STUDY FINDS `ECSTASY' DAMAGING FOR WOMEN

``Ecstasy,'' the increasingly popular party drug, may cause more
brain damage in women than in men, new research suggests.

A study published this week in the Lancet medical journal compared
brain scans of people who had taken 50 or more ecstasy tablets in
their lifetimes with those of a group who had never taken the drug.
The findings indicated women -- but not men -- lost a significant
number of brain cells, even though the men had taken more ecstasy
over the years.