A green pressed pill printed with an ‘A’ (Anarchy press) expected to contain MDMA (ecstasy), was found to contain 146.6mg of MDMA free base, or 174.5mg of MDMA HCl.

What does this mean? This amount of MDMA is approximately twice the amount that someone may usually expect to take, either recreationally or medicinally.

Effects and signs of overdose can include signs of serotonin toxicity, including confusion, severe agitation and overheating. Seizures or fits and irregular heart rhythm can also be signs of overdose. In an emergency, timing is crucial. If you experience these or any other unexpected effects, call 000 immediately. The amount of MDMA in every tablet or capsule may vary, and the health risks can be greatly increased if high amounts (including multiple doses) are consumed over a short period of time.

Test your stuff! We’re issuing this community notice because while the expected drug and the actual drug found were the same, the amount found in a single pill was more than double the dose that someone may normally take, either recreationally OR medicinally. Come and see us at CanTEST for testing in Canberra.

Start low, go slow. Take half or less, wait at least two hours before redosing & ask a trusted person to check on you and never use alone.

There have been several other batches of high dose MDMA pills detected in NSW at the time of this Community Notice release – exercise caution even if your pill/s don’t look the same as the pill featured in this notice.

Be alert for signs of an overdose. Think someone has overdosed? Call 000 for an ambulance immediately.