Article: Snowballs; 50 TIMES STRONGER THAN ECSTASY, IT'S THE LATEST LETHAL DRUG CRAZE TO HIT IRELAND.(Features)

Byline: FIONA WYNNE

A LETHAL new drug - 50 times stronger than ecstasy - is sweeping across Irish dance clubs.

The killer substance, nicknamed snowballs, leaves people delusional and causes violent outbursts and vicious body spasms.

A 19-year-old man from Greystones, Co Wicklow, gouged his eye out with pliers while high on the drug in September.

The teenager was in such a state of delusion it took five officers to pin him down before he could be sedated by doctors.

Reports suggested the man thought he had rats running around in ...

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