ECSTASY USERS 'AT BRAIN DAMAGE RISK'.

From: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) | Date: October 30, 1998 | Copyright information

ECSTASY users could be heading for a future beset by psychiatric problems as a result of brain damage, according to research published today.

Ecstasy, a feature of the 1990s club scene, is regularly taken by an estimated 500,000-2million ...

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