According to the Drug Abuse Warning Network, from 1998 through 1999 deaths from ecstasy increased 400%. Between 1996 and 1999, emergency room visits involving ecstasy grew by nine-times, from 319-2,850. The majority of these cases involved users under the age of 25. (Ecstasy: The Truth About the Enemy Behind the Mask, www.google.com) Ecstasy user may think that this is a bad thing and disagree, but those who say good things to people about drugs are usually the ones who are trying to sell them to you. Ecstasy is a damaging drug based on at least three good reasons. The reasons are as follows: the ingredients, effects, and consequences.
Ecstasy is a drug that was developed in 1912 as an appetite suppressant by the German pharmaceutical company Merck. During the late 1970s, the drug was used as a treatment for psychological and emotional disorders. Ecstasy became popular as a "street" drug in the 1980s. It became illegal in the United States in 1985. Another name for ecstasy is 3, 4-Methylendedioxy-n-metamphetamine or better known as MDMA. The ingredients in ecstasy can be more shocking and dangerous than what one might think of just ecstasy. Its ingredients could be combined with other drugs, but one might not know it. Most ecstasy is only about 40% pure and the rest could be another dangerous and worse drug such as heroine or cocaine, which are addictive. In its purest form, ecstasy is a white crystalline powder with a musty odor. It may also have a reddish or brownish color as a result of impurities. Ecstasy usually comes as a pill, capsule, or in a powder form and is usually taken through the mouth, although it can be injected. A normal dose is around 9mg to 125mg per pill.
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