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'''Methylenedioxymethamphetamine''' (commonly abbreviated MDMA), which is widely referred to as '''Ecstasy''', is a psychedelic drug that is illegal in the [[United States]]. It is considered to be a stimulant, and can be very addicting. It is usually taken in pill form, although it can also be snorted. [http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/atod/od_ecstasy.htm] MDMA is heavily associated with "rave" culture.

'''Methylenedioxymethamphetamine''' (commonly abbreviated MDMA), which is widely referred to as '''Ecstasy''', is a semisynthetic psychedelic entactogen drug that is illegal in the [[United States]]. It is considered to be a stimulant, and physically unaddictive. It is usually taken in pill form, although it can also be snorted or injected. [http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/atod/od_ecstasy.htm] MDMA is heavily associated with "rave" culture. Though it is also used as a tool for spiritual practices, such as transcendency and meditation. Despite it being a Schedule I narcotic, the death count for this drug is very low, with most being the result of mixing drugs. The death rate of ecstasy in the Uk is 0.25% that of alcohol-related deaths, with similiar statistics in America, Canada, Australia and the Netherlands.

==Effects of MDMA==

==Effects of MDMA==

MDMA dramatically increases one's [[heart]] rate and can affect memory, the body's ability to regulate temperature, and lead to [[depression]], anxiety, and sleep problems, nausea, dehydration/headstroke, among other things.  [http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/ecstasy.html] It produces a euphoric "high" that lasts several hours by releasing norepinephrine, but depression and a general feeling of malaise are a frequent result once the high wears off.

MDMA increases one's [[heart]] rate and can affect memory, the body's ability to regulate temperature, and can lead to [[depression]], anxiety, and sleep problems, nausea, dehydration/headstroke, among other things..  [http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/ecstasy.html] It produces a euphoric "high" that lasts several hours by releasing norepinephrine, but depression and a general feeling of malaise are a frequent result once the high wears off.

[[Category:Illegal substances]]

[[Category:Illegal substances]]