Reelected party-list group Kabataan on Monday asked the House of Representatives to launch an investigation into the deaths of five people, including an American national, after they collapsed during a concert party in Pasay City.
Kabataan Partylist Rep. Terry Ridon filed House Resolution No. 2704 asking the House Committees on Dangerous Drugs and Youth and Sports to jointly conduct an investigation into the allegedly drug-related deaths of聽Ariel Leal, Lance Garcia, Ken Migawa, Bianca Fontejon and Eric Miller, who attended the 鈥淐loseUp Forever Summer鈥� party.
Ridon quoted reports saying that the drinks distributed during the party were laced with 鈥淕reen Amore鈥濃�揳 mix of ecstasy and shabu.
鈥淭here are questions that investigators need to answer: If dangerous drugs were indeed available in the party venue, how were they able to slip in such substances? Are the concessionaires inside the venue involved? Clearly, the 鈥榮tringent security measures鈥� or 鈥榩recautions鈥� did not deter the proliferation of said dangerous substances. And surely what had transpired in the concert is not an isolated case,鈥� Ridon said in a statement.
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The probe seeks to craft a new legislation聽 to curb drug proliferation.
鈥淲e need to craft legislation that balances anti-drug policy and public safety. While we do not condone the use of dangerous drugs in any event whatsoever, there are certain finer details that need to be considered in enacting a new law against drug proliferation,鈥� Ridon added.
The lawmaker said that Congress should strike a balance between聽drug prevention and harm reduction.
Two of the victims died after suffering heart failure.
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The police are still conducting a thorough probe, even聽looking at possible heatstroke or dehydration suffered by the victims.聽JE/rga