Drugs Causing Brain Damage?...WEIRD

The article "Party Drug Ecstasy May Cause More Widespread Brain Damage Than Previously Though" is about a test that John Hopkins University did on Monkeys.  We thought that ecstasy only affected the serotonin brain cells in our brain when really it killed many dopamine cells.  Serotonin brain cells regulate our mood and behavior and Dopamine cells are involved in controlling movement, emotional and cognitive responses, and also the ability to feel pleasure.  60 to 80 percent of dopaminergic nerve endings in the brain known as striatum were destroyed.    When this part of our brain is damaged it leads to almost a 70 percent loss of dopamine.  So in just a few doses your brain could really deteriate fast.  How that this study is out hopefully people will think a little more before they take all drugs and maybe do a little bit a reading before they get addicted or take too much.