THE mother of teenage ecstasy overdose victim Gemma Thoms who died after passing out during last years Big Day Out music festival, will painfully return to the concert grounds today to hand out flyers and talk to those entering the gounds to raise awareness of the risk of taking drugs.
Peta will be standing at the main gate of the Claremont Showgrounds, one day to the year, before the first anniversary of her daughter's death in the hope others will not suffer the same fate as 17 year old Gemma.
Concert organisers have backed the courageous effort and have designed and printed a flyer that will include a photo of Gemma, warnings about drug use, and health information for every one of the near 40,000 expected to attend the sold-out music festival later today.
Gemma collapsed during the festival last year after taking three ecstasy pills on the way in because she was frightened about police sniffer dogs catching her with drugs.
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