The identity of the drug was established by the Ottawa Drug Analysis Laboratory in the Drugs Directorate of Health Canada. Using advanced brain imaging techniques, the study found that MDMA harms neurons that release serotonin, a brain chemical thought to play an important role in regulating memory and other functions. In a related study, researchers found that heavy MDMA users have memory problems that persist for at least 2 weeks after they have stopped using the drug. Both studies suggest that the extent of damage is directly correlated with the amount of MDMA use. ARF tape on Ecstasy - Ecstasy is a stimulant drug that also has some hallucinogenic properties.
Ecstasy can produce feelings of pleasure and euphoria.
However, it can also have negative and disturbing effects. The Food and Drug Administration warned yesterday that at least three people have died and more than 100 have become ill after taking unregulated new products marketed as health supplements promoting such results as bigger muscles, sounder sleep and better sex. In 1998, authorities arrested and imprisoned a California chiropractor for distributing BD at a New Year's Eve party where more than 100 guests became ill. What has been called a designer drug has become a nationwide curse. In Metro Detroit, it killed a high school freshman, shocked a community and devastated friends and family.