The Guardian reports on the case of a man who took 40,000 ecstasy tablets in 16 years, giving doctors a unique insight into the long term affects.

Given that:

1. this man is still alive.
2. he was clearly an idiot to start with.
3. he's a habitual user of several other narcotics.
4. taking that many aspirin would be very dangerous.

Surprisingly, ecstasy would seem to be relatively safe.

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | The strange case of the man who took 40,000 ecstasy pills in nine years