Two young members of the Paul First Nation in Alberta died this week after they overdosed on ecstasy.
Trinity Dawn Bird, 15, died Tuesday evening after falling into a coma. Dominique House, 14, died early Wednesday morning. Both had been on life support.
"I'm just devastated, shocked," band spokesperson Dennis Paul told The Edmonton Sun.
Bird and House were among a group of nine teenage girls who took the drug at a wedding party on the reserve over the weekend. Two of the girls were treated and released from the hospital.
Rumors claimed the ecstasy was tainted by rat poison but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they didn't find traces in the girls' bodies.
The Paul First Nation is a Nakoda and Cree community.
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