Abstract This paper is designed to provide some significant information about an abusive street drug is known as ecstasy among its users. The information given here is about the therapeutic and recreational use of the drug, its adverse effects, and implemented laws against the use and possession of the drug. The whole paper is written in simpler words to make it easier to understand by the people who belong to fields other than health sciences. The point which is specially discussed here is; the use of ecstasy and its use among teens. The issue of the use of ecstasy and other street drugs is thoroughly discussed with solid reasons to give a complete perception of the issue. Introduction The drug 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine(MDMA); popularly known as ecstasy is becoming popular among the astray youth for its mood altering effect. The drug MDMA was first produced by Merk (a German pharmaceutical company) in 1912, initially it was produced for therapeutic purposes but after discovering its heroin, cocaine, and other drug mimicking effects, it was made banned in all parts of the country. The reason for its popularity is its mimic effect of generally used drug like heroin and others, for this image effect of the drug, it is referred as designer drug. Mode of Action of the drug: More often, ecstasy is found in the form of pills, it starts affecting right after 20 minutes of the drug administration; first it affects the brain by transmitting serotonin; a neurotransmitter which carries the signal from one nerve cell to the other. Due to the rise in serotonin level in the blood the user of the drug feels changes in mood and feelings forwith interacting with people. The effects of the drug get more adverse sometime when after the administration of the drug; the user starts feeling nausea with blurred vision, anxiety, high perspiration, cognitive disorders, and irregular palpitation which leads the user towards agitation. Therapeutic use of the drug Initially, ecstasy gained fame as a psychotherapeutic drug anan not as a abusive drug, it was more popular as a therapeutic during 197 but if look back in the early period of the drug ,we will enjoy an interesting fact about the drug is; the drug was first used as an appetite suppresser among the troops of Germany. This smallest fact provides us the ground to become hopeful about the usefulness of MDMA. Apart from its initial beneficial use this drug produces other mimic effects to provide peace of mind to the patients it administered to. Several relation had good results of this anti depressant drug thus, this drug helped in the creating a feeling of self esteem, love and trust among the psychologically disturbed patients for their friends, family and the love ones. It is on record that that within the span of eight years (1977 to 1985) the drug was administered to half million patients. Besides the use of this drug in the field psychopathology, it was also used as an analgesic like another drug from the same category called morphine by suppressing the feeling of pain in terminal cancers. After a long term ban on the drug’s production and sell; In 1994 Federal drug. This research will be made for studying effects of the drug on brain chemistry and the solution to suppress the adverse effects of the drug on brain