She said a study indicated that the use of Ecstasy among adolescents is increasing. Young kids think they are omnipotent. They think they are invincible. But what they don't realize is that it can and often does kill them. Lindsay said the number of deaths related to Ecstasy has been on the rise for the last two years across the country.
People take one and feel a certain way.
Then they think if one makes them feel a certain way, just think how four or five will make them feel. But taking several doses of the drug puts a person at a greater risk of overdose, she said. The North Shore Republican rode with the Waukegan police Neighborhood Enforcement Team Friday on a raid on a suspected crack house. Saturday, he was a keynote speaker on club drugs at a town hall meeting in Gurnee. Now he is enlisting others to join his fight.