Ecstasy

            
             Ecstasy is a widely used drug, which is usually known as a club drugs, and also considered as a "safe drug" by the young generation. It has now become a world wide alert for every nation, as it now seems to be a common drug in every major parts of the world. Known to us in many names, such as Black Beauties, Crack Meth, ice, XTC, and Adam, it's a drug which is also highly abused in the south and the south eastern part of Asia. Around five percent of Thailand's population that is 60 million people is found to be MDMA abusers. While, Myanmar has become the largest producer of this tablet in the world by producing around 800 million tablets a year. The INCB (International Narcotic Control Board) states that, one of the main ingredients that is the ephedrine is smuggled into Myanmar from the two major legal producers, which is India and China. .
             The effect might seem harmless, but the continuous intake of this drug slowly causes fatal damages to your brain and the cardiovascular system. The MDMA increases the brain activity by releasing the neurotransmitter, mostly serotonin from the storage to the neurons. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, which is responsible for regulating mood, sleep, emotions, and other behaviors. MDMA, while releasing the serotonin from the storage, also interferes with the synthesis of this neurotransmitter. As a person has become addicted to it, large amount of serotonin is released, and it takes the brain a significant amount of time to restore the required quantity of serotonin for the body to perform necessary physiological and psychological functions. But MDMA while releasing serotonin and dopamine from storage, also interferes with the synthesis of these neurotransmitter by producing an oxidative and metabolic stress to the serotonin neurons, which therefore will have less capability in producing enough quantity of this neurotransmitter. .
             The other symptoms, after using these drugs are physical symptoms such as, muscle tension, involuntary teeth clenching, nausea, blurred vision, rapid eye movements, faintness, and chills or sweating.