LONDON : REUTERS - US researchers have found evidence that the drug "Ecstasy" could cause permanent brain damage,
a report in the New Scientist magazine said recently. A team of scientists at John Hopkin University in the US found that the brain cell of animals given Ecstacy will be abnormal when they grow again. Biologists knew the drug affected certain nerve cells which make contact with cells in the brain. But nerve cells can grow again, so some scientists believe that any damage would not be permanent.