BY: MELISSA GROSSMAN, LILY ARIC, & CHRIS JACILDO

1. BY: MELISSA GROSSMAN, LILY ARIC, & CHRIS JACILDO

2. The reason why they are called club drugs is because they are mostly used at raves, nightclubs and concerts. • Club drugs can and will kill you.

3. Ecstasy About the drug and effects • The real name for this stimulant is methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) • Ecstasy has hallucinogens. They can cause you to see or feel things that are not even there. • Ecstasy is usually taken by pill but can also be taken other ways. • Liquid ecstasy is Gamma Hydroxybutyrate. This substance is found in drain cleaner, floor stripper. • It can also destroy alarm signals given out by the body

4. Ecstasy can effect emotion like depression, emotional instability, happiness for a short time. And for social, you will neglect friends and family or forgetting what you did/say to them. Some effects from PISES

5. How do you use ecstasy? There are different ways to use ecstasy - orally - nasally (snorting pills)

6. Why? teens and young people use this drug • Again this drug is mainly used at big parties, concerts, etc., so they may use it because its there or because of peer pressure • Teens also think that they will feel good and once they take the drug the mind thinks they need the drug or it even makes them want other drugs

7. • Cadillac • Adam • Beans • California Sunrise • Clarity • E • Essence • Elephants • Eve • Hug • Hug Drug • Scooby snacks • Love pill • Lover’s speed • Roll • X • Snowball • XE • XTC Ecstasy Street names

8. Impaired judgment • False sense of affection • Confusion • Depression • Sleep problems • Severe anxiety • Paranoia • Drugs cravings • Muscle tension • Involuntary teeth denching • Nausea • Blurred vision • Faintness and chills or swelling Short Term effects

9. Brain damage affecting thought and memory • Damage to portions of the brain that regulate critical functions such as learning, sleep and emotion • It is as if the brain switchboard were torn apart, then rewired backwards • Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings • Depression, anxiety, memory loss • Kidney failure • Hemorrhaging • Psychosis • Cardio-vascular collapse • Convulsions • death Long Term effects

10. In 2001 8.1 million people of the ages 12 and up tried ecstasy but in 2000 it was only 6.5 million. • Between 1995 and 2001 the amount of teens who used ecstasy increased by 140% • Ecstasy is one of the most common drugs use by teens and other young people. • People have died just by using it once • When ecstasy became a club drug, the ER incidents have increased by 1,200%

12. Quiz/Game

13. What is the name for liquid ecstasy Question 1

14. GHB (Gamma Hydroxybutyrate) Answer

15. Name 4 street names for ecstasy Question 2

16. Answer • Cadillac • Hug Drug • Adam • Scooby snacks • Beans • Love pill • California Sunrise • Lover’s speed • Clarity • Roll • E • X • Essence • Snowball • Elephants • XE • Eve • XTC • Hug

17. What do hallucinogens do? Question 3

18. They make you see / feel things that aren't even in existence. Answer

19. Why are they called club drugs? Question 4

20. Those drugs are mainly used at clubs and concerts and raves. Answer

21. What are 5 long term effects of using ecstasy. Question 5

22. Answers -Brain damage affecting thought and memory -Damage to portions of the brain that regulate critical functions such as learning, sleep and emotion -It is as if the brain switchboard were torn apart, then rewired backwards -Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings -Depression, anxiety, memory loss -Kidney failure -Hemorrhaging -Psychosis -Cardio-vascular collapse -Convulsions -death

23. What are 3 short term effects of using ecstasy? Question 6

24. Impaired judgment • False sense of affection • Confusion • Depression • Sleep problems • Severe anxiety • Paranoia • Drugs cravings • Muscle tension • Involuntary teeth denching • Nausea • Blurred vision • Faintness and chills or swelling Answers

25. 1) In 2000 the amount of people using ecstasy was ______ million • 2) in 2001 the amount was ______ million Question 7

26. 1) 6.5 million • 2) 8.1 million Answers

27. Name a way to take ecstasy Question 8

28. Answer orally, nasally (snorting pills)

29. Why do teenagers use ecstasy? Question 9

30. They think they will make them feel good • Its used at parties and concerts and also because of peer pressure. Answer