Ecstasy

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Ecstasy has been said to be the drug of choice by many drug users. And with its gaining popularity, it just may become the drug of choice for everyone. Many are saying,¡¨in the 60's it was weed and LSD, in the 70's it was cocaine, in the 80's and 90's we had crack, now in this new century, we have rediscovered a new evolution of euphoria (user).¡¨ So what is so great about ecstacy? What is raising our curiosity level? And is this drug as dangerous as we all think? Although ecstasy has been around for decades, its recent rise in popularity has caused everyone to ask these questions.

There is a drug currently present in our society called methalenedioxymethamphetamine, or if you can¡¦t pronounce that, MDMA, known more commonly as Ecstacy This drug was created in 1914 to be used primarily as a dietary supplement The drug was not a popular product on the market and so its manufacturer let the patent expire (ADIC 1). In the 1970's the drug regained some popularity, but not with consumers It was then being studied in the medical field.ƒÏ At this time MDMA was legal.ƒÏ It wasn¡¦t until 1985, when the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) discovered the drug produced harmful effects in rodents serotonin levels was made illegal (MJA 1). The DEA described the drug as one with no medical use and has an abuse was highly potential. Some argue the DEA made the drug illegal without any official documented research on human testing to prove it harmful Many people have used the drug on an underground level, and ironically enough, there has been no proven instances of death or harmful reactions in the United States because of MDMA¡¦s direct and single use.ƒÏ A person may ask, why is MDMA illegal?ƒÏ In order for ecstasy to be illegal, there should be more testing in order to find out the true effects on humans.ƒÏ
The drug MDMA (ecstasy) was first synthesized as an appetite suppressant in 1912 by a German pharmaceutical company, ...