Effects Of Ecstasy

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine is a drug that gives its user an intense feeling of euphoria. Ecstasy has many different forms and variations, including the most well-known names, MDMA and Molly. Typically, a person administers ecstasy to their body through the mouth but there are other ways that users take in the drug, such as through the nose, for example (NIDA, 2016). In the most recent few decades, mainly since the 1980’s, the popularity of ecstasy has exploded among young people, particularly those involved with illegal night raves and a lifestyle of hard partying. Though, just like with any drug, there are exceptions to this generalization. While ecstasy certainly has its dominant group of users in partying youths, it is still used

Like with every drug, there is the underlying risk of addiction. Though ecstasy does not pose as high of a risk for addiction as most other drugs, there is still always going to be a slight risk in place for its users (NIDA, 2016). Another serious and potentially life threatening side effect of ecstasy is the threat of dehydration (NIDA, 2016). Unlike addiction to ecstasy, this side effect does not need several uses to start taking effect. Since t is very short term, meaning it does not take several weeks or months for the effect to set in, dehydration can happen within a handful of hours even if it is the user’s first interaction with the drug. When a person takes ecstasy, the temperature of their body increases, which in turn causes excessive sweating. If the body does not have enough water in it to make up for the extra sweating, the user could be in immediate danger of dehydration. Severe dehydration can lead to a multitude of health problems, with the most alarming and critical one being

When a person becomes addicted to ecstasy, their families and friends also suffer with them as they see someone they love go through an addiction. There is even the possibility that the family members themselves have to take a financial security hit in the case of a parent or caretaker spending all of their money on the drugs. For the rest of society outside of a person’s immediate circle, most of the damage done is financial. Investigations, arrests, imprisonment, and other parts of the criminal justice aspect of ecstasy use often use taxpayer money to fund operations. Because of this, every person in America is somehow affected by ecstasy, even if they themselves are not directly using the drug. However, before the many problems that ecstasy causes can be fully understood, we must take a look back at the drug’s history and how our society reached the point of ecstasy becoming an issue in the first