Ecstasy inquiries included 6 babies

SIX inquiries about the ingestion of ecstasy by babies and toddlers have been made to the National Poisons Information Centre (NPIC).

Ecstasy inquiries included 6 babies
Sat, 28 Feb, 2009 - 00:00

The centre, based at Beaumont Hospital, received 286 inquiries regarding ecstasy poisoning from 2004-2007.

“Six of these inquiries concerned suspected ecstasy ingestion in children aged three years or less,” the centre points out in a letter published in the latest issue of the Irish Medical Journal.

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