Dying to get high - ecstasy deaths soar in North West
The number of deaths linked to ecstasy in the North West is at a ten-year high. Granada Reports has undertaken a special investigation into why so many people are dying to get high.
Ecstasy: is legalisation the answer?
A grieving father is calling for the drugs that killed his boys to be legalised.
Ray Lakeman from Port St Mary on the Isle of Man lost both his sons on the same night after they took ecstasy.
He believes if drugs were legalised and regulated, other lives could be saved.
In the fourth and final of our special reports, our correspondent Mel Barham investigates whether it really is time to legalise?
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Ecstasy: Knowing the dangers
Twenty years ago the image of Leah Betts lying in her hospital bed came to symbolise the dangers of ecstasy.
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BLOG: the sobering story behind the ecstasy statistics
Correspondent Mel Barham asks how the number of ecstasy-related deaths can be reduced
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Ecstasy: Is it worth the risk?
Startling new figures show the number of people attending A&E departments after taking ecstasy has risen by up to 20% in the last few years.