Ecstasy Can Kill You / Educational Video PSA

Ecstasy Can Kill You / Educational Video PSA. Public domain Public Service Announcement. What It Is: Ecstasy (3, 4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine, or MDMA) is a drug that is illegally made. Ecstasy is a stimulant drug that can cause hallucinations. It is known as a designer drug because it is created for the purpose of making someone feel high. The drug is popular with teens and young adults who go to clubs, concerts, or "rave parties." Users think the drug will make them feel good and enable them to keep going for days without rest. But people who use Ecstasy don't realize how dangerous this drug actually is. Ecstasy has become one of the most common illegal drugs sold on the streets. In the last few years, Ecstasy has sent many young people to emergency rooms because of its dangerous side effects. Ecstasy can kill. Sometimes Called: XTC, X, Adam, E, Roll, A, 007. How It's Used: Ecstasy can be swallowed (pill or tablet) or snorted (powder). What It Does to You: Ecstasy is both a hallucinogenic and a stimulant drug. It makes users experience a rush of good feelings (a high) and makes someone's feelings much more intense, whether they're good or bad. The drug's effects usually last up to 6 hours. Ecstasy increases heart rate and can cause dry mouth, stomach cramps, blurred vision, chills, sweating, or nausea. It can make some users feel anxious, confused, and paranoid, like someone is trying to hurt them or is plotting against them. Scientists have recently proven that Ecstasy causes direct damage to brain cells that are involved in thinking and memory. The drug can cause the salts and minerals in the blood to become dangerously diluted (thinned out), which can cause the brain to swell. Permanent brain damage can result. If a person takes Ecstasy, his or her body can dangerously overheat during dancing or other physical activities, which can lead to death. Ecstasy is a drug that has been affecting kids in their life terribly. Ecstasy has many names and it can kill you. It is an illegal drug that you don't need in your body. The reason why people use ecstasy is because it makes you hyper so you can dance. People usually take it at clubs so you can dance with more excitement and energy. Ecstasy looks like a pill. The real name for ecstasy is methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Instead of saying that, doctors usually say MDMA. It might also contain other drugs besides MDMA, and some of the drugs in it may be even more dangerous than ecstasy. Ecstasy became an illegal drug in 1985. Recently there was a closing of three dance clubs in Hartford, Connecticut that shows policemen are serious about stopping people from selling ecstasy. Ecstasy is a very expensive drug. They sell it on the street for $20 to $30 per pill. Ecstasy is a drug that can do many bad health problems to you. It makes you you think the things that are in your dreams are real. It also makes you really hyper. You can die from ecstasy. Other health issues are liver damage, irregular heartbeat, decreased memory and learning ability. Other side effects are dilated pupils, blurred vision, rapid eye movement, dry mouth and throat, faintness, chills, sweating, high blood pressure, and muscular tensions. You can't get addicted to ecstasy, but it can lead you to compulsive behavior, and more you use it, the less it affects you. Ecstasy doesn't mix with other drugs and alcohol because you can have a bad reaction. There are a ton of different names for ecstasy like essence, eve, exiticity, fastin, flipping, four leaf clover, go, greenies, gum, GWM. Never take ecstasy now or even when you get older. If you want to become who you want to be, then don't do drugs.