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ECSTASY

ECSTASY. Objectives. What is it? What is MDMA? How is it takes? Commonly known as? Effects-Long and short term. Dangers. Quiz. What Is Ecstasy?. MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) Synthetic Psychoactive Chemically similar to Meth. Part stimulant, part hallucinogen.

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ECSTASY

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  1. ECSTASY

  2. Objectives • What is it? What is MDMA? • How is it takes? • Commonly known as? • Effects-Long and short term. • Dangers. • Quiz

  3. What Is Ecstasy? • MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) • Synthetic • Psychoactive • Chemically similar to Meth. • Part stimulant, part hallucinogen. • Used at all-night parties (reason called Club Drug)

  4. Route of Administration • Most often taken in pill form. • Sometimes crushed and snorted.

  5. Commonly Known As • Club Drug • E • X • XTC • Adam • Hug • Beans • Clarity • Lover’s speed • Love Drug

  6. Known By Symbols Too

  7. Effects • A “hit” usually lasts 3-6 hours • In about 15 minutes, enters blood stream • In about 45 minutes feel effects “high” • Known as “rolling”

  8. Short Term Effects • Feel endless energy • Feel Hyper and very alert • Loss sense of time and perception • Anxious and agitated • Sweating, chills, dizziness • Muscle tension, nausea, blurred vision, increased HR and BP • Clenching/grinding of teeth • Dehydration

  9. Delayed Effects (withdrawals) • Unless another dose is taken the used begins to “bump” or ‘come down” • Side effects of this are: • Feelings of sadness, depression, anxiety and memory difficulties • These can last for several days to a week or longer depending on the regularity of use.

  10. Long Term Effects • Other than the ones on the previous slide • Dehydration can lead to hyperthermia (too hot) • Damaging kidneys and heart • May result in death • Affects Serotonin levels in brain • Serotonin plays direct roll in regulating mood, aggression, sexual activity, sleep and sensitivity to pain. • Memory loss amongst regular users

  11. !!!!!DANGERS!!!!! • “We still don’t know whether MDMA causes long-term brain damage in humans, or whether the effects are reversible when someone stops using the drug. A study of animals showed that exposure to high doses of MDMA for 4 days produced brain damage that could still be seen 6 to 7 years later “ • http://teens.drugabuse.gov/parents/parents_xtc1.php • http://teens.drugabuse.gov/parents/documents/ecstasy_quiz.pdf

  12. Prevalence in Teens

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