MDMA

have the cannabis and MDMA artists (Lombardi). When big music idols begin to incorporate these drugs into their music they are propagating the drug culture to their audience, suggesting it as something they should be doing. Last year at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida Madonna asked her fans “How many people in the crowd have seen Molly tonight?,” a popular phrase that refers to MDMA (McKay). Here is a woman in her sixties asking young adults if they have been using MDMA and endorsing…

the word. People don’t have any clue that psychedelics can actually be used as a medicine in many different ways, and many have proved to be an efficient tool in the right settings and circumstances. Psychedelics like ‘Magic Mushrooms’, LSD, DMT, and MDMA grew notorious in the late 50s and 70s and most of these drugs were being researched at the time until studies came to a halt when Nixon signed the Controlled Substances Act in 1970, which placed these drugs under the Schedule 1 category.…

recreational illicit drugs such as MDMA, phencyclidine, methaqualone, and cocaine. MDMA and methaqualone in particular were major items of focus for the project, produced in large quantities and weaponized as powders and aerosol sprays that could be used as riot control when dispersed in vast quantities over crowds. Not least amongst the many abuses of the program committed by Basson, it was discovered during the TRC trial that Basson had sold large quantities of MDMA and methaqualone on the…

While extra energy may seem like a plus, there are multiple negative side effects to this drug. Users may experience muscle cramps, nausea, blurred vision, and chills. Someone on Ecstasy would show an abnormal amount of energy and excitement, but seem confused as to what is happening as well. Most users end up breaking out in cold sweat, a mixture of the chills and nausea. Muscle cramps are common due to the increased sensitivity. The extra help in the sensory department makes a person overly…

These drugs are often referred to as club drugs. Ravers may use an array of drugs, but MDMA (Ecstasy), GHB (liquid Ecstasy), Methamphetamine (speed, crystal, meth), Ketamine (special k), Rohypnol (Roofie, roche), and LSD (acid) are the most commonly used. The stimulant drugs such as MDMA and methamphetamines cause an increased heart rate, convulsions, rise in body temperature, insomnia, slurred speech, and grinding of teeth, just to name…

Statistics show, over forty million Americans twelve years of age or older use illicit substances (Drug Stats). With that being said, is it surprising that America is one of the leading countries for drug use but scrapes the bottom of the charts for education? It is not acceptable to be practicing such destructive activities. Kristin Hersh aforesaid, “No drug is a cure, though. Drugs are just big pieces of tape they stick over warning lights.” The consumption of drugs, such as marijuana, Ecstasy…

Robert Cormier’s We All Fall Down was published in 1991 but occurs at an earlier time period in the towns of Burnside and Wickburg. Although published in 1991, the setting is believed to have been at an earlier date, most likely the late 1980s because of Buddy’s alcoholism, the mall, and the book being published in 1991. My first impression while reading this book was that it must be during the1990s because of how the Jerome daughters dress. Although sweaters were popular in the 1990s, a grunge…

heroin and fentanyl in the U.S., consequently this is causing an increase in preventable fentanyl overdoses (Vankar). Heroin and fentanyl are not the only drugs that are being imported into the U.S. by the Sinaloa Cartel. In addition, they also smuggle MDMA, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Cannabis across the U.S. border (Chokshi).…

As teenagers we go through certain situations and struggles in order to prosper. Especially as college students, we are exposed to many different challenges, whether it is something school related, or something going on in our social life, or just life in general. You will be tested and brought down to your knees in these times of struggle, but through it all you will find that these endeavors were beneficiary in order for you to realize the person you are. My last semester in college had me in…

dangers are increased when users raise the dosage to feel for a euphoria effect unknowingly that it may be a deadly type of combination of drugs. At Stanford University, and at raves frequented by high school students in Baltimore and New York City, MDMA, in tablets containing about 100 mg of the drug and costing about $20 each and has become a popular drug of abuse. It is valued for its mild hallucinogenic and stimulant properties, as well as it 's reputed the ability to enhance benevolence and…