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Ecstasy

Ecstasy . BY: J oseph Rangel. What is ecstasy?. MDMA or Ecstasy (3-4-methylenedioxymethampheta-mine), is a synthetic drug with amphetamine-like and hallucinogenic properties. It is classified as a stimulant. Slang names for ecstasy.

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Ecstasy

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  1. Ecstasy BY: Joseph Rangel

  2. What is ecstasy? • MDMA or Ecstasy (3-4-methylenedioxymethampheta-mine), is a synthetic drug with amphetamine-like and hallucinogenic properties. It is classified as a stimulant.

  3. Slang names for ecstasy. * X, E, or XTC* Adam* Beans* Candy* Dancing Shoes* Disco Biscuits* Doves* E-bomb* Egg Rolls* Happy Pill* Hug Drug* Love Drug* Malcolm (or Malcolm X)* Scooby Snacks* Smartees* Sweets* Skittles* Thizz* Vitamin E or Vitamin X* Vowels

  4. What does it look like? • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form that is often imprinted with graphic designs or commercial logos.

  5. Methods of administration • Use of ecstasy is mostly tooken orally

  6. Ecstasy short term effects • Gives you energy • Distorts time and perception • Increases enjoyment from touching • Inability to regulate temperature • Sharp increase in body temperature, hyperthermia, heatstroke • Liver, kidney, and cardiovascular system failure • Perceptual changes, anxiety, jaw-clenching, dry mouth, and appetite changes • Blood pressure increases • Headaches • Chills • Eye-twitching • Severe sweating • Faintness • Seizures • Day-after depression • Death

  7. Ecstasy long term effects • Dramatic increase in heart rate, leading to serious complications for people with cardiovascular disease. • Dehydration can lead to liver and kidney failure. • Disturbing emotional reactions, confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, severe anxiety, and heart palpitations. Symptoms last a long time after taking the drug. • Depletes the amount of serotonin in the brain and blocks uptake of serotonin. • Toxic to the brain. • Impairs memory. • Brain damage is directly related to amount and frequency of usage.

  8. Ecstasy: is it addictive? • For some people, MDMA can be addictive. A survey of young adult and adolescent MDMA users found that 43 percent of those who reported ecstasy use met the accepted diagnostic criteria for dependence, as evidenced by continued use despite knowledge of physical or psychological harm, withdrawal effects, and tolerance (or diminished response), and 34 percent met the criteria for drug abuse.

  9. Rehab issues • According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, approximately 503,000 Americans aged 12 or older used ecstasy in 2007. Among 12 to 17 year olds, ecstasy use is growing – 1.4 percent of the nation’s youth reported using ecstasy in 2008, up from 1.0 percent in 2005.

  10. Legal issues • MDMA is legally controlled in most of the world under the UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances and other international agreements, although exceptions exist for research and limited medical use. In general, the unlicensed use, sale or manufacture of MDMA are all criminal offenses.

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