1. ECSTACY
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2. What is Ecstasy? Schedule 1 drug Stimulant Street names: Lover’s speed
Love pill
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Hug Drug E X
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Scooby Snacks

3. How it Enters the Body
Pill form
Injection
Liquid
Snorted

4. Statistics 9 million Ecstasy users worldwide
2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health:
12 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives
2.3% of 8th graders, 5.2% of 10th graders, and 6.5% of 12th graders
92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs

5. History 1912- developed by Merck (known as MDMA)
1953- US Army used drug in psychological warfare tests
1960s- Psychotherapy medication to lower inhibitions
1970s- became party drug
1980s- gained popularity
1984- still legal, sold as “Ecstasy”
1985- Ecstasy banned due to safety concerns

6. How People Get Started:
Parties
How People Get Addicted:
They like the feeling (effect diminishes)
The more you take the drug the more you like and get use to it
People continue to take the drug despite the feeling or effect

7. Short-Term Effects:
Impaired judgment
False sense of affection
Confusion
Depression
Sleep problems
Severe anxiety
Paranoia
Drug cravings
Muscle tension
Faintness & chills or swelling
Involuntary teeth clenching
Blurred vision
Nausea
Long-Term Effects:
Brain damage
Nerve damage
Depression, anxiety, memory loss
Kidney failure
Hemorrhaging
Psychosis
Cardiovascular collapse
Convulsions
Death

8. Other Sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison
Can cause liver failure
Can die from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack