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MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen ...
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Ecstasy is alleged in causing girls suicide
The parents of an 18-year-old student who killed herself while suffering from an ecstasy-induced depression ...
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Jusy Say NO to Club Drugs
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Ecstasy side effects 'not minor'
The effects of the drug ecstasy cannot be dismissed as minor, according to an intensive ...
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Risks involved when using club drug ecstasy
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Ecstasy worth $20M seized by authorities
HIDDEN in heavy duty machinery, the thousands of tiny multi-coloured tablets would have been worth ...
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Ecstasy Abuse Rising
The synthetic drug Ecstasy, also known by its chemical abbreviation MDMA, has emerged as a ...
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Ecstasy second in local drug abuse trend
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Ecstasy bust called one of county's largest
Police descriptions of a drug bust that occurred in Stockbridge range from "one of the ...
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Some reactions have been reported to persist from one to 14 days after taking Ecstasy.
Ecstasy is sometimes packaged in capsules or generic tablets to imitate prescription drugs with the average dose costing anywhere from $7-$30 per pill.
Ecstasy also is neurotoxic. In addition, in high doses it can cause a sharp increase in body temperature (malignant hyperthermia) leading to muscle breakdown and kidney and cardiovascular system failure.
In many of the 21 metropolitan areas monitored by CEWG members, Ecstasy, once used primarily at dance clubs, raves, and college scenes, is now being used in a number of other social settings.
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Ecstasy
Statistics
- In June 2000, the U.S.
Customs Service intercepted some 9 million tablets of Ecstasy being smuggled
into the United States.
- In July 2000, the U.S.
Customs Service at Los Angeles International Airport seized 16 packages containing
2.1 million Ecstasy tablets (1,096 pounds) with an estimated street value
of at least $41 million.
- Research suggests that
people who used ecstasy at least 25 times had lowered serotonin levels for
as long as a year after quitting.
- About 8% of high school
seniors surveyed had tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives.
- About 5.5% of 19-22 year-olds
surveyed had used Ecstasy in the previous year.
- Ecstasy-related emergency
room incidents increased nationwide from 250 in 1994, to 637 in 1997, to 1,142
in 1998, to 2,850 in 1999.
- The number of persons
being admitted for treatment of primary MDMA abuse is increasing in Denver,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Texas.
- Most MDMA pills are produced
in Belgium and the Netherlands, but there have been reports of attempts to
establish clandestine MDMA labs in CEWG sites such as Minneapolis, San Diego,
and areas of Michigan and South Florida.
- In 2000, approximately
6.4 million people had tried Ecstasy at least once in their lifetime. This
is more than the the estimated 5.1 million lifetime users in 1999.
- 28% of teens know a friend
or classmate who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one user.
- 10% of teens say that
they have been to a rave, and Ecstasy was available at more than two-thirds
of these raves.
- Among 12th graders, Ecstasy
use rose from 5.6% in 1999 to 8.2% in 2000, and for the first time, 8th graders
showed increased rates in their use of Ecstasy as well.
- The statistics reveal
the boom in ecstasy production and export from Europe. In 2000, 27.5 million
ecstasy tablets were among 10,000 kilos of drugs produced in Europe and seized
overseas. In Europe 17m tablets were seized in 2000, 50 per cent more than
in 1999.
- The ecstasy smuggled
from Europe to the US is worth more than £3 billion. Some comes from
Britain or is trafficked by gangs with connections in the UK, according to
European police sources.
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