ECSTASY

extra

100

How did people usually use the drug in the 70s?

a party drug

200

How much people use it worldwide? 

9 million users

300

What does ecstasy contain today? 

dog deworming substances and even rat poison

consequences

100

Name 5 short term effects

• false sense of affection
• nausea
• severe anxiety
• drug craving
• involuntary teeth clenching
• confusion and paranoia
• Faintness 
• Chills or sweating muscle tension 
• impaired judgment
• depression
• blurred vision
• sleep problems

200

Long term effects

 permanent damage to the brain

300

Legal consequences

• $1,000 fine and/or up to six months in jail for a first offence. You face a $2,000 fine and/or up to one-year imprisonment for each subsequent conviction

History

100

When was it banned?

1985

200

What was it originally used for? 

Was originally used for warfare tests and psychotherapy medication

300

What year and what company developed it?

Developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912

names

100

Street name of MDMA

Ecstasy

200

Name two other names for ecstasy

• Scooby Snacks
• California Sunrise
• Beans
• Lover’s speed

300

Full name of MDMA

methylenedioxymethamphetamine