UK - Girl Dies from 'dodgy' E

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Originally Posted by Paper

A MOTHER has died after taking a deadly illegal drug.
The 31-year-old from South Shore was rushed to hospital after taking just one of the dangerous tablets.

She lost her fight for life in the early hours of this morning.

Police have now issued an urgent warning amid fears there could a batch of the potentially lethal drugs for sale across the Fylde coast.

Det Insp Frank Walmsley from Blackpool CID said: "This young mother, had two young children under the age of 10 and had been fighting for her life but has passed away. There may be other pills from this batch across the Fylde coast that could potentially kill whoever takes them.

"We are in the middle of an investigation, but we would urge anyone tempted to use any illegal substance to think very carefully because there may be more of this batch for sale – and it could kill you."

Paramedics were called to the mum-of-two's home at around 4am yesterday.

She had become ill after taking the tablet, believed to be Ecstasy.

The woman was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital, where staff desperately battled, in vain, to save her life.

Det Insp Walmsley said: "We are appealing for anyone who is considering taking illegal drugs to think twice, because they could be risking their life."

I know the details are a bit sparse but this has hit a little close to home. When SWIM first saw the article last night they were a bit shocked as he'd taken pills over the weekend himself. He'd had 4 between 10.30pm and 3.00 am on Friday and discovered they were quite stronger than expected, especially as 24 hours later SWIM was yet to come down. Of course, due to this SWIM decided to carry on Saturday night and have another two.

The next day he saw the article and considered himself lucky, unfortunately today SWIM learnt that the girl that died was a close friend of one of his friends.

I know it's probably a little soon to jump to conclusions but SWIM has really been put off taking E now.

Apparently it was this girls first time and she'd only taken half. SWIM finds it hard to believe this sort of thing is still happening in this day and age considering how weak most pills are nowadays compared to the heyday of the early 90s.

Until the post mortem results come in, any speculation as to what the cause of death would likely to be?