MDMA MOLLY

MDMA (Molly crystals)

MDMA, also called Molly or Ecstasy, is a lab-made (synthetic) drug that has effects similar to stimulants like methamphetamine, although some researchers and organizations consider MDMA to be a psychedelic drug because it can also mildly alter visual and time perception.

Its primary effects are in the brain on neurons that use the chemical serotonin to communicate with other neurons. The serotonin system plays an important role in regulating mood, aggression, sexual activity, sleep, and sensitivity to pain.

Physical Effects:

• In high doses, ecstasy can interfere with the body’s ability to regulate temperature. Dehydration is possible. On rare but unpredictable occasions, this can lead to a sharp increase in body temperature (hyperthermia), resulting in liver, kidney, and cardiovascular system failure, and death.
• Because it can interfere with its own metabolism (breakdown within the body), potentially harmful levels can be reached by repeated drug use within short intervals.
• Users face many of the same risks as users of other stimulants such as cocaine and amphetamines. These include increases in heart rate and blood pressure, a special risk for people with circulatory problems or heart disease, and other symptoms such as muscle tension or cramps, involuntary teeth clenching, tremors, nausea, blurred vision, faintness, and chills or sweating.

Psychological Effects:

• Psychological effects can include confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, and severe anxiety. These problems can occur during and for days or weeks after taking ecstasy.

Medical uses for Ecstasy (MDMA)

Ecstasy (MDMA) is designated as Schedule I substance by the DEA. There are no approved medical uses for MDMA in the U.S.

Completed and ongoing MDMA studies can be found on clinicaltrials.gov. Researchers are looking at MDMA use as a possible treatment for:

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Anxiety in terminally ill patients
• Social anxiety disorder
• Eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, binge-eating disorder)
• Alcohol Use Disorder