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Two arrests after 12-year-olds take ecstasy and are hospitalised

The girls are in a stable condition.

THREE YOUNG GIRLS who took ecstasy tablets in Manchester, England, are now in a stable condition.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

Greater Manchester Police said that shortly before 9.50pm on Saturday, officers were called to a location after reports that three girls aged 12 and from Salford had taken ecstasy pills described as ‘Teddy Tablets’.

All three were taken to hospital and are now in a stable condition.

A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a controlled substance and remain in police custody for questioning.

Detective Chief Inspector Chris Walker, of GMP’s Salford Borough, said:

It is imperative young people understand the implications and avoid taking drugs, to stop any more young people ending up in hospital.
Over the past few months we have had the death of a 17-year-old girl and the hospitalisation of three young people, all after taking a variation of ecstasy.

He urged anyone in possession of these tablets, or other drugs to hand them in to police, a chemist, or a medical practitioner immediately.

Anyone with information about where this drug may have come from is asked to contact police in Manchester.

Read: Three 12-year-old girls in serious condition in Manchester after taking ecstasy pills>

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    Mute The Viking
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    Jun 20th 2016, 9:19 AM

    Bloody idiots. Why would you sell them to girls so young.

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    Mute I Am A Horse
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    Jun 20th 2016, 9:59 AM

    Sell?

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    Mute Dave O Keeffe
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    Jun 20th 2016, 10:14 AM

    There is no charge for selling mentioned

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    Mute Esther Butcher
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    Jun 20th 2016, 5:22 PM

    I would imagine it is one of the girls parents that had the tablets in their possession and the kids took them?

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    Jun 20th 2016, 9:27 AM

    @viking id say mammy an daddy were tryna make some easy money selling them but could have easily lost a daughter an be up for manslaughter, shocking carry on

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    Jun 20th 2016, 9:16 AM

    Thank god for that , no 12yr old should have to go through that let alone 3 of them

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    Mute TDV
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    Jun 20th 2016, 9:52 AM

    being a father myself I am delighted the kids are ok, especially knowing how strong esctasy tabs are these days and all, but, and it’s a big but, why are the police calling for anybody possession of these tablets, or other drugs to hand them in to police, a chemist, or a medical practitioner immediately? is this just in the greater Manchester area or the whole of the UK? are they only interested in illegal drugs or would they like people to hand in the good old big pharma taxable drugs that kill far more people each year than all the illegals put together?

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    Jun 20th 2016, 10:17 AM

    Do you mean to say that legally prescribed pharmaceuticals kill more people than all illegal drugs put together?

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    Jun 20th 2016, 11:42 AM

    That’s obovious

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    Jun 20th 2016, 12:56 PM

    Ok then, got proof that medicine prescribed to the patient by a doctor and dispensed by a pharmacist kills more people than illegal drugs each year? I’d also like to remind you that pharmaceuticals are illegal if not prescribed and dispensed by a doctor.

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    Jun 20th 2016, 3:39 PM

    wow Dave, you got shares in big pharma or what?

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=prescribed+medicines+kill+more+than+all+illicit+drugs+put+together

    this is a typical advert for medicines in the US and you’d want your head checked if after seeign these ads you still acceted these drugs from a doctor!

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    Jun 20th 2016, 10:15 AM

    The tablets in question look remarkably like sweets.
    Very insidious approach to drug production.
    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/06/19/11/0CB54610000005DC-3648991-image-a-12_1466331877152.jpg

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    Jun 20th 2016, 11:02 AM

    Ooh, pink speckled love hearts! I remember the days of pink and brown speckled dove xtc tablets, rumour had it that the brown speckle was heroin and the pink was speed! Man they were strong!!

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    Jun 20th 2016, 3:41 PM

    how did the police label obvious pink love heart pills as teddy bear pills????????????????????????????

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