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DESCRIPTION/OVERVIEW

National Institute on Drug Abuse, InfoFacts: MDMA
Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control, www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugs_concern/mdma/mdma.htm
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Research Report: MDMA (Ecstasy) Abuse

CONTROL STATUS

Drug Enforcement Administration, Drugs of Abuse

STREET TERMS

MDMA, Ecstasy, XTC, E, X, Beans, Adams, Hug Drug, Disco Biscuit, Go

SHORT-TERM EFFECTS

National Institute on Drug Abuse, InfoFacts: MDMA
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Research Report: MDMA (Ecstasy) Abuse

LONG-TERM EFFECTS

National Institute on Drug Abuse, InfoFacts: MDMA

TRAFFICKING TRENDS

Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control, www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugs_concern/mdma/mdma.htm

USE/USER POPULATION

National Institute on Drug Abuse and University of Michigan, Monitoring the Future 2005 Data From In-School Surveys of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-Grade Students
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance—United States

ARRESTS/SENTENCING

U.S. Sentencing Commission, Congressional Testimony, Statement of Diana E. Murphy, Chair of the U.S. Sentence Commission, before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (PDF)

LEGISLATION

Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control, www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drugs_concern/mdma/mdma.htm

TREATMENT RESOURCES

PHOTOS

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RELATED NEWS RELEASES

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Last updated: March 2010