Please people, do some research on the subject.With a sneering post like yours, the onus is on you to show why the study cannot possibly be correct.
Anyone with the most basic knowledge of chemistry or pharmacology knows that there are all sorts of compounds out there can cause immediate, permanent damage to a given body organ or part of an organ. The brain is an organ, albeit the least-understood one. QED.
When the world's leading neuroscientists can't yet come to any consensus on the topic, I somehow doubt you have the magic key to all MDMA understanding.
You are free to believe what you want to believe. I will stick with objective science. Anyone who says ecstasy "eats holes in the brain" is verifyably engaged in unscientific posturing.
Does down-regulation happen? Yes. Does dopamine get broken down into neurotixic metabolites? Yes. Are these effects ameliorable? Yes.
Basic knowledge of chemistry and pharmacology notwithstanding, the specific effects of ecstasy have been studied and scientific results are available. Unfortunately, human studies are almost impossible because of our silly Drugs Policy.
I merely invite you and everyone else to question statements that are clearly prejudicial and unfounded. Everyone is free to draw their own conclusions. I just ask that you consider objective and scientific sources.
The same sorts of things were said about marijuana in the 30's. Do you really think that we are somehow immune now to the same sort of propagandizing by the establishment?