PARENTS STRUGGLE WITH DAUGHTER'S TRAGIC DEATH

The parents of a 14-year-old girl who died after taking ecstasy are
struggling to understand why their daughter, who was part of an antidrug
program, took the pills.

"Cassie had gone through DARE," said Angela Eyre, mother of Cassie Eyre.

"She knew about drugs because I told her I didn't ever want her to take
any. And she had told me she wouldn't because it would ruin her
complexion.

"I remember telling her just a couple weeks ago to stay away from drugs
because there had been reports of ecstasy being laced with rat poison. I
thought that would be enough to scare her, but I guess it wasn't," said
Cassie's stepfather Guy Buehler, referring to a recent incident in Paul
Band First Nation where two teen girls died after overdosing on ecstasy.

Cassie was taken off life support Saturday afternoon at the University of
Alberta hospital after she and her best friend Ashley, also 14, fell ill
Friday night from ingesting a batch of ecstasy pills.

The pair were attending the Rock n' Ride Dance Party at West Edmonton
Mall's Galaxyland amusement park, an event aimed at teens, when they were
rushed to hospital and transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit.
The other girl's condition was stabilized.

A 16-year-old suspected drug dealer believed to be linked to the case was
arrested Saturday afternoon after police tracked him to the area of 105
St. and 106 Ave. through cell phone records.