Classmates of the girls who took pills at a
Hamilton school, ending with six of them being treated in hospital, say
one of them admitted taking the drugs from her father.
Six girls aged between 13 and 15, were taken to Waikato Hospital after showing signs of drug use at Fairfield College.
Police
are conducting toxicology tests on the pills to determine what was in
them but it is believed the pink pills they took could be tainted
ecstasy.
The Waikato Times reports that students told it that a
girl had brought the pills to school telling others she had stolen them
from her dad.
Up to 11 students were offered the pills and
Hamilton City area commander Inspector Rob Lindsay says it's important
to discover what they took.
"Once we've identified the contents we
will be able to determine what if any illegal activity has taken place
and what action can be taken."
The girls were isolated from other patients after becoming raucous and two security staff had to keep their behaviour in check.
Insp Lindsay said people were taking huge risks when they consumed substances they didn't know anything about.
"Our message is that you only get one body - look after it."
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Waikato Hospital emergency department doctor Tonia Nicholson said the
girls, who were treated and discharged, were fortunate not to be
seriously hurt.
"They're very lucky, things could have been a lot worse. It only takes one pill to kill."
More
than 20 people were arrested last week in relation to an operation
which police said was responsible for between 80 and 90 percent of
ecstasy supplied in New Zealand.
The ecstasy was believed to have been altered.
Police
believed the pills were connected to an incident at Middlemore Hospital
earlier in November where six people were hospitalised.
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