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| At least now we know the brain damage was pre-existing. |
Huffington Post - Contrary to long-held opinion, ecstasy, the popular rave-culture drug, may not harm your brain. Though former studies have concluded quite the opposite about the drug (technical name 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA) there's been concern that these conclusions were overstated and reached through faulty methods. The latest research, a $1.8 million study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), set out to correct these methods by eliminating all other factors that could possibly contribute to mental impairment: 1) sleep deprivation and dehydration commonplace in rave culture, 2) previous habitual drug or alcohol use, or 3) former cognitive damage for any reason.
Well thank god for that. For a while there I was really concerned about losing this generation of ravers to mental deffects. It takes a truly special person to live in their parents basement well into their 30's, sleeping till 5 PM despite constant nagging from the parentals about getting a "job."
Without this group of individuals the glow stick business would be kaput, Ed Hardy wouldn't exist, home turntable system sales would be virtually 0, and we'd have never known the franchise that is the Jersey Shore.
