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MDMA "ECSTASY" |
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| Popular among teens at "rave parties". Generally in tablet form, though varying colors, and varying degrees of content. | Ecstasy is known to produce strong feelings of comfort, empathy, and intense sensations. Pacifiers, glow sticks, and glowing necklaces, are often associated with it’s use. |
| Street Names: | Ecstasy, Love Drug |
| Classification: | Hallucinogen; Schedule 1 |
| Physical Dependence: | Unknown |
| Psychological Dependence: | Unknown |
| Duration: | Variable |
| Usual Method: | Oral; Injected |
| Possible Effects: | Strong feelings of comfort, empathy, Illusions and hallucinations; Altered perception of time and distance |
| Effects of Overdose: | Longer, more intense "trip" episodes; Psychosis; Possible death |
| Withdrawal Syndrome: | Unknown |
| Paraphernalia, Packaging: | Pacifiers; Sandwich baggies or ziplock baggies |
| Signs and Symptoms: | Extremely dilated pupils; Warm skin; Excessive perspiration and body odor; Distorted sense of sight, hearing, and touch; Distorted image of self and time; Mood and behavior changes; Unpredictable flashback episodes, even long after withdrawal (although these are rare) |