Skip Navigation

Teen died after taking ecstasy for first time

A 17-year-old boy who took four ecstasy pills for the first time suffered brain damage and later died.

Jonathan Kiely, from Avondale, Passage West, Co Cork was curious what the effect of the drug might be, an inquest heard.

He and some friends swallowed and snorted the pills in a graveyard.

The deceased, it emerged, had taken a total of four-and-a-half pills over a five-hour period. But, within hours, he was hospitalised with severe brain damage and died three days later on January 7, 2007.

Read more...

Source: Louise Roseingrave, The Irish Examiner,19/11/2010

Posted by Andy on 11/19 at 10:39 AM in
Share this:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • LinkedIn
  • E-mail
(0) Comments

Comments

Name:

Email:

URL:

Comments:

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?

Enter this word:


Here:

The HSE and Union of Students in Ireland (USI) ask students to think about drug safety measures when using club drugs
Harm reduction messages from the #SaferStudentNights campaign.
NewslettereBulletin
Poll Poll

Have you ever been impacted negatively by someone else's drug taking?