I believe you have to take news reports as a pinch of salt as they don't normally tell the whole story. They usually demonize drugs I remember the famous Leah Betts story in the U.K. She died of a 'ecstasy' overdose and her dad went on a nationwide campaign about the evils of the drug. He forgot to mention however that she drank about 7 litres of water in less than 90 minutes (12 pints) resulting in water intoxication and hyponatremia, which in turn led to serious swelling of the brain, irreparably damaging it. CaptainWhiteBeard