Pubdate: Fri, 30 Sep 2005
Source: Australian, The (Australia)
Copyright: 2005sThe Australian
Contact: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/files/aus_letters.htm
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/35
Author: AAP
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mdma.htm (Ecstasy)

AGONY OF ONE ECSTASY PILL

ECSTASY users who swallow one pill on a night out are not necessarily 
any safer from the drug's negative effects than those who take 
several, a study has found.

Studies at rave parties indicate the blood concentrations of ecstasy 
and methamphetamine are higher in some individuals than previously thought.

Some clubbers registered levels of the drug which, when mimicked in 
monkeys, caused permanent brain defects, the study found. The 
University of Adelaide's research results were presented yesterday to 
Club Health 2005: Sydney, the first national conference examining 
nightlife health issues.

The findings from interviews, blood tests and body temperature checks 
of clubbers indicated users could not control the concentration of 
ecstasy in their system by taking less.
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