Drugs - 16-year-old died after taking ecstasy: autopsy
Investigations are continuing into the case of a 16-year-old who died after consuming ecstasy in Hamm. The teenager was taken to hospital on December 9 with life-threatening symptoms and died just over a week later.
An autopsy was carried out last weekend and the results are not yet available, a spokesman for the Dortmund public prosecutor's office said on Wednesday. Regarding the origin of the drugs, he reported that an 18-year-old had admitted to selling them. He is being investigated.
The 16-year-old had taken the ecstasy together with a peer and lost consciousness a few hours later. The police pointed out that the consumption of ecstasy "in any form" can have life-threatening consequences. Even the consumption of a single pill could be fatal.
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The tragic incident occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia, where the illegal drug ecstasy is a concerning aspect of criminality. The 18-year-old, under investigation, admitted to selling the drugs that led to the 16-year-old's fatal overdose.
Source: www.stern.de
