Victoria – The BC Coroners Service is investigating another death

potentially related to the use of ecstasy. On Saturday Jan.14^th.

a 16-year-old boy from Langley was with others when he reportedly took

ecstasy along with other pharmaceutical drugs.

 

The following morning the boy collapsed, and

one of the others nearby called 911. Paramedics attended quickly and

transported the boy to Langley Memorial Hospital. He could not be

revived.

 

Toxicology testing will be completed as quickly as possible to determine

whether the use of ecstasy was a factor in the death, and if so, whether

the ecstasy tablet included the presence of PMMA (paramethoxy-

metamphetamine).

 

Last week the BC Coroners Service announced that PMMA had been linked to

five ecstasy-related deaths in the province in the past six months