. All but cinnamon / cassia are known to have amphetamine like qualities. When combined and reduced through electro-chemical reduction in conjunction with each other ephedra and calamus or sassafras alone produces 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine, MDMA or Ecstasy . Ephedra reduced alone produces N-a-dimethyl-phenethylamine or crystal meth . Ephedra aphylla  growing in Wadi