Chemically they are derivatives of Amphetamine. Some of them became known by the abbreviations DOB, MBDB, MDA, MDE, MDEA and MDMA .
Amphetamine derivatives range as hard drugs.
Due to its hallucinogenic and stimulating effects it was more and more used in private life and for religious meditations. First in Great Britain, later also on the Continent, Ecstasy became popular in the Techno and House music scene, on so-called Raves or Mayday Parties. Ecstasy is said to create that humanity among the users, which they seem to miss in their everyday life. The users consider Ecstasy to be well calculable. The typical Ecstasy user is characterized as offensive, self-confident and intelligent.