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The Edmonton Sun News reported recently that a 14-year-old Edmonton girl died in a hospital from an suspected overdose of the street drug ecstasy. The girl was one of two teenagers who became ill at a dance party for teens at the indoor Galaxyland Amusement Park in West Edmonton Mall.

The mother of the teen said that she had gone through DARE, the anti-drug and alcohol program most kids go through in elementary school. The mother also said that she had also been very forthcoming about how dangerous drugs were.

Cassie was taken off life-support Saturday afternoon at Stollery Children’s Hospital after she and her best friend Ashley, also 14, fell ill Friday night after ingesting a batch of ecstasy pills.

The pair were attending the Rock ‘n’ Ride Dance Party at West Edmonton Mall’s Galaxyland amusement park when they were rushed to hospital and transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit.

Cassie was taken off life-support shortly after 4:30 p.m. Her parents later learned she had taken six pills and each one was three times the normal dosage, adding they think it was the first time she had taken the drug.

Drug rehab or young adult drug rehab centers have programs to help parents and their teenagers deal with the issues of drug and alcohol abuse. There are many drug rehab centers that can help in situations like these.

SADD National has recently launched its first ever MySpace and Facebook pages. To stay up to date with the latest news and information from SADD National you can now add them to your friends list. The Student Leadership Council and SADD National staff will be constantly updating the pages and answering any questions. And looking into alcohol rehabilitation

Originally, the mission of SADD was to help young people say “No” to drinking and driving. Today, the mission has expanded. SADD has become a peer-to-peer education, prevention, and activism organization dedicated to preventing destructive decisions, particularly underage drinking, other drug use, risky and impaired driving, teen violence, and teen suicide.

SADD is an inclusive, not an exclusive, organization. SADD recognizes that the pressures on young people to drink, use illicit drugs and engage in other unhealthy behaviors are strong. SADD seeks not to punish or alienate those students who make unfortunate choices but rather aims to inform, educate, support and empower young people to make positive decisions in their lives.

SADD can be an important part of any drug rehab program or young adult drug rehab recovery program.

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