Ecstasy

What is Ecstasis?

Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912. In its original form, it was known as “MDMA.” It was used in 1953 by the US Army in psychological warfare tests, and then resurfaced in the 1960s as a psychotherapy medication to “lower

inhibitions.” It wasn’t until the 1970s that MDMA started being used as a party drug.

Imaginary love pill off with the mask. Ecstasy is often call “The love pill” because

it heightens perceptions of color and sound and supposedly amplifies sensations when one touches or caresses another, particularly during sex.

But Ecstasy often contains hallucinogens, which are drugs that act on the mind and cause people to see or feel things that are not really there. Hallucinogens can throw a person into a scary or sad experience from the past, where he or she gets stuck without even realizing it.

Consequences of using Ecstasy.

Ecstasy smothers the natural alarm signals given out by the body. As a result, after taking the drug, an individual risks going beyond his physical limitations and endurance. For example, a person on Ecstasy may not realize that he has bécome overheated and can faint or even die of heatstroke.

A study by the University of Texas Center for Social Work Research found that the long-term effects of Ecstasy most frequently reported included depression and a reduced ability to concentrate. The researchers also found repeated use of Ecstasy to be associated with sleep, mood and anxiety disturbances; tremors or twitches; and memory problems.

SHORT-TERM EFFECTS

• Impaired judgment

• False sense of affection

• Confusion

• Depression

• Sleep problems

• Severe anxiety

• Paranoia

• Drug cravings

• Muscle tension

• Faintness and chills or swelling

• Involuntary teeth clenching

• Blurred vision

• Nausea

LONG-TERM EFFECTS

• Long-lasting brain damage affecting thought and memory

• Damage to portions of the brain that regulate critical functions such as learning, sleep and emotion

• It is as if the brain switchboard was torn apart, then rewired backwards

• Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings

• Depression, anxiety, memory loss

• Kidney failure

• Hemorrhaging

• Psychosis

• Cardiovascular collapse

• Convulsions

• Death