Walker, Theresa,

Victims of Ecstasy, Ketamine Get a Voice. Theresa Walker. - Orange County Register, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 69, Health, 1522-323X; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Victims of Ecstasy, Ketamine Get a Voice, March 23, 2004; pp. n.p..

"It all started two years ago [2002], the morning Beth Pearce's husband clipped the newspaper article about Erin Rose and put it on her chair to see before she headed to work. Laer Pearce wanted her to read the story of the Laguna Niguel, Calif., teen's overdose on a drug called Ketamine, and the brain damage it caused. They have three daughters of their own, two still in their teens and one not quite there yet. He had never heard of this drug and was sure his wife hadn't either. Had their daughters? Beth Pearce cried reading how Ketamine--the kids call it 'Special K,' like the cereal--stopped the flow of oxygen to Erin's brain for eight minutes and left her comatose for two weeks....There might be other kids out there who will end up like Erin, or worse. There must be other parents out there who never heard of this drug. Somebody needs to do something, she told herself." (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) This article examines Beth Pearce's mission to produce "Voice of the Victims: True Stores of Ecstasy and Ketamine," a documentary in which overdose victims tell their stories in an effort to educate as many people as possible about the dangers of these drugs.

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Brain damage
Documentary films
Drugs--Overdosage
Drugs--Physiological effect
Ecstasy (Drug)
Ketamine
Teenagers--Drug use

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