Coroner issues ecstasy warning after two drownings

A coroner has issued a public warning about undiscovered side-effects of ecstasy following the deaths by drowning of two men.

Galway West Coroner Ciarán MacLoughlin was commenting after hearing how a dentist and a student had both died in the sea after taking ecstasy, or designer drugs containing ecstasy.

“There are obvious risks to taking ecstasy or drugs with an ecstasy element. One of those risks is water,” said Dr MacLoughlin.