Anna Wood (born 1980)

Anna Wood
Anna Wood, depicted on a promotional badge for an anti-drugs campaign that her father organised following her death
Born(1980-05-27)27 May 1980
Died24 October 1995(1995-10-24) (aged 15)
NationalityAustralian
Known forDeath 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.

  1. ^ Donaghy, Anna's Story, pp 1–15