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"How dangerous ecstacy is"

250 ecstasy-related deaths in the uk over a 5 year period.

Ecstasy-related means it was either mentioned during an investigation into the death or found in the blood during screening. It does not necessarily mean ecstasy was the cause of death or even a contributing factor.

Numbers of users in the UK

long story short, it adds up to millions of users, many habitual. Rates of death that low are exceptional for any pharmaceutical, let alone one produced outside of a statutory regulatory framework.

Hansard figures put the annual number of deaths where Ecstasy is the cause in low single figures. Even less than those attributed to viagra, which is again used by millions of people legally and illegally in the UK, though it is produced in a standard industrial fashion. i.e. regulated.

A recent documentary which ranked 20 substances taken for recreational purposes in the UK placed Ecstasy at number 19, which Alcohol at 5 and Tobacco at 7. (The rankings being made by medical doctors and scientists - trying to remember the title... Damn Alcohol. )

For the record, I have never taken and do not intend to take ecstasy. I find my unconditional love in others and mushrooms.

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