What would possibly drive someone to go three without or with little sleep, food or water to the point where they almost die of dehydration? One word answers that question; Ecstasy. Ecstasy is a drug in the form of a pill that will really mess a person up.
Some reasons why this is such a popular drug is all of the short term effects, including feeling of euphoria, enhanced mental and emotional clarity, sensations of lightness and floating and other hallucinations. This drug, as I said earlier, will also suppress a user’s appetite, thirst and need of sleep. Although as with other drugs, it is easy to overdose and potentially die while on Ecstasy from heart failure or extreme heat stroke. The use of this drug has skyrocketed since 1993, where in ’93 the DEA confiscated only 196 tablets of MDMA (Ecstasy) compared to 143,600 tablets in ’99. MDMA is often used by teenagers and young adults, largely at dance clubs, raves and rock concerts, and this use is gradually going up as well. For the longest time MDMA has been considered a safe, non-addictive alternative substance that still gives you the extreme “high”, but this “truth” has been proven dead wrong due to studies that show even light use still puts at high risks for death and/or addiction.
I’ve never been a teen that desires to “test the waters” as far as drugs and other substances go, so I completely agree with the article I based this blog on. I think that it’s extremely good that this information is so easily at people’s fingertips so that the truth about MDMA, or Ecstasy is out there to read.
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