Published: January 15, 2019
Those calling for pill-testing and other harm minimisation say young people are dying while the debate becomes more polarised
In 2001 the emergency doctor David Caldicott tried and failed to save the life of a man who had taken an ecstasy pill containing the so-called “Dr Death” adulterant, para-Methoxyamphetamine.
Known as PMA, the substance surfaces only intermittently in Australia. In 2007, for example, 20-year-old Annabel Catt died after taking two MDMA caps at the Good Vibrations festival in Sydney. Later tests showed they contained PMA.
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