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School officials said Sunday that the overdose symptoms seemed to point to the drug “Molly,” a stimulant psychoactive drug also known as methylone. No other information about their conditions was released.
Wesleyan officials did not say whether the students had been together or where the drugs had come from. The Hartford Courant reported that city police late Sunday were investigating whether the students had taken a “bad batch” of the drug.
Middletown police Capt. Gary Wallace said the side effects can be life-threatening and police are trying to help physicians “in obtaining any and all information.”
Dean Michael Whaley, vice president of student affairs, said in a letter to the campus that one of the students, a sophomore, was in critical condition at Middlesex Hospital. That evening, Middlesex police said two patients at Hartford Hospital had been elevated to critical condition, and two were in serious condition.
The drug can vary radically in potency and can sharply drive up body temperature, which can lead to liver, kidney or cardiovascular failure, or death.
Whaley said university police and residence officials are investigating, along with Middlesex police. He asked students to check on their friends.
Wallace said police, the Middlesex prosecutor’s office, state forensics laboratory and personnel at Middlesex and Hartford hospitals are working together on the overdose cases.
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