Why Ecstasy Is Bad

"Ecstasy", a drug with many different opinions and views, is often viewed as a killer, which is a stretch of the truth. The drug is sometimes thought of as one of the worst things in the world, but also as the best. Health issues are a problem and there have been some deaths .The deaths though are no way near the number of alcohol or cigarette deaths. How could such a beautiful word be considered such a horrible thing . Ecstasy can kill, but you can die tomorrow by being hit by a car or getting shot, why not live your life to the fullest. Live everyday as if it were your last, but don't be stupid about it. Ecstasy does not kill a person, that's just the excuse they use for ruining their life or killing themselves. Certain people including
Alcohol Companies are even becoming furious due to the large decrease in alcohol use and large increase in usage in ecstasy (20%increase in past 5 years). In the past 10 years, there have been under 100 ecstasy related deaths, but almost 300,000 deaths related to alcohol (even with a 15% decrease in use). An Internet site (www.nida.nih.gov), had some information regarding ecstasy use. The page stated that the heaviest use has been between the ages of 18-25. If you notice something 18 is the legal age to smoke tobacco and 21 is the legal age to drink/buy alcohol, and even though the usage has decreased the deaths have still stayed in the 100 thousands. The page also said that 1 in five Americans either have or will use ecstasy in their lifetime. If that many people have tried it and yet it still has almost 200,000 less deaths than alcohol. Which one is actually more
An anonymous student from Kearny said " you don't drive, cook, swim, or take care of children without any prior knowledge so why would you do anything without knowing what you are doing.". Picture this, you're at a rave and some stranger that you don't know comes up and asks you if you want some ecstasy, the first thing that should pop into your head is "don't take candy from strangers". And unfortunately that was the scene for many the ecstasy-related deaths. Other ways that deaths may have occurred from ecstasy are; not testing your pill, not knowing the dos and don'ts, not knowing your limit or doing it with only inexperienced people. Many people look up the type of pill that they are planning on taking and find out what is in the pill, and they test it. Most people also know the people that they received the drug from, and they know that the person would not put something toxic in it because they too take the pill. Taking ecstasy can be a dangerous choice but taking it without any prior knowledge is just