The Daily Egyptian is published by the students of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Monday through Friday during the fall and spring semesters and TWThF during the summer semester except during vacations and exam weeks. Daily Egyptian online is uploaded at noon. Let's start with your example of Kelley McEnery Baker. You obviously used this to equate Ecstasy with death, although you didn't manage to put in any of the very important details of her death.
People die from impurities, dehydration or mixing with other intoxicants.
To present your case in such terms as it can kill you, and it's illegal, so don't use it, is exactly why the war on drugs has failed. You, as a college newspaper, have a unique opportunity to do this. Most of your readers will have already decided whether or not they are Ecstasy users, due to their age and education. So tell them the truth. Reports on MDMA's long term effects are sketchy at best due to the government's lack of interest in testing the drug.