http://www.economist.com/science/dis...ory_id=2051669
[Economist article - need a subscription. In short, the Johns Hopkins team that reported that Ecstacy kills brain cells involved in dopamine uptake have retracted their study. Turns out the results were not reproduceable, and when they went to check why, they discovered that they had mistakenly been giving the "ecstacy" monkeys in their study methamphetamines instead. No word if they have therefore concluded that crystal meth may be bad for you.]