When most people hear about EDM, or electronic dance music, they usually associate it with the drugs that circulate the festivals: ecstasy, marijuana, LSD and meth. The media does a great job at bringing out the truth, some parts they may exaggerate it a bit too much, causing unnecessary panic over something that might really not even exist. You’ll commonly hear the drugs being used at these raves called ‘club drugs’. “Since at least the early 1990’s, raves and dance music have been strongly associated with MDMA.” (Knopper) MDMA, in high doses, can cause nausea, sweating, muscle cramping, blurred vision, heart failure, kidney failure, and more. Although, it may seem like everyone that goes to these raves uses MDMA, there actually aren’t that many consumers compared to the many other drugs that are being used during raves. A study from 2015 by the National Institute on Drug Abuse showed that 5.9% of 12th grade students had used ecstasy in their lifetime, whereas 44.7% of 12th grade students had used marijuana in their lifetime.
It’s not even so much the danger of the drug as it is the fact that the drugs are
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Most actual MDMA deaths don’t even occur at raves. “Martha Fernback, 15 years old, died on July 20th, 2013 after consuming 500mg (half a gram!) of MDMA.” (MDMA-Related Deaths) There were multiple contributing factors to her death. Such as the fact that she was small and her body couldn’t take such a large dose of MDMA. Regardless of the circumstances of her body size and weight, a regular dose of MDMA is reported to be around 100-125 mg, so anything over that amount might be lethal. Even if you do take the recommended dose, there might still be a chance you are taking. “An issue with ecstasy dosage is that the purchaser doesn't know what other substances the drug has been laced with. Sometimes the substance being sold as ecstasy is something completely different.” (What is
Drugs are extremely dangerous because even taking a few is a hazard to you and everyone around you. There are many different types of drugs. Even medication can be very dangerous when used incorrectly. An overdose can harm your body, and so can another person’s medication not prescribed to you by your doctor.
The mind altering and hallucinogenic side effects of MDMA could have positive effects on those being treated with it rather than the latter. The use of MDMA soon became a common drug used in psychotherapy, the treatment of a mental disorder by psychological instead of normal medical ways. While the drug was prospering in helping treat mental disorders it was later banned in 1985 due to drug users turning to it as an alternative for another drug called heroin. Drug users chose MDMA because not only was it structurally similar to methamphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline, but the effects were very similar. A strain of MDMA called alpha-methylfentanyl was created and also banned after the Drug Enforcement Administration was given the right to do so. This was difficult to accomplish due to MDMA being patented, but once the strain began to kill users it became evident that something had to be done to prevent this issue from getting out of
Methylenedioxy- Methamphetamine (MDMA) “Ecstasy” Or “Molly is a synthetic drug derivative from both Amphetamine and Mescaline. According to Narconon.com a drug rehabilitation and education website little is known about the true origins of MDMA, Most people believe that MDMA was manufactured by the German pharmaceutical company Merck in 1912 in order to create an appetite suppressor. The original name for MDMA was ‘Methylsafrylamin’ the pharmaceutical company Merck later decide against selling the drug for some reason and nothing else came of it until, Doctor Alexander Shulgin A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a PhD in Biochemistry and a research chemist with Dow Chemicals. Shulgin work for Dow Chemical was profitable and controversial, he created several controversial patents for what were to become popular street drugs.
MDMA (Ecstasy or "Molly") produces both stimulant and mind-altering effects. It can increase body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, and heart-wall stress. MDMA may also be toxic to nerve cells.
Ecstasy is a pill formed drug that stimulates the brain to release stress and also to get high. Eecstasy pills contain different drugs such as methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), they can also be a mix of amphetamine, paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA), ketamine, NBOMe, methylene or other substances. people usually tend to take it at hardcore parties. (Google, {2015})
MDMA, or as its chemical name 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, is an illicit drug that performs as both a psychedelic and stimulant, creating an energizing effect, not only that but distortions in perception and time, and improves enjoyment of tangible experiences. Typically, MDMA is found in a capsule or tablet and is taken orally, its effects can last
Being a consistent partygoer you may be exposed to a variety of interesting and highly addictive party drugs called MDMA’s or specifically ecstasy. Drugs like MDMA are often seen in the party lifestyle and are considered designer drugs because of the type of people who consumes them and the price. As lively as the drug may seem it can be extremely dangerous. The substances are typically produced in illegal laboratories, using a variety of chemicals. It is extremely difficult to predict their strength, what their effects will be and whether they contain poisonous ingredients (PAD). Drugs such as these pose serious risk to young people's health because these hallucinogens aren't grown naturally but made in a lab under no supervision. Anything
The treatment of patients with MDMA overdose is currently symptomatic, including symptoms such as seizures, agitation, hypertension, acute coronary syndrome, arrhythmias,
First, we need to know the different forms of the drug. Ecstasy is mostly taken through the mouth, but can also be smoked or snorted. There are no accepted medical uses of the drug. “Ecstasy” is only the common name for it. It is medically known as MDMA (or Methylenedioxymethamphetamine).
There are many types of drugs in today's world, and all can have a significant impact on a person's behavior and their physical attributes. Two such classes are stimulants and narcotics. Both classes can be incredibly harmful to humans when used inappropriately, but yet they are still incredibly popular around the world.
Yeah right! I have seen so many countless lives lost to drugs. What makes these one of the most dangerous people out there is that they don’t care about anything, but their next high. Where will it come from? How soon can they get it? They don’t care at what cost.
Many of the common practices at raves stem from the use of MDMA as well. For example, light shows are frequently performed by ravers. During a light show, one person will take small handheld lights or wear gloves with
In an article published by WebMD, although this drug is intended for people to relieve them from their cough and cold, teenagers also use this to get high. It is quite alarming that they would take in some huge doses of DXM to achieve that floating feeling that they want and in the end, it could even jeopardize their health.
EDM doesn’t really mean electronic dance music. ( ) I saw this sentence in a justification article for EDM.
Let us follow a part of the historical evolution of the modern music to explain this point. Blues evolved into jazz and R&B (rhythm and blues). Then they all merged with country music to produce rock and roll. Apart from that, jazz and R&B resulted in funk, and later in rap music. What makes EDM special is that it can draw inspiration from and adopt any of these (and all of their subgenres), but in the same time remains the ability to be recognized as unique. For instance, there is a trip hop, "a fusion of hip hop and electronica until neither genre is recognizable" (DJ Shadow. Slant Magazine) and there is also a trance, “a genre on its own, but also includes other styles of electronic music such as techno, pop and chill-out” (Fassbender). Dubstep, DnB, glitch, chillstep, hardcore, trap and many others; there is virtually no way to stop the evolution of