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I Accept Show Purposes. Identification Resources There are a number of online resources that may be helpful if you need to identify a pill that you believe may be ecstasy. The site also contains reports written by users detailing chemical test results and observed effects based on use. Dance Safe is a website that offers information on a variety of drugs. You can also purchase drug checking kits to test for adulterants that are often added to MDMA pills, such as caffeine and amphetamine.
KnowDrugs App is designed to help people avoid bad batches of ecstasy tablets. The app contains information about drug testing and pill testing results and is aimed at harm reduction. The app also provides information about what to do in the event of a drug-related emergency. What Are Ecstasy Pills? Uses Ecstasy is known as a party drug or club drug and is used at places such as electronic dance music EDM events, clubs, concerts, parties, and bars.
Risks Since these pills are illegally produced, there are no standards for manufacturing, which means that the ingredients and dosage are inconsistent and typically unknown to the people who take them.
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We Accept Most Insurance Plans. We're Here to Help. Call Now. Skip to content. Reviewed by a Medical Professional. Medical Reviewer. It is a popular drug among teens and young adults. Under the Controlled Substances Act, it is a Schedule I substance, meaning it has no known or acceptable medical safety standards. This drug can be very addictive and very dangerous. Contact Us.
He discovered 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine while he was developing medicines to stop bleeding. Its original intent was as a parent compound to synthesize those medications that control bleeding. Shulgin realized this substance had unique psychoactive properties. In , MDMA was patented by Merck, a pharmaceutical company, as a compound with potential pharmaceutical value.
There were several decades before anything else was done with the drug. This tested the application of psychedelics for mind control. This project became infamous for using unwitting subjects with which to experiment their psychoactive drugs. MDMA was part of this experiment but was only tested on non-human subjects. They gave it the code name EA In the s, MDMA was being used by psychiatrists as a psychotherapeutic tool.
The thought was that patients who took it would be more willing to communicate and participate in psychotherapy.
Ecstasy had a reputation as a party drug by the s. It was joined marijuana, LSD, heroin and others on that list, meaning they had a high potential for abuse and medicinal value.
Some medical researchers still believe there is potential for this drug to treat people with PTSD, depression, anxiety and other behavioral problems. In the early s, the first human trials were approved by the FDA. These were testing whether MDMA could help relieve pain in terminally ill patients, paired with psychotherapy. Contact Us. MDMA, thought of as a party drug and also called Molly or Ecstasy, is typically taken in tablet form top, right or in a capsule above, right. Subscribe now Sign up free to receive our email newsletter:.
Site Navigation Who We Are. Take Action. Drug-Free Pledge Signing. All Rights Reserved. If you do go this route, take care of your nose before, during, and after snorting MDMA.
Boofing refers to dissolving a drug into a solution and using a syringe or enema bulb to squirt the solution up into the rectum. This route gets MDMA into your bloodstream quickly and is often compared to intravenous injection in terms of how it feels and how quickly you feel the effects. If you regularly inject drugs, boofing can also be a way to give your veins some time to heal and reduce your chances of infection. MDMA can also be dissolved into water and injected into a vein.
But this option also seems to produce less of the sense of empathy and connectedness that orally ingested MDMA is well-known for, according to anecdotal reports. If you have a preexisting heart condition, these effects can exacerbate it. They can also cause dehydration more on how to avoid this later. Combining MDMA with these medications may lead to something called serotonin syndrome.
Regardless of how you consume MDMA, there are some simple steps you can take to make the experience safer:. She has practiced clinically as a paramedic in multiple treatment settings, including as a member of the Austin Harm Reduction Coalition. She founded Longhorn Stop the Bleed and is committed to supporting healthcare professionals who seek to integrate harm reduction principles in their practice.
Molly is detectable in bodily fluids one to three days after ingestion. Most fluid-based detection windows are based on a single dose of 50 to …. MDMA, commonly know as ecstasy or molly, may cause depression or anxiety.
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