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Another commonality of ecstasy and all other abused drugs is the down-side, the negative often long-lasting ecstasy effects that far outweigh the few short term pleasures listed above.
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Ecstasy acts on the serotonin system - the part of the brain that controls our sense of wellbeing. Just how it does so, and whether it causes long term damage, is still unknown.
Because the drug ecstasy has become increasingly popular among adolescents and young adults, neurotoxic long-term effects of recreational use of MDMA are a focus of ongoing research.
The party drug "Ecstasy," or MDMA, ... "At the very least, people who take MDMA, even just a few times, are risking long-term, perhaps permanent, ... It also causes mescaline-like psychedelic effects.
Long Term Effects; Ecstasy causes long-lasting, possibly permanent, damage to nerve endings in the brain that are critical for thought and memory.
Scientists Say Long-Term Effects of Ecstasy Unclear ; Patricia Reaney; Reuters News Service; September 2, 200 ... "It may be that Ecstasy has detrimental long-term effects. We're advising caution
Given these methodological uncertainties, it would be premature to conclude that the long-term effects of MDMA in human beings are "reversible". ... 3 Milroy CM. Ten years of 'ecstasy'. J R Soc Med
Buchert R, Obrocki J, Thomasius R, Väterlein O, Petersen K, Jenicke L, Bohuslavizki KH, Clausen M: Long-term effects of ecstasy abuse on the human brain studied by FDG PET.
Sustained effects of ecstasy on the human brain: a prospective neuroimaging study in novel users; Brain, November 1, 2008; 131(11): 2936 - 2945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF];