ECSTASY - PSYCHOSTIMULANT, HALLUCINOGEN A ND TOXIC

MDMA or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetarnine, more commonly called ''ecs tasy'', is a drug classified as a stupefiant and increasingly used by young people for its stimulant and hallucinogen effects. This popular designer drug is often used in techno or rave parties and perceived by users as relatively harmless. It has however been associated with dis orders of thermoregulation and has been the cause of several deaths. I n addition, the drug has been shown to destroy serotonin receptors in the brain in the monkey and leads to serious physchiatric discorders a nd liver damage in man.