Ecstasy deaths confirmed

(CP) - The medical examiner's office confirms the tragic deaths of
two teenaged girls from the Paul First Nation were related to the drug ecstasy.

But Dr. Graham Jones, director of the toxicology lab at the medical
examiner's office, says no evidence was found to indicate the drug was tainted.

He says the findings only show traces of pure ecstasy in the bodies
of Trinity Bird, 15, and Leah House, 14.

The teens took ecstasy at a wedding celebration in March on the
aboriginal reserve west of Edmonton. The girls spent two days in
critical condition in an Edmonton hospital before they were taken off
life support.

A 16-year-old boy from the Paul First Nation is charged with trafficking.

He is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 21.

"We have no evidence at all that anything else was there except for
the ecstasy," says Jones. "So, there's no evidence that the drugs
were tainted in any way."