"Ecstasy" Damages the Brain and Impairs Memory in Humans In an article that was found at NIDA NOTES on the Internet, titled "Ecstasy " Damages the Brain and Impairs Memory in Humans, discusses the horrible effect that this popular drug has on the human body. In a...

The rave culture came from Europe to American during the early 1990's. In the early days, all-night dance parties were held in clandestine locations with small numbers (usually less than 100) of attendees. Today's raves are often held in concert halls and warehouses and can attract thousan...

Methamphetamines, also known as speed, crystal, crank, ice, and chalk are becoming a widely used party drug along the West Coast. Cheap, easy to make and instantly addictive, meth is becoming a home cooked drug crisis. On the Drug Enforcement Agency's list meth as number two. Usually, met...

Did you know that nearly 5 percent of 10th and 12th graders and about 2 percent of 8th graders have reported to have used MDMA in the past year? Isn't that scary to hear? A study given to students at Stanford University showed that 40% of the students have used MDMA. These facts are aston...

"It's been less than an hour, and you can already feel it. The corners of your mouth are starting to lift up, creating a big semicircle, a Cheshire grin. The pit of your stomach, normally so weighed down with stress, is lightening. You're giddy, like the first time you fell for someone. The pu...

The U.S. Government should take a chance with a new approach towards the war on drugs obviously the one in effect now is not working to well. I do not think that the government will ever be able to tell the U.S. public that they have succeeded in the fight on the War on Drugs. Let's face it th...

MDMA, or Ecstasy, was first made in a lab in Germany in 1912. The German pharmaceutical company E. Merck patented it in 1914, not as a medicine, but as a chemical for making more useful drugs later on. MDMA was forgotten until 1953, when the United States Army funded a secret University of Michigan...

In the recent past, our nation has noticed alarming increases in the popularity of some very dangerous substances, known collectively as "club drugs." This term refers to drugs being used by young adults at all-night dance parties like raves, dance clubs, and bars. MDMA (ecstasy), GHB, R...

"The music vibrates throughout your body. Everything you perceive or imagine pulsates in unison to form the "collective conscience." Every thought, feeling, and your existence as a whole become euphoric and connected. You love and understand everything as never before. Why ...

Ecstasy What is ecstasy (in all forms) from scientific perspective? Ecstasy is one of the most popular and serious drugs affecting teens. It's real name is MDMA (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine). It is a synthetic chemical that can be made from an oil of the sassafras tree. MDMA is also o...