HSE warns about increasing strength of MDMA and cocaine

In 2019, the average drug content of MDMA pills seized in Europe ranged from 118 – 210 milligrams of MDMA per tablet. Powder contents are also a concern, the HSE has said, with the purity of MDMA powder in Europe varying between 34% to 94%.

The HSE has raised concerns about the increasing strength of MDMA and cocaine, as well as the growing trend of people consuming more than one substance at a time.

The health executive statement comes after reports from the UK of two deaths and a number of hospitaliations after drug consumption in nightclubs in recent weeks.