The News-Times (Newtown, CT) August 15:
"The death of a 17-year-old Newtown High School student on Memorial Day weekend, after she apparently took an unfamiliar hallucinogen at a small party in Monroe, has been a wake-up call to adults fighting teen substance abuse. Dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, the drug Danielle Jacobsen is suspected of ingesting before she was found dead in a condominium complex pond, is not one police believe is plentiful, or popular, in this area... So what is the legacy of this tragedy? Law enforcement and substance abuse specialists said it is crucial for parents, educators, and civic leaders to be aware drug experimentation is not limited to one social group or another. Parents need to know their teens' whereabouts, keep medications locked away and talk with other parents about their child's activities, friends and attitudes, they said."
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