Death may be linked to ecstasy

CALGARY Police in Calgary are again investigating a potential drug overdose that could be linked to ecstasy.

Around 7 a.m. Sunday, authorities were called to a home for reports of a man in cardiac arrest. The man, in his late 30s, was dead on arrival, said EMS spokesman Stuart Brideaux.

“There was information that he had ingested ecstasy,” he said.

Two bystanders were taken to hospital for treatment due to concerns they may have taken the same drugs. Sunday’s death came as police warned the public that two Edmonton women ended up in a Calgary hospital after taking ecstasy. Police found the women, both in their early 20s, in a downtown Calgary hotel room at about 6:35 a.m. Saturday.