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Article: Ecstasy side-effects take six years to show through; Mental changes follow long-term use.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- May 4, 2006
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Byline: BY SAM LISTER Daily Post Staff
THE full side-effects of using ecstasy take six years to develop, according to a new study by north-west academics.
Researchers at Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, found changes in users' mental state, such as depression, only emerged after long-term use.
Dr Philip Murphy, one of the leading scientists on the project which surveyed hundreds of ecstasy users over four years, said the study had challenged some existing views on drug taking.
He said: "It has become apparent that many regular ecstasy users engage in a tradeoff with regard to the positive and negative effects of the drug.
"For ...