A music-loving mum died after she was seen taking half an ecstasy tablet ahead of going to a festival.
Dr Mark Clayton, an expert in medical provision and event planning at music festivals who has vast experience in how ecstasy is used and affects individuals, explained how a 'perfect storm' had led to the circumstances which caused Stephanie's death. Dr Clayton explained that once someone begins to suffer from taking ecstasy, without "active cooling or organ support", their chances of survival are almost non-existent. "Once you pass 42C the likelihood of survival is very, very low," he added.
"In the UK there are between six to 10 deaths a year and the majority of those are ecstasy. It's very common for me to meet people in a festival setting who say they have taken it before and were absolutely fine." Returning a conclusion of accidental death, as opposed to the alternative of a drug-related death, the coroner said: "This is a situation where a young woman is taking a tablet that she doesn't know the strength of and combined with a range of other contributing factors - the heat of the day - in my view this was an accidental death."
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