For example, it is estimated that up to 1 million Ecstasy tablets are sold each week in Britain. Almost all are taken in the context of dancing and entertainment. Every parents' nightmare is that they will see their child sucked into the world of drug misuse. The pressures on youngsters to try drugs are enormous. Drugs such as Ecstasy are peddled as a necessary ingredient to having a good time.
Dealers target the clubs where young people go to enjoy themselves.
If a club is not properly managed or the owners are corrupt, it becomes a focus for drug dealing and drug misuse. As a result, the physical health and mental well-being of young people are put at risk and, all too frequently, there are deaths. The majority of deaths associated with dance drugs such as Ecstasy have been caused by heat stroke. Column 1817 water consumption, liver failure and heart failure. Deaths grab the headlines, but there are no statistics on the number of people who are suffering serious non-fatal reactions to Ecstasy.