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Ecstasy Facts

  • Physical symptoms due to ecstasy include muscle tension, involuntary teeth clenching, nausea, blurred vision, rapid eye movement, faintness, and chills or sweating.
  • 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.
  • Ecstasy use sometimes results in severe dehydration or exhaustion.
  • Ecstasy users consistantly score poor on memory tests compaired to non-ecstasy users.
  • Ecstasy content varies widely, and it frequently consists of substances entirely different from MDMA, ranging from caffeine to dextromethorphan.
  • Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University demonstrated that 4 days of exposure to the drug caused damage that persisted 6 to 7 years later.
  • Ecstasy is most often available in tablet form and is usually ingested orally. It is also available as a powder and is sometimes snorted and occasionally smoked but rarely injected.
  • Brain imaging research in humans indicates that MDMA causes injury to the brain, affecting neurons that use the chemical serotonin to communicate with other neurons.
  • Ecstasy is a synthetic, psychoactive drug with both stimulant (amphetamine-like) and hallucinogenic (LSD-like) properties.
  • Nearly 5 percent of 10th and 12th graders and about 2 percent of 8th graders said they had used MDMA in the past year.
  • Street names for Ecstasy include Adam, XTC, E, hug, beans, and love drug.
  • Damage to the brain caused by ecstasy has been found in cases where ecstasy was not been taken for 6 to 7 years.
  • Although rumors abound, there is no evidence that demonstrates that Ecstasy is an aphrodisiac.
  • Emergency room data indicate that Ecstasy is increasingly used by marijuana users, with reports of Ecstasy in combination with marijuana increasing from 8 in 1990 to 796 in 1999.
  • Some reactions have been reported to persist from one to 14 days after taking Ecstasy.
  • Ecstasy tablets seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration increased from 13,342 in 1996 to 949,257 in 2000.
  • Ecstasy content varies widely, and it frequently consists of substances entirely different from MDMA, ranging from caffeine to dextromethorphan.
  • Ecstasy is used most frequently by teenagers, young adults, and others who attend night clubs and raves. It is found primarily at night clubs, bars, and all-night rave parties.
  • At moderate doses, Ecstasy can cause euphoria, feelings of well-being, enhanced mental or emotional clarity, anxiety, and paranoia. Heavier doses can cause hallucinations, sensations of lightness and floating, depression, paranoid thinking, and violent, i
  • Psychological difficulties, including confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, severe anxiety, and paranoia - during and sometimes weeks after taking Ecstasy.
  • Emergency room data indicate that MDMA is increasingly used by marijuana users, with reports of MDMA in combination with marijuana increasing from 8 in 1990 to 796 in 1999.
  • The number of persons who had ever tried Ecstasy (MDMA) increased from 6.5 million in 2000 to 8.1 million in 2001.
  • There were 786,000 current users of ecstasy in 2001.
  • Although first prepared as an appetite suppressant in 1914, Ecstasy was relatively ignored until the 1960�s when non-medical use was first reported in the U.S.
  • Typical doses of ecstasy range from around 80 to 160 milligrams of MDMA when taken orally.
  • Brain imaging research in humans indicates that Ecstasy causes injury to the brain, affecting neurons that use the chemical serotonin to communicate with other neurons.
  • Ecstasy's psychological effects can include confusion, depression, sleep problems, anxiety, and paranoia during, and sometimes weeks after, taking the drug.
  • Ecstasy tablets seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration increased from 13,342 in 1996 to 949,257 in 2000.
  • Psychological difficulties due to ecstasy include confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, severe anxiety, and paranoia - during and sometimes weeks after taking MDMA.
  • Ecstasy is most commonly used at all night parties called "raves".
  • When ecstasy is taken by mouth, the effects manifest about 30-45 minutes later.
  • An Ecstasy high can last from six to 24 hours, with the average "trip" lasting only about three to four hours.
  • Memory tests of people who have taken Ecstasy as compared to non-drug users have shown that the Ecstasy users had lower scores.
  • MDMA was first synthesized and patented in 1914 by the German drug company called Merck.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes packaged in capsules or generic tablets to imitate prescription drugs with the average dose costing anywhere from $7-$30 per pill.
  • MDMA is on the U.S. Schedule I of controlled substances, and is illegal to manufacture, possess, or sell in the United States.
  • Ecstasy users may encounter problems similar to those experienced by amphetamine and cocaine users, including addiction.
  • Many of the risks users face with MDMA use are similar to those found with the use of cocaine and amphetamines
  • Ecstasy is classified as a "Schedule 1" controlled substance along with other dangerous narcotics like heroin, cocaine, and LSD.
  • Ecstasy can be detected up to four days in the urine.
  • Raves are all-night dance parties that are held in settings such as vacant warehouses. They have fast-paced and high-volume music, offer a variety of high-tech entertainment, and often incorporate the use of drugs.
  • Users claim while on Ecstasy they experience feelings of closeness with others and a desire to touch them.
  • 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.
  • Also, there is evidence that people who develop a rash that looks like acne after using Ecstasy may be risking severe side effects, including liver damage, if they continue to use the drug.
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Ecstasy may be deadly

 Ecstasy is a dangerous drug that has become more popular among high school students in the last few years.

The slang terms for Ecstasy are commonly known as: MDMA, Adam, Bean, E, M, Roll, X, and XTC. But the full name is methylenedioxy-methamphetamine.

Ecstasy is not always what it seems.

Since Ecstasy is illegal it is often produced in makeshift laboratories, making it impossible to know exactly what chemicals are used to produce it and where it is being produced.

Ecstasy is a dangerous synthetic drug with hallucinogenic properties that is typically in pill form and ingested orally, but it is also snorted or smoked.

The damage of Ecstasy includes risks of developing permanent brain damage, memory loss, sensory impairment, anxiety, and other disorders.

As a stimulate to the cardiovascular and central nervous system, there is extra risk for those people with circulatory problems or heart disease because the drug increases heart rate and blood pressure.

The drug is popular among those who attend "rave parties," which are all-night dance parties, night clubs and concerts. Ecstasy is popular in venues of dancing because the drug's stimulant effect allows the user to dance for long periods of time. However, the risk of dehydration, hyperthermia, and heart or kidney failure increase while dancing for long periods of time.

The combination of crowded all-night dance parties and Ecstacy use has been reported to cause fatalities.

"Ecstasy is so stupid. I will never understand why someone would take such a risk with their lives just to feel high," said Michigan City High School junior, Jon Lewis.

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