I Am Doing a Research Project on Ecstasy. Can Anyone Help Me Out With Information?
Question by Lindsey: I am doing a research project on ecstasy. Can anyone help me out with information?
I am doing a research project on ecstasy. Can anyone tell me where it first originated? How is it used? Is there any medical uses for the drug? Can it be addictive? How is the drug obtained? Can a tolerance be developed when taking it? What are differen’t “street names” for it? Can anyone help me out?
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Answer by Dj Snowflaco
Ecstasy itself is a street name. The drug’s real name is methylenedioxymethamphetamine or MDMA. Other street names are E, XTC, Rolls, Adam, The Club Drug, Designer Drug, The Party Drug, Hug Drug, Disco Biscuits, White Doves, New Yorkers, Love Drug, Clarity, Lover’s Speed. It is used mainly in clubs and was a big hit in the 90’s during the “rave scene”.
Answer by matthew h
MDMA was first made in a German lab by a guy trying to find a medicine to help soldiers wounded in battle in 1913 (I think). It was pretty much forgotten about until Alexander Shulgin rediscovered it about 60 years later, and it started being used as “alternative medicine” to help with therapy. It was really popular in the 1980s when it was still legal, and maintained that popularity after the DEA made it illegal (for no reason, I’m not making this up. They were able to give no logical reason at all for why they made the drug illegal and Schedule I. It was suggested to be Schedule III, which is basically a prescription.)
There are in fact medical uses for it, MDMA can be used to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in people like war veterans or rape victims. It’s been used exactly for those reasons and had tremendous results.
Ecstasy is not physically addictive. It can be slightly psychologically addictive, but the way the drug works makes it extremely hard to actually get addicted in any way. If you abuse the drug too much over too short a period of time, it does not have any affect any more, no matter how much is taken (called “losing the magic”). Basically what happens is the serotonin receptors (which recieve serotonin, which makes you high on MDMA) in your brain get fried (with abuse, responsibly using the drug has little to no adverse effects on the brain, and no longer work properly. The brain has to heal itself over time for you to get high again.
You can buy ecstasy from your friendly local drug dealer. If you’re looking for E, actively search for it and ask your other dealers if you have them. That’s all I’m going to say about it.
The tolerance question was answered above.
Street names are X, E, Beans, Disco Biscuits, Molly, tabs, caps, pills, etc. The big three are X, E and Molly.
Hope I answered all your questions well.
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