Ecstasy

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This paper examines the drug ecstasy, focusing primarily on the deleterious impact of the drug on users, including physiological and psychological impact. The paper also discusses the drug's therapeutic uses by the medical community.

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"The drug known as methylenedioxmetharnphetamine is more commonly called MDMA or ecstasy among drug users. The history of MDMA begins in the early twentieth century when, after its discovery by German chemists, it was patented and used as an appetite suppressant for soldiers during World War I. A stimulant, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports MDMA is a psychoactive drug chemically similar to the stimulant, methamphetamine and the hallucinogen, mescaline."

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