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Health officials have issued fresh warnings to ecstasy users after a tablet was seized in Britain containing almost three times the potency of the average tablet. While experts suspect the tablet may have been a mistake during the manufacturing process — possibly pressing two tablets together — it reveals the high risks posed to unsuspecting buyers of the drugs. HSE’s clinical lead on addiction, Dr Eamon Keenan, said the discovery of this tablet, known as a 'Blue Punisher', is against the background of a significant rise in the amount of MDMA — the active chemical — in ecstasy tablets