POLICE WARN TEENS ABOUT ECSTASY-LIKE DRUG

Police in B.C. are warning Canadian teens that a relatively new
designer drug -- dubbed foxy methoxy -- has crept into the mainstream,
and can draw its users into sexual temptation.

RCMP Sgt. Scott Rintoul, a drug awareness officer, said foxy first
appeared around 2000 and is a dangerous sensual drug, much like the
more popular drug, ecstasy.

"You're at risk for sexually transmitted infections [when you're on
the drug]," Rintoul said. "You're at risk for having sex with people
you know nothing about."

Foxy is a tryptamine hallucinogen sold in powder form or as pills with
designs on them. Magic mushrooms are also in the tryptamine family.

Rintoul said there have been no Canadian deaths from foxy. However, he
said various websites report there have been deaths in the U.S.