{"id":304,"date":"2015-10-22T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/toxicology\/?p=304"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:24:45","slug":"molly-responsible-for-growing-number-of-hospitalizations-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/toxicology\/2015\/10\/22\/molly-responsible-for-growing-number-of-hospitalizations-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Molly&#8221; Responsible for Growing Number of Hospitalizations &#038; Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday 9\/1, the New York City Mayor\u2019s office cancelled the third day of a concert when 2 concert-goers died and 4 were hospitalized after taking the drug \u201cMolly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Molly<\/i> is an illicit drug usually sold as a powder or tablet. It is reported to be a pure form of the main ingredient in another popular street drug, <i>Ecstacy,<\/i> though both are often laced with other substances such as caffeine, methamphetamine, cocaine, or synthetic marijuana<i>.<\/i> Users have no way of knowing exactly what, or how much, they are taking.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/gv14jOtWMuA<\/p>\n<p><i>Molly<\/i> produces feelings of euphoria and altered perceptions of space and time. Users often report periods of lethargy and depression once the drug\u2019s effects wear off. Toxic side effects can include dangerously elevated body temperature and heart rate, increased blood pressure, anxiety, profuse sweating, paranoia, seizure, obsessive teeth grinding, and coma. Risks of adverse effects are increased when the drug is combined with alcohol or other drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals around the country have seen an increase in emergency visits and deaths from Molly. \u201cDespite what you may hear, <i>Molly<\/i> is not safe. Like any illicit \u201cparty drug,\u201d using it could land you in the hospital or worse,\u201d says Dr. Christopher Holstege, Medical Director of the Blue Ridge Poison Center and interim Director of University of Virginia Student Health. <em>September 3, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Ridge Poison Center Responds to News of \u201cMolly\u201d Deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-delete"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Molly&quot; Responsible for Growing Number of Hospitalizations &amp; 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