Ecstasy
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The Effects Ecstasy has on the Body and the Brain
Ecstasy has been growing popular in this past decade at local raves or all night parties. It seems to be very popular among the teenage population who go to these parties. Ecstasy is known as MDMA which is the scientific name for 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine. Some of the street names for ecstasy include XTC, Adam, and Essence. MDMA is marketed as a "feel good" drug since some of the effects make you feel good as some devotees say. It is a designer drug which means that it is a substance on the drug market that is a chemical analogue or variation of another psychoactive drug. Researchers have began to study the effects of ecstasy on animals but little is known yet on the effects for humans. But many of the studies on animals will correlate into the same effects on humans.
MDMA or Ecstasy is chemically related to the family of amphetamines, which includes MDA, and also related to mescaline. It was discovered in 1912 by Merck...