Ecstasy Methylenedioxymethamphetamine MDMA Educational Video

Ecstasy Video. Ecstasy: What's all the Rave About?. Public Service Announcement and public domain video from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. MDMA (3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is a synthetic, psychoactive drug chemically similar to the stimulant methamphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline. Street names for MDMA include Ecstasy, Adam, XTC, hug, beans, and love drug. MDMA is an illegal drug that acts as both a stimulant and psychedelic, producing an energizing effect, as well as distortions in time and perception and enhanced enjoyment from tactile experiences. MDMA exerts its primary effects in the brain on neurons that use the chemical serotonin to communicate with other neurons. The serotonin system plays an important role in regulating mood, aggression, sexual activity, sleep, and sensitivity to pain. Research in animals indicates that MDMA is neurotoxic; whether or not this is also true in humans is currently an area of intense investigation. MDMA can also be dangerous to health and, on rare occasions, lethal. What does it look like? Ecstasy comes in a tablet form that is often branded, e.g. Playboy bunnies, Nike swoosh, CK. How is it used? Taken in pill form, users sometimes take Ecstasy at "raves," clubs and other parties to keep on dancing and for mood enhancement. What are its short-term effects? Users report that Ecstasy produces intensely pleasurable effects -- including an enhanced sense of self-confidence and energy. Effects include feelings of peacefulness, acceptance and empathy. Users say they experience feelings of closeness with others and a desire to touch others. Other effects can include involuntary teeth clenching, a loss of inhibitions, transfixion on sights and sounds, nausea, blurred vision, chills and/or sweating. Increases in heart rate and blood pressure, as well as seizures, are also possible. The stimulant effects of the drug enable users to dance for extended periods, which when combined with the hot crowded conditions usually found at raves, can lead to severe dehydration and hyperthermia or dramatic increases in body temperature. This can lead to muscle breakdown and kidney, liver and cardiovascular failure. Cardiovascular failure has been reported in some of the Ecstasy-related fatalities. After-effects also include sleep problems, anxiety and depression. What are its long-term effects?Repeated use of Ecstasy ultimately may damage the cells that produce serotonin, which has an important role in the regulation of mood, appetite, pain, learning and memory. There already is research suggesting Ecstasy use can disrupt or interfere with memory. What is its federal classification? Schedule I. For some people, MDMA can be addictive. A survey of young adult and adolescent MDMA users found that 43 percent of those who reported ecstasy use met the accepted diagnostic criteria for dependence, as evidenced by continued use despite knowledge of physical or psychological harm, withdrawal effects, and tolerance (or diminished response), and 34 percent met the criteria for drug abuse. Almost 60 percent of people who use MDMA report withdrawal symptoms, including fatigue, loss of appetite, depressed feelings, and trouble concentrating. Chronic users of MDMA perform more poorly than nonusers on certain types of cognitive or memory tasks. Some of these effects may be due to the use of other drugs in combination with MDMA, among other factors. These can include confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, and severe anxiety. These problems can occur during and sometimes days or weeks after taking MDMA. Research in animals links MDMA exposure to long-term damage to neurons that are involved in mood, thinking, and judgment. A study in nonhuman primates showed that exposure to MDMA for only 4 days caused damage to serotonin nerve terminals that was evident 6 to 7 years later. While similar neurotoxicity has not been definitively shown in humans, the wealth of animal research indicating MDMA's damaging properties suggests that MDMA is not a safe drug for human consumption.

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[tyrone199]

this video is full of flaws. just riddled with mild hypocrisy and the odd lie. e.g the doctor around 2:40 in, sneekily implies that taking mdma means you can't succeed in life, as if trying a drug dooms you to a life of not being a doctor or lawyer. which in my experience is completely not true, a person screws themselves up, not the drug.

[rosaryfilms]

tyrone199, "X" messes with the serotonin levels and other brain neurochemistry big time. If you have to make a living using your brain -- you are asking for trouble. And that is just for starters. As you age, it gets worse.

[tyrone199]

why not show an equal amount of benefits so people can make fair decisions on it? Yhis isn't marketing its just about being fair.

[rosaryfilms]

tyrone199, the benefits are -- you get the very short-term release of serotonin, etc. The price you pay -- is in the video. Did you watch the entire video?

[tyrone199]

"Whether drugs lead to illumination or degradation depends on the spirit in which one takes them."- George Andrews

[MynameisElliott]

This seems a bit subjective, if they really wanted the public to believe this they would have made an objective and impartial video.

[SailorBarsoom]

@sleepnow18

For that matter, children are sometimes prescribed Desoxyn, which IS meth. I don't mean that it's "like" meth or that it is "chemically similar" to meth; I mean it is the exact same molecule. Look it up. Desoxyn.

[mac4life55]

"It could have methamphetamine in it" he should have thought that out, and kati and Adam what shills.

[cookiehoarder]

Making Ecstasy illegal allowed crime organizations to make a profit off of it. They cut their MDMA with caffeine/meth (Other stuff is too expensive). Drug prohibition of drugs forces it underground and causes people to not know what they are taking.

[Aaronator01]

Pill Report website your pill to see whats going on. That should tell you if you got ripped off :)

[glengo480]

that guy just because of that speech made it on my kill list

[k5lta]

the word is rediculous....Methylenedioxyme­thamphetamine come on scientist..

[SailorBarsoom]

@bamboo4tameshigiri

I've seen you around and know that you are knowledgeable (more so than I am), but for the sake of anybody who isn't, I'm going to keep posting that link.

[SailorBarsoom]

Probably, but why the hell would anybody take it every day for years?

Take it once a month. Or better yet, once every three months. Eat a little turkey the day before, take some vitamin C and some 5-HTP the day after.

Most of all, make sure what you're actually taking is in fact MDMA. There is a lot of "ecstasy" out there which contains little or no MDMA. Often times it has methamphetamine or caffeine (sometimes mixed with Valium) instead.

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

@SailorBarsoom

Appreciated, but, of all of the worthless civilians here, you need not inform me as to the facts about this molecule.