By the early 80s, the drug still legal was sold openly in bars and clubs. But at the time, a scientific debate had begun and continues today about whether MDMA can cause long-term brain damage. A group of therapists sued, but after a three-year court battle, the law enforcement agency won. Ecstasy is a synthetic drug with hallucinogenic properties. Users sometimes take Ecstasy pills at at late-night raves, to keep on dancing and enhance their mood.
Users say that swallowing the pills is less painful than chewing.
I ve never spewed because I ve never chewed, one teen confessed on-line. Short-term effects include psychological difficulties confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, severe anxiety and paranoia. Sometimes weeks after taking the drug, a user can suffer muscle tension, nausea, blurred vision, rapid eye movement, faintness and chills or sweating. One of the most noticeable side effects of the drug is teeth clenching or biting on cheeks. Teens often suck on pacifiers to avoid grinding their teeth, making pacifiers part of the drug paraphernalia associated with Ecstasy.