Ecstasy is illegal and a conviction for possession can carry long prison sentences.
Frequent or high doses have been linked to neurotoxic damage in laboratory animals. It is still unknown whether such damage occurs in humans or, if it does, whether this has any long-term, negative consequences. This is caused by MDMA's action on certain brain chemicals. Usually these have been a result of heat stroke from dancing for too long in hot clubs. We have testing kits available that can be used to screen against some fake pills.