Ecstasy and MDMA overview with risks and history
Ecstasy MDMA and related chemicals like MDA can be cut with aspirin chalk caffeine or PMA and sold as tablets. The high releases serotonin causing euphoria and feelings of love but also agitation and sensory changes lasting about four hours with risks of hyperthermia dehydration seizures and death. Long-term use links memory mood disorders and tolerance with origins traced to early 20th century research and 1980s club drug culture.
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Ecstasy epidemic concerns Lorain County officials
Captain Dennis Will notes more Ecstasy being sold than used in Lorain County with trafficking crossing between counties. Avon High School cites limited student disclosure. Pill prices run 10 to 30 dollars as ER visits rise. Raves occur mainly in Cuyahoga County. GHB also appears in larger quantities. Average user age spans 15 to mid-20s. Since 1996 Ecstasy seizures jumped from 196 to 954,878 pills in 1999, per federal data.
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Dennis Will
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Avon High School
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Cuyahoga County
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Drug Task
Chopinski
Germany
Harm reduction advocates push Ecstasy info over zero tolerance
A article notes youths in Amherst College and Chicago promote harm reduction to curb Ecstasy harm. Tips include staying hydrated and avoiding pill stacking while experts warn of uncertain drug contents. Some users, like Andrew Epstein and Steve Svoboda, cut back usage, and discuss tests for adulterants amid cases of PCP-laced pills.
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Amherst College
Massachusetts
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Steve Svoboda
Chicago
Svoboda
DanceSafe
Fairfax County
Charles Grob
Harbor-Ucla Medical Center
Russian Soyuz to dock as shuttle stays at space station
Russian officials say the Soyuz will dock with the ISS even if the shuttle remains docked, with Tito Musabayev and Yuri Baturin cleared for the mission and the older craft set to return three cosmonauts. NASA cautions ongoing negotiations and no final decision as of Friday morning. Semyonov notes tanks flushed and lifeboat replacement underway, while Americans urged to solve ISS issues.
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RKK Energia Spacecraft Construction Company
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NASA
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Tito
Talgat Musabayev
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Kopf Construction chief faces information charge in bribery case
Kopf, operator of Kopf Construction Corp. in Avon Lake, is accused via a Bill of Information of taking part in a bribery scheme connected to a $2000 defense fund payment to Urbin on December 22. Urbin, meanwhile, was convicted on multiple counts and faces further trials. he allegedly steered $2,475 to his brother and tried to hide evidence. Prosecutors cited the money as improper influence related to Urbin’s mayoral duties.
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Brusnahan
Crop Walk in Elyria Held Today Amid Date Mixup
The 25th annual Greater Elyria Crop Walk is scheduled for today. An earlier Friday paper item gave an incorrect date.
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Wellington special meeting on land purchase
Wellington Township trustees schedule a special meeting at 3 p.m. Monday to discuss buying land. The session will cover the proposed acquisition details and potential next steps.
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Wellington
Maple Street
Downtown condo project aims to repurpose vacant floors
Tokar plans office condo units amid renovations at a Lorain Bank building. An open house is set for May 12 from 12 to 5 p.m. Prospects include buyers and condo owners may later form an association and possibly rename the building. City officials praise the innovation and expect strong interest.
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Grace
Main Street
Elyria
Robert Jackimowicz
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Jackimowicz
Puerto Rico marshals clash over navy exercises on Vieques
Report notes pepper gas used on detained protesters and arrests linked to trespass on federal land. Navy denies intruders at firing range but eight demonstrators found near the target zone as bombing runs began, while lawmakers were briefly detained by Coast Guard before being allowed to proceed.
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Heli
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