You're inside one of Boston's hottest dance clubs, but nightlife here has a dark side. Federal drug agents say nightclubs have become virtual supermarkets for the drug. But it's not only being sold here. In high schools all across Massachusetts, ecstasy is threatening the health and safety of an increasing number of students. But it can be deadly.
Studies have shown the drug, Ecstasy, can also cause memory loss, anxiety and depression.
Nationally emergency visits due to ecstasy are up dramatically, but ecstasy's popularity is on the rise. Here in this Needham High School parking lot, police arrested two men for selling ecstasy to students as school let out. In Swamspcott, police confiscated some ecstasy pills before they were sold to high school kids. So far, the action has focused on nightclubs. 40 people arrested including one club bouncer.