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Wesleyan University Vice President for Student Affairs Michael Whaley disseminated on Feb. 23., Monday, a campus-wide email admonishing both the students and the faculty of the hospitalization of 10 Wesleyan students and two visitors.
According to CBS Connecticut, these 12 people received medical attention due to party drug overdose called Molly.
Wesleyan University President Michael Roth encouraged the students who have knowledge and affirm about the distribution of drugs within the campus following the hospitalizations of 12 people who took Molly, the party drug.
The University spokeswoman Lauren Rubenstein said that the university became aware of this issue earl Sunday after the students received treatment at the Middlesex Hospital situated near the campus. Two of the students were in critical condition and were airlifted for medical treatment in Hartford.
According to Tech Times, Molly is the colloquial name for MDMA's pure crystalline powder form (Ecstasy) that takes effect for almost 6 hours. However, the users are often taking it along with other drugs. The Hartford Hospital's Chief of Toxicology Dr. Mark Neavyn stated that these people, who believe to have taken Molly, often received distinct forms of designer drugs. These usually range in potency and purity making their health conditions unpredictable. These drugs usually come in a form of capsules.
In addition, the psychoactive drug's potency is widely known in various nightclubs. It varies from one batch to another and leads to increase in the temperature of the body. It leads to the failure of the kidney, liver and heart. At times, it is cause of a person's death.
The school and the hospitals declined to give updates on the patient's conditions last Monday for privacy concerns. The names of the 12 people who seek for medical treatment were not released. However, their parents have been immediately notified about this incident.
