The family of a teenager who was hospitalised after taking ecstasy has released a video showing the serious brain damage it caused.
Amy Thomson, 16, collapsed during a party at a house in Glasgow earlier this year – she ended up on life support for close to a month before regaining consciousness.
She was then moved to a specialist rehabilitation unit, and is now wheelchair-bound and struggles with speech.
Eye-opener
The video, shared on Facebook by Amy’s family, has been viewed thousands of times. It shows her slurring the words ‘Thank you, thank you everyone’.
On a support page for Amy, a cousin wrote: “Some people may have cried, laughed or been shocked seeing the video. But this is what a tiny pill can do to you.
Some people may have cried, laughed or been shocked seeing the video. But this is what a tiny pill can do to you
Amy Thomson's cousin
“If this isn’t an eye-opener for everyone who continues to take stuff, I dunno what is.”
Heartbreak
A 33-year-old man and two women aged 17 and 18 were arrested in connection with the incident for alleged drug offences – the case is under consideration, according to the Crown Office.
Last year, the mother of a 16-year-old who died after taking ecstasy spoke out about her immense pain and heartbreak.
Fiona Spargo-Mabbs compared the loss of her son Daniel to “having a limb ripped off without any anaesthetic”.
Struggle
Struggling to read her victim impact statement in court she said: “It is like having an enormous wound but it is much worse.”
Daniel died from multiple organ failure three days after taking the illegal drug MDMA, more commonly known as ecstasy.