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I actually was very surprised this week regarding MDMA.
I really do believe that the bulk of information we get from our government on illicit drug use is in fact propaganda. Ecstasy is one of those drugs. I'm not condoning drug use, but at the same time, I think the reported consequences are way overblown.
However, this week in my neuropharmacology class, as we were studying the 5-HT (seretonin) system, my professor undeniably stated that MDMA does in fact cause brain damage (dorsal raphe nuclei). Of the illicit drugs we have discussed so far (LSD, cocaine, meth/amphetamines) it has been the one he has been most emphatic about as far as damage goes.
I'm going to have to do some more research into it, but everything I've read has disproved many of the early catastrophic brain-death theories as far as MDMA goes, I wonder if there are any new studies.
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