Other physical symptoms include muscle tension, teeth clenching, nausea, blurred vision, rapid eye movement, faintness and chills or sweating. The increased body temperature associated with Ecstasy can cause kidney problems, brain damage, heatstroke or even death. For users, the desired psychological effects can be felt within 20 to 40 minutes and can last for 3 to 6 hours. The drug produces a sense of understanding and acceptance, and emotional and sexual inhibitions tend to disappear. But negative psychological side effects include confusion, depression, sleep disorders, drug craving, anxiety and paranoia.
Psychotic episodes are also possible.
Both sides agree that the best way to be entirely safe from these risks is to not do drugs at all. And it would also seem that the need for services like the ones DanceSafe provides will likely increase. 2001 PaperClip Communications, All rights reserved.