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500,000 ecstasy pills seized
By AP
The U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement says that in August agents seized a record 500,000 Ecstasy pills worth about $9.9 million U.S. near the Michigan-Ontario border.
The bureau is trying to find the sources of Ecstasy smuggling at the border, said Brian Moskowitz, special agent in charge of the Detroit office.
Ecstasy is a synthetic drug considered part hallucinogen and part amphetamine. It became popular because of the energy and euphoria it gives to users, but it has harmful side-effects and can damage the brain.
Canada is the major supplier of the illegal drug to the U.S., says Assistant U.S. Attorney Karl Overman.
"Canada is where they make it," Overman told the Detroit News for a story yesterday.
Among two relatively recent cases:
On Aug.12, customs inspectors stopped a couple trying to cross from Canada at the Algonac ferry crossing and found 100,000 tablets under the rear seat of the car.
On Aug. 1, a Windsor, Ont., man tried to enter the United States at the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel and was found to have 94,000 Ecstasy tablets near the engine. [QUOTE]
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| quote: | | Scott has been introduced to the rave scene, and Ecstasy, by Craig. The two of them go out on the weekends, with some of Craigs friends, and stay up all night, dancing in a drug-fueled trance. |
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