Ecstasy was created in 1912 by Merck pharmaceutical company and was used for psychological warfare testing and psychotherapy in the 1950s-1960s. Since 1985, ecstasy has been an illegal drug due to its unsafe effects. It is usually taken orally but can also be injected or inhaled. Short term effects include increased heart rate and blood pressure while long term effects involve brain damage, liver failure, and lung damage. There are also legal and social consequences to ecstasy use such as jail time and strained relationships.

1. Ecstasy
By Madison Berger

2. History
Ecstasy was created by the Merck pharmaceutical company in
the year of 1912. It was later used in the 1950’s US Army
for psychological warfare tests, then later on used again in
the 1960’s for psychotherapy to “lower ambitions”. Ten years
later what was previously called “MDMA”, ecstasy became
useful for partiers across the USA. Since 1985, it has been
considered an illegal drug because it has been found to be
unsafe.

3. Administration
● Usually taken in pills/tablets orally.
● Can be injected in liquid form (called GHB)with a needle.
● Can be inhaled or blown into a body cavity in gas form
(called insufflation)
● Can be injected through the rectum
● Can be dissolved on the tongue(sublingual).

4. StreetNames
● X
● XTC
● Hug Drug
● Roll
● Adam
● A
● California Sunrise
● Molly

5. Classification
Drug Classification-Schedule 1 meaning it is in the the
grouping with the most dangerous drugs. It can also be
highly abused physically and psychologically.

6. Chemicals
● Ketamine
● Aspirin
● Atropine
● 4-MTA
● Amphetamine(speed)
● LSD
● Caffeine
● 2-CB
● 3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-Methylamphetamine

7. Effectsonyourlife
● Physical-When taking ecstasy a person can experience nausea/vomiting,
muscle tightening, increased thirst, and exhaustion.
● Mental/Emotional-making the user increasingly paranoid, anxious,
depressed, disoriented, and affectionate while taking it.
● Social-Ecstasy affects your social health through abuse. If you abuse
Ecstasy you can lose close friends and strain family relationships, not
want to make new friends because of the paranoia and anxiousness that
comes with it, violence towards others, and reduced amounts of money the
person has because they spend it on buying their drug.

8. LegalConsequences
● Has big legal consequences because it is an illegal drug.
● Having two hundred grams of ecstasy in the United States, can lead to a
minimum of six years in jail. If you have caught with ecstasy before and
are found again with a small amount, you can receive fifteen days to two
years in jail, and if you are caught a third time, you may receive ninety
days to three years in jail. You can also be fined from 250,000 to 4
million dollars for possessing the drug.

9. Short/Longtermeffects(NervousSystem)
Short Term
● Increased activity of three
neurotransmitters (serotonin,
dopamine, and norepinephrine)
● Memory loss
● Severe anxiety
Long Term
● Depression
● Addiction to the drug mentally
● Damage to the brain cells.

10. Short/LongTermEffects(CardiovascularSystem)
Short Term
● Heart palpitations
● Inflammation of the heart wall
● High blood pressure
Long Term
● Cardiovascular collapse
● Steady high blood pressure
● Other heart related problems.

11. Short/LongTermEffects(DigestiveSystem)
Short Term
● Abdominal pain and irritation
to the entire gastrointestinal
tract by over stimulating it
Long Term
● Liver failure
● Damage to the gastrointestinal
system from is that acid
remains in the tract while
there is nothing to digest.

12. Short/LongTermEffects(RespiratorySystem)
Short Term
● Altering chemical balance in
the lungs
● High blood pressure.
Long Term
● Fibrous lung tissue
● Asthma
● Permanent lung damage.

13. MedicalUses
Ecstasy is not considered a medicine since it is illegal and
a Schedule 1 drug, so it has no accepted medical uses,
however it can help reduce certain unwanted things in the
mind.
● Ecstasy can help reduces fear (without sedation)
● Increases alertness and affection
● Helps heal psychological trauma damage
● Help terminally ill face death.

14. LSD+Alcoholorotherdrugs=?
Alcohol
Mixing alcohol and the drug
can be not only be deadly,
but it can also lead to:
● Dehydration
● Overheating
● puts pressure on liver
and kidneys which can
lead to failure in both
Drugs
● Can deplete brain
transmitters called
Serotonin or Dopamine
● Can lead to a stroke
● Can lead to the strain
of the heart and other
body parts.

15. EffectsonFamilyandSociety
● Using this drug can strain your relationships with your
family and others, put you on financial troubles, lead to
violence, crime, and abuse, lower your grades, and lower
your ability to get a good job.

16. Game

17. VoiceRecording
https://drive.google.com/open?
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18. WorksCited
● http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/ecstasy/what-is-ecstasy.html
● http://drug.addictionblog.org/how-does-ecstasy-work/
● https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/ds.shtml
● http://www.drugs.health.gov.au/internet/drugs/publishing.
nsf/content/ecstasy3
● http://addiction.lovetoknow.com/drug-addiction/effects-ecstasy
● http://www.ecstasyabuse.com/blog/addiction/legal-consequences-of-ecstasy-
use/
● http://drugabuse.com/library/ecstasy-abuse/
● http://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/stimulants/damaged-organs.html
● http://www.knowyourlimits.info/know%E2%80%A6-about-mixing-drugs-and-
alcohol