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Ecstasy And Long Term Memory
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PoiSoNeD_CaNdY replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 1:17pm |
 Coolness: 92380 | Taking Ecstasy found to affect long-term memory 15-01-2004 15:45
PEOPLE who take Ecstasy are in danger of suffering long-term memory loss, a study has shown. Those who take the drug regularly are 23 per cent more likely to report problems with their memory than non-users, according to researchers from five English universities. Ecstasy users who also take cannabis face “myriad memory afflictions” that could represent “a time bomb” of cognitive problems in later life. Users say Ecstasy heightens awareness, intensifies emotions and makes them feel good. But in extreme cases it can cause surges in body temperatures severe enough to be fatal. “Users may think that Ecstasy is fun and that it feels fairly harmless at the time,” the lead researcher, Dr Jacqui Rodgers, of Newcastle University, said. “However, our results show slight but measurable impairments to memory as a result of use, which is worrying.” The survey team based their findings on responses from 763 participants in a web-based survey that questioned people from Britain, continental Europe, the US and Australia. They also looked closely at a sub-group of 81 “typical” Ecstasy users who had taken the drug at least ten times. The study is published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. The typical users showed long-term memory 14 per cent worse than the 480 people who had never taken Ecstasy and 23 per cent worse than the 242 who had never taken drugs at all. Additionally, the typical users made 29 per cent more mistakes on the questionnaire than people who did not take drugs. “The findings also suggest that Ecstasy users who take cannabis are suffering from a double whammy where both their long-term and short-term memory is being impaired,” Dr Rodgers said. The charity DrugScope said it was unlikely that the study would persuade Ecstasy users to stop taking it. A spokeswoman said: “What is needed is a longitudinal study into Ecstasy use, following users over years to find out the long-term effects. Then we would have much more information to talk in an informed way about the long-term effects.” and here's a critiscism of the above study I haven't seen the journal article itself yet, but the early account from the MAPS clan: Online web survey of 1200 people. More than a third of the survey resposes were discarded out of hand because the authors felt they were 'suspect' (could be people just yanking their chain.) Of the remaining 282 people who claimed to have used ecstasy, almost a third of the responses were rejected because the authors felt the respondents might be 'biased' in their responses. Of these remaining 'researcher approved' people reporting ecstasy use, there was a greater rate of self-reported memory problems. "Men should not know how their laws or their sausages are made." And perhaps not their science, either. :-) I actually agree with the basic idea that current regular ecstasy users have more memory problems; the drug changes serotonin receptor densities, which would almost certainly affect memory if used with any frequency. However, I would like to beat them with a length of pipe for offering this research as evidence of neurotoxicity (or even permanent memory problems.) This is low-grade work, and as is so often the case, they appear to have over-reached the significance of the data/research methodology in the conclusions they reached |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Mon Jan 19, 2004 @ 1:19pm |
 Coolness: 201915 | I wouldn't trust an online survey, period... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey replied on Tue Jan 20, 2004 @ 8:53pm |
 Coolness: 103455 | i was going to post a illustrious comment, but i forgot what i was going to say |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Purple_Lee replied on Tue Jan 20, 2004 @ 9:43pm |
 Coolness: 239310 | where am i?????
Lee |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Wed Jan 21, 2004 @ 11:37am |
 Coolness: 472495 | E scares the shit outta me from now on ...i mean not because of the article but its been like that for at least a year now [ ...ca ] do it anymore ..i know its too good ...but my body refuses it ...
Weird ... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» hayley replied on Wed Jan 21, 2004 @ 7:47pm |
 Coolness: 83335 | i dont even remember the last time i did it...
o yesterday |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cactain_steef replied on Thu Jan 22, 2004 @ 3:48pm |
 Coolness: 155365 | euuuh... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Lady replied on Thu Jan 22, 2004 @ 6:29pm |
 Coolness: 183220 | no comment |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PookStah replied on Fri Jan 23, 2004 @ 8:16am |
 Coolness: 106605 | seb: i feel the same way..
my body just wont accept it ne more, but i really don't mind. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PitaGore replied on Fri Jan 23, 2004 @ 12:42pm |
| Coolness: 472495 | - dont even remember the last time i did it...- Jiggawat
Same here Pooks ; :) |
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