Anna Wood (born 1980)
Anna Wood | |
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Anna Wood, depicted on a promotional badge for an anti-drugs campaign that her father organised following her death | |
| Born | Anna Victoria Wood 27 May 1980 Southport, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 24 October 1995 (aged 15) St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Known for | Death following ecstasy use |
Anna Victoria Wood (27 May 1980 – 24 October 1995) was an Australian teenager who died after consuming an ecstasy tablet at a rave party in inner Sydney. Her cause of death was hypoxic encephalopathy, following acute water intoxication secondary to ingestion of MDMA.
Wood's death was covered widely in the news media, produced debate on drug use among adolescents and inspired the memoir Anna's Story (1996) by Bronwyn Donaghy.