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20 unusual facts about MDMA


Anton Köllisch

Anton Köllisch (1888–1916) was the German chemist who, whilst working at Darmstadt for pharmaceutical giant Merck, first synthesized the chemical MDMA that would later come to be known as "ecstasy".

Asim Butt

Butt played three matches in the 2005 season for Scotland, taking three wickets but being expensive, before he tested positive for Ecstasy during a match with Somerset.

C.O.C.A.

Conference On Crack and Cocaine is the UK's leading charity supporting drug professionals and organisations with the issues relating to stimulant drugs such as crack, cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy).

Carlton Leach

He started work as a bouncer in East London, where he became involved with Pat Tate and Tony Tucker, both of whom worked as large scale dealers in ecstasy during the rave era in the late 1980s.

Cinnamomum parthenoxylon

The tree is of special concern, as it is being harvested at a high rate to obtain safrole, a precursor to the pesticide synergist piperonyl butoxide, the flavorant and fragrance piperonal, and the psychoactive drug MDMA.

CyberBunker

After the fire was put out it was discovered that besides internet hosting services an MDMA laboratory was in operation.

Dean Sullivan

In 1994, he offered to resign from the series when reading in his scripts that his character was to take ecstasy; he urged producers to kill his character off in an attempt to warn youngsters about the danger of taking drugs.

Gerard Pappa

Gerard Gravano followed his father Sammy into organized crime and at the age of twenty-nine was arrested for helping his father run an ecstasy drug trafficking operation in Phoenix, Arizona while under protection from the Witness Protection Program in 2000.

HD Loader

0.7c - fix for Suikoden V, patches for 48bit HDDs (up to 2 Terabytes), DMA modes (UDMA/MDMA) and DVD9 fix to allow dual layer games to be played were added.

Ju Ji-hoon

He was arrested along with 15 people and an actress identified as Yoon on suspicion of supplying ecstasy.

Matthew Spence

However before the season had started he failed a NRL drug test, testing positive for ecstasy.

MDEA

MDEA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine), C12H17NO2, an analog of MDMA

Napier Boys' High School

In 2002 Napier Boys' High School teacher, Reuben John Martin was arrested for manufacturing Class B MDMA, more commonly known as ecstasy.

Nasaan si Francis?

Instead of reporting the incident to his family, Boy and Sonny hid Francis' body as they searched the entire house for the tablets of Ecstasy, which they were hoping to sell.

Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing

As the name implies, Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing was conceived, by the band's own admission, under the influence of MDMA (commonly referred to as ecstasy).

Rick Squillante

It was noted as one of the first locations where the drug MDMA became popular.

Runciman Report

It also argued for the reclassification of LSD and MDMA from Class A to Class B and a reduction in the maximum sentence for possession of Class As, from seven years to twelve months.

Seaforth, New South Wales

One such incident which involved the sale of Methamphetamine and MDMA to children of the local Primary School caused outrage throughout the community, with the Municipal Council of Seaforth famously declaring a "zero tolerance policy" in 2010 to try and combat the rising epidemic.

Tachyphylaxis

Some examples include amphetamine, ephedrine, and MDMA which act indirectly through the release of neurotransmitters.

The Fat Years

Dongsheng even reveals that the general atmosphere of contentment is due to the controlled addition of the drug MDMA into the public's drinking water and bottled drinks and that the missing month of February 2011 is simply a case of social amnesia.


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Alpha-Methyldopamine

The basis of this idea is in the observation that MDA and MDMA may not themselves be responsible for their neurotoxicity, as an intracerebroventricular injection (injection directly into the brain itself) does not appear to cause neurotoxicity.

Alpha-Methyltryptamine

Reported side effects include anxiety, restlessness, muscle tension, jaw tightness, pupil dilation, tachycardia, headaches, nausea, and vomiting, among other effects that might commonly be attributed to LSD, psilocybin, DMT and MDMA, such as delusions and hallucinations.

Bernard O'Mahoney

Published in April 1997, it tells the story of dealing of ecstasy and other hard drugs in the Essex area during the early to mid-1990s, which gained a high profile in November 1995 with the death of Latchingdon teenager Leah Betts.

E ticket

In the Early late 1980's and 1990's emerging rave culture the phrase "E-Ticket Ride" was a euphemism for a really good dose of Ecstasy or an exceptional rave event where one had a very good time while on MDMA

Leah Betts

Booth Lockett and Makin counted brewers Löwenbräu as one of its major clients, at a time when the alcohol industry saw increasing MDMA use as a threat to profits.

Sasha Rodriguez

Sasha Rodriguez (1994 – June 29, 2010) was a 15-year-old American teenager from Los Angeles who died after taking MDMA (otherwise known as ecstasy) while attending an Electric Daisy Carnival in 2010.

Simon's reagent

The primary use of this reagent is for detecting secondary amines, such as MDMA and methamphetamine, and is typically used after the mecke or marquis reagents to differentiate between the two mentioned and amphetamine or MDA.

Smart shop

Tryptophan and 5-hydroxy-tryptophan, for instance, can be used to help the body replenish serotonin levels in the brain after the use of MDMA, and vitamin supplements are appropriate for users of stimulants such as amphetamine.