Are there any long-term effects of taking ecstasy?
**A.** Yes. Studies on both humans and animals have proven that regular use of ecstasy produces long-lasting, perhaps permanent damage to the brain’s ability to think and store memories. [[image:x.jpg width=”182″ height=”192″]] **Q.** If you took ecstasy at a rave, wouldn’t you just dance off all of its effects? **A.** Not necessarily. The stimulant effects of drugs like ecstasy that allow the user to dance for long periods of time, combined with the hot, crowded conditions usually found at raves, can lead to extreme dehydration and even heart or kidney failure. In addition, some of ecstasy’s effects, like confusion, depression, anxiety, paranoia, and sleep problems, have been reported to occur even weeks after the drug is taken. —- =Ecstasy* the LOVE drug.= MDMA, also known as Ecstasy is a synthetic, psychoactive drug possessing stimulant and hallucinogenic properties.
