Monday, February 28, 2011

Is lack of sleep and water giving ecstasy a bad name?

ALL-NIGHT ravers who take ecstasy might not be harming their brains any more than drug-free party animals.

So say John Halpern and colleagues at Harvard Medical School in Boston, who argue that many studies apparently showing that ecstasy use can lead to memory loss and depression were flawed as they did not take account of the rave culture associated with ecstasy use. Lack of sleep and dehydration resulting from all-night dancing can cause cognitive problems on their own, they say.

Halpern's team compared ecstasy users with non-users who had a history of all-night dancing with limited exposure to alcohol and drugs. Both groups completed tests for verbal fluency, memory, depression and other factors.

The team found no significant differences in cognitive performance between the two groups, even when they compared non-users with heavy users of the drug

(http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20928012.700-is-lack-of-sleep-and-water-giving-ecstasy-a-bad-name.html)
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17 comments:

  1. VyperFebruary 28, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    Hmmm, that's pretty interesting. Gonna throw the entire drug study teams back to the drawing board.

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  2. ChuckFebruary 28, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    If stimulating drugs were easily taxible they'd be on the shelves in a heartbeat

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  3. Paranormal ExplorerFebruary 28, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    I agree with Chuck.

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  4. LhosreiffFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    America is silly.

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  5. ScottDFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    only one way to find out.

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  6. ChristopheFebruary 28, 2011 at 7:12 PM

    I'm still not a fan of any sort of mind altering drug, but I'd rather have factual information than misinformation.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  7. edFebruary 28, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    ecstasy might be good for you, all that cardio youre gonna do while youre on it

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  8. DiegoFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    Interesting information

    A new look at the ecstasy-use

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  9. Aaron M. GipsonFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    I think it's been proven conclusively that pure MDMA isn't that toxic. The unfortunate thing is all the ecstasy you find on the street is cut with things that are horrible for you. I'm glad I grew out of that phase...

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  10. UnknownMarch 1, 2011 at 12:05 AM

    Interesting perspective on the drug. Thank you for sharing!

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  11. VoitMarch 1, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    Now the question is: how much damage drug-free partying do? Maybe it's so devastating itself that drug effects cannot be seen :)

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  12. UnknownMarch 1, 2011 at 6:16 AM

    That's interesting....who knows where might else they might have been wrong

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  13. AnonymousMarch 1, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    Wow, interesting. Would never have thought to make that comparison myself. Following!

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  14. The Awesome AlienMarch 2, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    this sounds legit

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  15. muckyourselfMarch 2, 2011 at 8:16 AM

    Sounds intresting, cant belive something like that is not realy harmful.

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  16. JasonMarch 2, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    interesting. i'm going to have to watch my cat around my lady friends now.

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  17. madotsukiMarch 3, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    I hardly sleep or drink water. I guess that expains some things.

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