Noisy Ecstacy
A new study by UCLA's BioMed Central explored the effects of loud noise in combination with ecstacy. By studying rats on the same dose of ecstacy, different noise levels were compared. Rats who were stimulated with loud acoustics took about five days for their brain functions to return to normal, as compared to just a single day for rats who weren't int he loud environment. Because of some nerve deterioration in the rats (more in the ones with music), the study suggests that ecstacy could be linked to mental illnesses later in life.