Ecstasy can cause severe dehydration, exhaustion, hyperthermia, and sometimes even kidney failure. When combined with long nights of dancing, Ecstasy has been known to cause heart failure and extreme heat stroke. It can also cause extensive long-term brain damage. Although the drug itself is dangerous and deadly enough, another problem emerging is that often dealers are not able to keep up with demand. As a result, they often sell substitute drugs.
Users then risk taking dangerous drug combinations and greatly increase their risk of overdosing.
In short, the seeming benefits of Ecstasy just are not worth the risks. I d rather dance for three hours and be around to do the same the next weekend than dance for six hours one night but have that be my last. Therefore honor God with your body. Ibid., p. 13. 2001 Annual Report , p. 13.