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Article: Snowballs; 50 TIMES STRONGER THAN ECSTASY, IT'S THE LATEST LETHAL DRUG CRAZE TO HIT IRELAND.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2003
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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 ...