Impaired cognitive performance in drug free users of recreational ecstasy (MDMA)
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry June 1, 2000 E. Gouzoulis-Mayfrank 309 citations
Use of ecstasy, possibly together with cannabis, may cause cognitive decline in healthy young people. An impairment of working memory might underlie declines in various task performances. The cognitive disturbance likely relates to ecstasy's neurotoxic potential, and even typical recreational doses appear sufficient to cause neurotoxicity in humans.