another club related death this past weekend..

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'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

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