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>> so toxic that in august of 2013 at the electric zoo dance music festival in new york, 20-year-old olivia rotondo and 23-year-old jeffrey russ died from overdoses of mdma. rotondo reportedly told emt she had taken six hits of molly. as a result of the deaths, the three-day festival, where a ticket can cost as much as $400, was shut down by the city after just two days. >> its very tragic. the bottom line here is what you see is people doing drugs that shouldnt be doing drugs and you see the fa...

About synthetic drugs to poison control centers rocketed in 2013 to more than 13,000 a year later. >> when you look at the range of drugs that you have to deal with here in the state of florida, which ones concern you the most? >> mollys, of course. >> other synthetics include molly and ecstasy, both nicknames for mdma, an illegal stimulant thats positipular at raves. >> its being glamourized by singers. >> madonna, for example? >> miley cyrus is singing about it. >> pop singer miley cyrus recen...

After a day after his appearance on the nbc reality show "the voice." the 39-year-old grammy award-winning artist whose real name is thomas decarlo callaway is facing a felony charge of furnishing a controlled substance. during a dinner last year, prosecutors say green slipped a woman the drug mdma, better known as ecstasy. the two then went back to her hotel room where the woman claims she woke up naked next to the singer not knowing how she got there. ♪ maybe im crazy >> reporter: the popula...

Always helpful, went out of his way with our 5-year-old. >> reporter: but police say they were wear that shoop had a history of drug abuse, specifically mdma, ecstasy. >> he was going through a difficult time, family members tell us, perhaps that would be the reason why he did what he did last night. >> reporter: while he did not shoot anyone, some say they were hurt in another way, so say sheri maddox who saw shoop last night just before she ran for safety. >> i think thats always going to play...

They say this history of drug use using mdma and possibly heroin as well and they say contributed to his state of mind. they pointed out he didnt go in to take other peoples lives, only his own life because he had plenty of opportunity to do that. >> thank god he didnt. latest on the obama care mess. healthcare.gov website is still a disaster and officials are forced to shut it down nightly for repairs as well and if it ever gets fixed some americans hoping to buy the quality health care at an...

Should just be aware, one, how easily these chemicals are to obtain and, two, when young people or when anyone is taking a drug like molly, very often molly is perceived to be pure mdma and its very popular, especially in the electronic music scene. oftentimes it isnt molly at all, youre taking an entirely different chemical. some of these chemicals are ten, 15 times more potent at lower doses so you really have to be careful. you really dont know what youre getting and this stuff is incredibly ...

Deaths that we covered recently at the electric zoo in new york. dr. drew, you look at the emergency room related, you know, cases here with molly, for example. more than doubled since 2005. now you have this new drug that were talking here about, 2 cp. is this just our perception that theres more of this going on? or is it reality? >> oh, no. there is more -- well, i cant say more drug use going on. but theres more drug use with molecules that are a problem. for instance, i believe whats happen...

You have synthetic marijuanas created all the time. new versions in synthetic and changed versions of mdma which is what ecstasy is, and now its lsd. and this drug is very unpredictable. sometimes you dont feel the effects of it for three to four hours. and then all of a sudden, theyre so overwhelmingly intense you cant even cope. if youre in an environment like this, youre just going to collapse. you know, one of the problems also that happens at these dance concerts is theyre not drinking wate...

To me that shes going to get the money shes entitled to having worked for 30-something years. some people would disagree with that. but i have to say her last salary job was $177,000 a year. so shell probably get quite a pension. >> yeah. all right. thank you very much. gloria borger. please let us know what you think about it, everyone. and now, our ninth story out front, a lethal high. so a concert at a connecticut amusement park turned into what police are calling a mass casualty event. sev...

Problems, causes you to had a lose nate. it is not -- it causes you to hallucinate. it sounds great to parents but is anything but. >>elisabeth: where are they getting them? >> anywhere. they are not restricted. it can cause your heart rate to go up, high blood pressure. it is a very dangerous drug. >>elisabeth: molly is another substance being used. >> also called mdma. that is like ecstasy. the problem with that is it lasts for six hours. first you get a rush and the next thing youre very, ver...