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Alternatively just don't take the E.
OK. Lets be precise.
Leah Betts died from a cerebral oedema caused by water intoxication and hyponatremia as a result of drinking too much water in a short space of time. However, it was noted at the inquest into her death that simply drinking this volume of fluid would not have been sufficient to have killed her. The reason why it did was because the ecstasy caused an excessive release of anti-diuretic hormone that prevented her from passing the excess fluid.
Drinking too much water was a factor in Leah Betts' death, but it was not the only cause. If she hadn't taken ecstasy she would have had a normal reaction to fluid overload (peeing loads) and survived.
I'm closing the book on this line of discussion now. I know we're effectively talking about the same thing here so I'm not going to push it any further. Yes you can theoretically die from a fluid overload, but this is not normally the case unless other factors are at work such as certain brain injuries, cancers or infections, or intoxication by certain drugs (including ecstasy).
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