Recovery Advocate ECSTASY! Sue Blodgett

When I was a teenager, ecstasy meant a state of overwhelming emotion. One was ecstatic about someone or something. If you use the word today, it connotes a new and deadly drug which is readily available and not that expensive. A major concern about Ecstasy is its widespread use among high school youths, college students, and young adults. Ecstasy or MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is a stimulant that combines the properties of methamphetamine or "speed" with mind-altering or hallucinogenic properties. Considered the most commonly used designer drug, Ecstasy is a close derivative of methamphetamine and can be described as a hallucinogenic stimulant. Designer drugs are illicit variations of other drugs. Because of many different recipes used to manufacture Ecstasy, deaths have been caused by some other substances inadvertently created during production, such as PMA (paramethamphetamine). Ecstasy was banned in 1985, and is currently classified as a Schedule 1 substance. To learn more about this dangerous drug, please check the red folder on the tract table. Back