HSE issues fresh alert over dangers of ecstasy use

The HSE said that based on EU data, MDMA pills now contain higher levels of the drug than in the past.

The HSE has issued fresh alerts about twin dangers posed by ecstasy — from both “super-strength” MDMA tablets and from unknown chemicals being sold as the drug.

The agency’s drug information service, drugs.ie, said that the potency of MDMA — the ecstasy chemical — “is increasing throughout Europe”.