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Ecstasy

What is it? Also known as "E," "X," and "Bean," ecstasy has a long chemical name: methylenedioxymethamphetamine or MDA for short. It is called a "designer" drug (see sidebar) and comes in a white capsule or tablet. 30 minutes after it is swallowed, ecstasy reaches the brain. A "trip" can last 3-4 hours.

A Designer Drug is created in a lab and designed to be just different enough chemically from an illegal drug so that it is not "technically" illegal. Once the designer drug becomes popular, laws are passed to make it illegal. The drug designers then make slight modifications to its chemical structure to come up with yet a new version that is still potent but again technically legal. This cycle can go on forever, with each new version having slightly different effects, side effects, and potencies. Many of these effects, including how much is an overdose, are unknown and can be much more dangerous than the original.

What does it make you feel like? Ecstasy can make users feel energetically high, relaxed or warmly connected to other people. It can make users feel freer to communicate with others or to do some deep inner thinking on their own. Some users say it increases sexual feelings.

What does it do to your body? Ecstasy is a complete "mixed bag" when it comes to physical effects.

  • Like Quaaludes, ecstasy relieves muscle tension, stress.
  • Like downers, ecstasy can block pain.
  • Like amphetamines, ecstasy can give the user a sense of well-being.
  • Like some other psychedelics, ecstasy can give the user a heightened sense of sight, sound, and touch plus an altered sense of reality.

Warning!

Ecstasy is often "cut" (mixed) with:

speed, acid,

or

heroin.

 

Is it easy to become tolerant to the drug? All drugs are poison to your body. But because your body is so amazingly devoted to keeping you alive, it can become "tolerant" to having poison in it. With ecstasy, the tolerance develops very quickly. Some users say they've experienced the following: Dry mouth, dehydration, loss of appetite, headaches, dizziness, nausea, fainting, teeth grinding, sweating, chills, increased heart rate, blood pressure, and next-day sleepiness.

If an ecstasy user takes one tablet every day for a week,
the nice, dreamy effects end and the speedy, tense effects get worse.

What's an overdoes like? People rarely overdose on ecstasy. Why? Because the more they take ecstasy the less they enjoy it. Like amphetamines, too much leads to paranoia, anxiety, and depression. Occasionally ecstasy can cause toxic reactions in people with asthma, heart conditions, diabetes, epilepsy, psychosis, or depression.

What is withdrawal like? Ecstasy is not believed to be chemically addictive like tobacco, alcohol, cocaine, crack, amphetamines, and heroin, although some consider it to be emotionally or psychologically addictive like marijuana. Regular users who stop taking it will not experience physical withdrawal symptoms.

Is it legal? No. 

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