Police are warning against 'Snapchat pills,' the latest dangerous drug to use a popular logo

Reuters

• Police have warned against taking ecstasy pills shaped and coloured like the Snapchat logo.
• This adds to the list of ecstasy pills in circulation that have been linked with young people's deaths.
• Some pills contain more dangerous substances than MDMA, and some have too high a dose for people to handle.

Police have issued a warning about illegal drugs with catchy names after two women were taken to hospital after taking "Snapchat pills."

No pictures have been released of the pills yet, but there have been previous cases of dealers manufacturing yellow, brick shaped ecstasy pills with the app's logo.

"We want to remind the public about the dangers of drugs," West Yorkshire Police tweeted. "Drugs are often given catchy names to appeal to young people. We had an incident involving 2 females in hospital after taking 'Snapchat pills.'"

This isn't the first time popular brands or logos have been used on dangerous pills. In 2016, "Superman" pills prompted a "red alert" in the Netherlands, becuase of the high risk of overdosing on them. Taking one could "lead to fatal overheating, as well as heart, liver and kidney failure," the alert read.

There are three other pills in circulation that have been linked with overdosing, or death, because they contain higher than normal doses of MDMA, or a substance called pentylone instead, which can have nastier side effects.

The Loop, a non-profit drugs NGO, tweeted about some of the pills you should avoid:

The warning about dangerous pills comes just days after two young people - Tommy Cowan, 20, and Georgia Jones, 18 - died after taking pills at the Mutiny Festival in Portsmouth.