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One of the side effects of l the drug is jaw muscle tension a and teeth grinding. The most s critical, life-threatening e response to MDMA is hyper- r thermia or excessive body t heat. Reports of MDMA-relat- t ed deaths were associated t with core body temperatures 8 ranging from 107 to 109 f degrees Fahrenheit. *
Andrejko also reported that t though the long-term effects of r ecstasy are under evaluation, * research by the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Md., in 1998 directly measured the effects of the * drug on the human brain. The ® study revealed that the drug £ causes damage to the neurons " (nerve cells) that utilize sero- c tonin to communicate with ^ other neurons in the brain, ^ and that recreational MDMA j users risk permanent brain j damage that may manifest ^ itself in depression, anxiety, < memory loss, learning difficul- ! ties, and other neuropsychi- ( atric disorders, and MDMA's . long-term psychological effects can include confusion, depres- ( sion, sleep problems, anxiety, | and paranoia. \
Though no statistics on the , use of ecstasy is yet available 1 for Rappahannock County, a ,
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