# Student News

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6 November, 2023

## [Drugs warning: purple ‘FC Barcelona’ pills](https://studentnews.manchester.ac.uk/2023/11/06/drugs-warning-purple-fc-barcelona-pills/)

A drug alert has been issued in Manchester over purple ‘FC Barcelona’ embossed tablets which are being sold as ecstasy/MDMA. The tablets have been analytically confirmed by Manchester Drug Analysis Exchange (MANDRAKE) to contain a strong three times the common oral dose. MANDRAKE are an organisation based at Manchester Metropolitan University who chemically analyse drugs across…

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