4 Wesleyan students arrested in connection to Molly drug hospitalizations

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — Four Wesleyan University students were arrested Tuesday in connection with about a dozen hospitalizations among people who took a party drug known as Molly.

The students, including one from Brazil, were arrested on assorted drug charges and were suspended from the university.

Eleven Wesleyan students, some of whom had attended a rave music show on Saturday night, received medical attention over the weekend, police said. Two students were still being treated Tuesday, they said.

"This particular batch may have had a mixture of several kinds of designer drug chemicals, making the health risks unpredictable and treatment to combat the effects complex and problematic," he said.

The arrested students were identified by police as Eric Lonergan, of Rio de Janeiro; Andrew Olson, of Atascadero, California; Zachary Kramer, of Bethesda, Maryland; and Rama Agha Al Nakib, of Lutherville, Maryland. They were jailed Tuesday night, and police said there was no way for them to comment to anyone by phone. They're due in court March 3.

Lonergan is accused of possessing a controlled substance and illegally obtaining or supplying drugs while Olson faces charges of possessing and selling a hallucinogen. Kramer is accused of possessing drug paraphernalia, a regulated substance and a small amount of marijuana. Al Nakib is accused of possessing a controlled substance, a controlled substance with intent to sell it and drug paraphernalia.

Wesleyan president Michael Roth said the university takes drug distribution allegations seriously and is cooperating with authorities. -Associated Press.

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Notice what was in the Molly, a controlled substance, not a legal research chemical. Also take notice to how much money is now going to be spent by the government to investigate this, incarcerate the individuals, their trials, their prison times and probation cost, should be around $40,000 a person according to national statistics.

And how much did the government spend on programs for free testing of drugs and research chemicals so such things can be avoided?

$0.00. grand total each year.