The Drug Of Choice Today

     Ecstasy, or 3, 4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine, was first synthesized and patented in 1914, by the German drug company Merck. The original purpose of the drug was to be an appetite suppressant, however in 1970 it was given to clinical depressed patients to open them up and talk about their feelings. Then in 1986, Ecstasy was determined to cause brain damage (http://faculity.washington.edu/chudler/mdma.html).

The abuse of methamphetamines in the United States seems to have started during the “Great Depression” and increased during WWI, WWII, and Viet Nam. Many times, amphetamines were prescribed by the government and the military to keep fighting soldiers going. After returning from their tour of duty, many soldiers returned home addicted to the drug. Also during the 50’s and 60’s, amphetamines were being used as a weight loss medication. But eventually began to be abused by the users.

Methamphetamine is classified as a schedule II stimulant5 (meaning it has high potential for abuse), which makes it legally available through a nonrefillable prescription, although it is rarely used medicinally, and only at doses

As the use of amphetamines increased in popularity so did the illegal production of said drug worldwide. This pushed governments to implement laws making the use of amphetamines without a prescription illegal. This was done through the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (Benson, 2015). This caused a large

In order to better understand why a therapist would recommend MDMA to a patent it is important to know exactly how this drug effects the patient. The effects of MDMA become apparent to the patent anywhere from 20 to 90 minutes after it is taken. Then the strongest part of the experience happens in under 20 minutes after the initial wave hits and last around 2.5 hours. The after effects usually last 24-48 hours with rare cases of them lasting up to a week. The most notable of the effects is an openness. This openness can further be understood by knowing that there is an immense reduction in any fear the patient is experiencing, an increase of empathy, overwhelming sense of love, and a loosening of ego. Some negative effects during the initial experience include hyperthermia, dehydration, jaw clenching,

MDMA, or methylenedioxy-methylamphetamine, is a chemical that affects the release of serotonin in the brain and is a schedule I drug in the United states. Most commonly known as a part of the ecstasy pill or molly powder capsule, this crystalline drug is used at raves, parties, and clubs worldwide for a heightened sense of euphoria and a myriad of psychedelic effects. This substance is known as the love drug for it's ability to bring people closer together and lower normal social anxieties with its empatheogenic effects. In the last few years, more and more studies have been done on the valid psychiatric use for counseling and couples therapy. Here are some of the things found during the most recent of these studies.

The mind altering and hallucinogenic side effects of MDMA could have positive effects on those being treated with it rather than the latter. The use of MDMA soon became a common drug used in psychotherapy, the treatment of a mental disorder by psychological instead of normal medical ways. While the drug was prospering in helping treat mental disorders it was later banned in 1985 due to drug users turning to it as an alternative for another drug called heroin. Drug users chose MDMA because not only was it structurally similar to methamphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline, but the effects were very similar. A strain of MDMA called alpha-methylfentanyl was created and also banned after the Drug Enforcement Administration was given the right to do so. This was difficult to accomplish due to MDMA being patented, but once the strain began to kill users it became evident that something had to be done to prevent this issue from getting out of

Methamphetamine: a synthetic drug with more rapid lasting effects than amphetamine, used illegally as a stimulant and as a prescription drug to treat narcolepsy and maintain blood pressure. Street Names: Meth, speed, crank, zip, chalk, ice, crystal. Drug Classification: Schedule II, stimulant. Methamphetamine has been around for quite a while, it takes it back to “Amphetamine,” which was made in 1887 in Germany and Methamphetamine a higher effect and easier to

It is chemically like amphetamine [a medicine used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy, a sleep disorder]. People take Methamphetamine by: breathe in or burning it, swallowing (pill), sniffing, and even shooting up the powder that has been dissolved in water or alcohol due to the effect from the drug does not last long and people are most likely to take frequent doses. Indeed, people take Meth in form of overdoing it and giving up nutrition, sleep while continuing to take the drug each few hours for up to a week. (NIDA, 2007). According to NIDA, people would take constant amounts of meth to feel the effect.

Methamphetamine, a synthetic chemical, is manufactured in “superlabs” in the United States and Mexico, and can also easily be made in small clandestine laboratories,

Methamphetamine: a synthetic drug with more rapid lasting effects than amphetamine, used illegally as a stimulant and as a prescription drug to treat narcolepsy and maintain blood pressure. Street Names: Meth, speed, crank, zip, chalk, ice, crystal. Drug Classification: Schedule II, stimulant. Methamphetamine has been around for quite a while, it takes it back to “Amphetamine,” which was made in 1887 in Germany and Methamphetamine a higher effect and easier to produce, it was developed in Japan in 1919. Some factors that contribute to Methamphetamine abuse went into wide use during WWII, to keep the troops awake. Furthermore, The Japanese Kamikaze pilots took high doses of speed before their suicide mission (Drugs and Controlled

MDMA has high stimulating effects which enable users to dance for extended periods of time, which may also lead to dehydration, hypertension, and heart or kidney failure. Ecstasy is both a hallucinogenic and stimulant drug. It is usually taken in pill form and supposed to be composed of the pure chemical (Kelly 2000). Recent research findings link MDMA to long-term damage to those parts of the brain critical to thought and memory (Gouzoulis 2008).

Methamphetamine has been around for decades and was planned to be used as a useful stimulant but backfired and became a nuisance. The brief history of the drug explains that the Japanese developed it with an understandable reason, to improve performance in battle, then to which points it has first extended to Guam, the U.S. Marshall Islands and to the U.S. West Coast. Methamphetamine became out of hand and Congress placed an act in motion in order to prevent the production of the drug. The drug has a high availability in the United States and can be easily manufactured, sold and bought. As years went by the production has been easier and more prevalent. With the many ways of administering the drug, the drug can have many types of effects on

Ecstasy is both a hallucinogenic, causing hallucination, and a stimulant drug. Ecstasy is the name given to methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). It was first synthesized in 1912 by Merck chemist Anton Köllisch. Ecstasy appears to disturb the body 's ability to regulate its temperature and this can lead to serious problems with overheating of the body. Ecstasy can be swallowed as a pill or tablet or snorted like a powder. Users of ecstasy can experience a rush of good feelings, a high, and makes someone 's feelings much more intense, whether they 're good or bad feelings. Ecstasy’s effects usually last up to 6 hours.

Molly is a synthetic drug, usually found in clubs and raves. Molly is slang for molecular but it's also commonly referred to as ecstasy or MDMA, which stands for methylenedioxy-methamphetamine. Molly's usually taken in form of a capsule or tablet, but can be snorted as a powder or swallowed in liquid form. MDMA was originally used in the 1970s to help people who were in psychotic therapy. It has since then been said to have no medicinal use, and was therefore considered illegal by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. Nowadays, ecstasy is used to aid PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and terminally ill patients who have anxiety. In 2012, 7.2% of high-school seniors have ever used any form of MDMA in their entire lives. That's a 4.5% decrease from 2011. (according to teens.drugabuse.gov)