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    21-year-old dies after one drop of new synthetic drug at Voodoo Fest

    November 1, 2012 - Naomi Martin, Nola.com, The Times - Picayune

    The best friends had traveled together to music festivals all over the country. Sometimes, they would take drugs. But they had one rule: Never accept drugs from strangers.

    But on Saturday, after a night drinking vodka-Red Bulls at Voodoo Festival at City Park, 21-year-old Clayton Otwell, of Little Rock, Ark., apparently forgot his rule, said Mandie Newell, his best friend and companion at the festival. (read full article)