hope the families find out what site they got this Natural substance and sue them for all they got, since they claimed it's safe.

The gay dudes tend to party way too hard and OD too many times @ their parties.

RIP

Posted by jon jon on Jul-02-2008 18:20:

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Originally posted by chinamon
nope, early monday. one of the lighting guys told me he was working on sunday night for a pride party.

oh right... Rauhofer

Posted by Jayx1 on Jul-02-2008 21:27:

I guess the club should be held responsible for this one as well?