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››› mdma (ecstasy)

› What is it?

Is a synthetic, psychoactive drug possessing stimulant and hallucinogenic property. Ecstasy possesses chemical variations of the stimulant amphetamine or methamphetamine and a hallucinogen, most often mescaline. Ecstasy is popular in all night parties, nightclubs, and rock concerts, because enables the user to dance for extended periods.

› How MDMA
is used?

The users take ecstasy orally.

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Ecstasy comes in a tablet form that is often branded with fashionable symbols, (playboy bunnies, ck) and in different colors.

› Short-Term effects:

include dehydration, hypertension, heart or kidney failure, and increased body temperature, which can lead to death, psychological difficulties, confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, severe anxiety and paranoia. During and sometimes weeks after taking ecstasy can occur symptoms as muscle tension, involuntary teeth clenching, nausea, blurred vision, rapid eye movement, faintness and chills or sweating.

› Long-term effects:

include confusion, depression, sleep problems, anxiety, paranoia and loss of memory. Ecstasy is a very dangerous drug, ever on one dose the effect of this drug can be fatal, world wide there have been several ecstasy related deaths.

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)