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The recreational use of club drugs is harmful / Paul M. Gahlinger -- GHB and similar drugs can facilitate rape / Asjylyn Loder -- Ecstasy can be beneficial in therapy / Brandon Spun -- Many drugs are not known as club drugs among youths / Denise Renaldo -- The recreational use of club drugs may increase the risk of HIV / Center for AIDS Prevention Studies at the University of California, San Francisco (CAPS) -- The recreational use of ecstasy is harmful / National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) -- The harm of ecstasy has been misrepresented by researchers and reporters / Ilsa Jerome -- The recreational use of ecstasy can destroy lives / Karen de Seve -- The psychiatric use of ecstasy can help heal psychological trauma / Amy Turner -- The Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act deters selling and using club drugs / U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) -- The Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act is unfair and threatens civil liberties / Janelle Brown.