Posted by Nickengland on September 30, 2005, at 18:27:20
In reply to Re: Does Ectasy Cause Brain Damage and Depression? » Nickengland, posted by Shawn. T. on September 30, 2005, at 17:35:59
Hi Shawn
>Could you please cite a peer-reviewed reference that supports your claim?
Yes. The brain damage im refering to in certain cases is that of brain swelling which leads to coma and death. Where I live in the UK and when I was at school back in 95 a girl died of this way by taking MDMA. It was her first time. Although the water caused the brain to swell ~ taking the MDMA caused her to drink so much water in the first place. Not alot of people are worried about drinking water that their brain might swell and put them in a coma, but give someone ecstacy and this is a very real danger and has happened. I remember this particular incident as this particular girls father came to my school to give us a talk on the danger of the drug after her daughter had died. He also went around the whole of the UK making children aware of the dangers as to not have this happen again, there was much media attention.
Taken from
http://www.drugsinfofile.com/ecstasy.html
Brain swelling
Because you're so hot, you may drink too much water too quickly. This can cause the brain to swell, leading to unconsciousness and rapid death (within 12 hours).Thats what I was refering to when I used the term brain damage, albeit losely but having your brain swell does sound quite damaging to me!
Also it says..
Brain damage
Ecstasy can interrupt blood flow to the brain and cause a stroke (yes, even in young people), resulting in paralysis, dementia (loss of memory and the ability to think clearly) and Parkinson's disease (when the body shakes and twitches uncontrollably).And from some other souces ..
Ecstasy" Damages the Brain and Impairs Memory in Humans
http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol14N4/Ecstasy.html
Ecstasy brain damage link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1076381.stm
Health
Ecstasy link to brain damage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/203784.stm
Persistent neuropsychological problems after 7 years of abstinence from recreational Ecstasy (MDMA): a case study
http://mdma.net/toxicity/ex-user.html
The death I was refering too...
Perhaps the most high profile ecstasy victim was Leah Betts of Latchingdon, Essex who died in November 1995 after taking the drug at her 18th birthday party.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1319460.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1848638.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/693267.stm
Kind regards
Nick
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