Ecstasy

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Ecstasy
By Brooke and Souhail
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Beans
Rolls
The love drug
Party Drug
Doves
Dolphins
Designer Drug
What do they have in common? Theyre all
nicknames for ecstasy.
E
MITSUBISHI
Clarity
Adam
Hug Drug
New Yorkers
Disco Biscuits
The Club drug
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Feelings it Produces

• Depression
• Confusion
• Extreme feelings of love

• Feelings of empathy
• Peacefulness
• Enhanced self-confidence
• More Energy

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Effects on the Brain

• Long-term damage to brain
• Memory and Thought loss
• Damages the neurons that produce chemicals called
  serotonin
• Serotonin is used to communicate with other
  neurons
• Dull mental processes

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Effects on the Body

• Muscle tension
• Teeth clenching
• Nausea
• Blurred vision
• Rapid eye movement
• Faintness
• Chills/sweating
• Increase in heart rate, blood pressure, and body
  temperature
• Heart failure
• Dulled senses
• Tiredness and soreness

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Usage

• 2.8 million teens have tried ecstasy
• 1 out of every 11 in the nation
• Most common from ages 16-25 years
• Taken in pills or tablets
• Sometimes snorted or smoked

• Designs are put onto tablets to make ecstasy look
  harmless

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Random Facts

• Ecstasy-using teens are associated with
  child-like costumes, teddy bears, pacifiers, and
  glowing jewelry
• 80 of Ecstasy is made in the Netherlands
• Made for 50 cents a tablet, but costs 10-40 in
  U.S.
• 150 designs on Ecstasy tablets used to attract
  teens
• The official name for Ecstasy is
  methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA

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History of Ecstasy

• Early 1900s
• Patented in Germany by pharmaceutical company
  Merck
• Studied for use as a diet pill, but not marketed
• 1950, U.S. army considered it for chemical
  warfare agent
• Somewhat dominant until 1970s
• being used by psychotherapists
• 1980s Ecstasy became party drug

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