MDMA, or 'ecstasy' as it is more commonly known, is another designer drug-related to amphetamines. It is usually swallowed in the form of small tablets, but sometimes injected. People use amphetamines for different reasons. Some use the drugs to get 'high' and dance all night. Others use the drugs to help stay awake for long periods of time, to improve performance in sport or at work or to boost self-confidence.
Amphetamines can reduce tiredness and increase endurance.
They are also 'snorted' or 'sniffed' through the nose. The common names are speed, up, fast, louee, goey, whiz, pep pills, uppers. 1 19.9 was the average age at which people first tried amphetamines in 1998. 2 More drug statistics 1 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, First results, August 1999, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Canberra. It depends on many factors including an individual's size, weight and health, how much and how the drug is taken, whether the person is used to taking it and whether other drugs are taken.