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Ecstasy It is estimated that there are some 500,000 regular users of the drug Ecstasy in the UK. Very much part of the club scene, this little understood drug has killed 15 young people to date and doctors are concerned about the long term effects from continued use which will not become evident for some years. MDA was first synthesised in Germany in 1898 and marketed as an appetite suppressant in 1914. In 1941, the drug was tested as a relief for Parkinsons disease but dropped when one trial subject experienced rigidity of the muscles. At about the same time, the drug was dropped as an appetite suppressant because strange side effects were noted. In the 1960's it was widely used as the love drug , but was controlled, first in the US and later in Britain. MDMA (Ecstasy) was synthesized in 1914 and gained prominence around 1972 as a legal alternative to MDA. Some therapists in the United States used it as a means of reducing hostility in marriage counselling sessions but recreational use became so wide spread that it was banned in 1985. In the UK,however, it, along with all other amphetamine like substances, was controlled in 1977. It was designated a Class A drug which incurs the stiffest penalties. It is also a Schedule I drug which means that doctors cannot prescribe it and a licence is required in order to conduct research on it. Ecstasy takes the form of pills, though there are scores of different types. According to some sources, six new designs are produced every month. Some include red and black capsules, known as Dennis the Menace , White Doves - white pills with dove imprints, hamburgers -white or off-white tablets and Disco Biscuits largish flat white tablets with brown speckles. Ecstasy is chemically known as MDMA or Methyline Dioximethamphetamine and, like amphetamines, it is a stimulant to the central nervous system. Sometimes MDMA is classified as a hallucinogen: this is due to the way it is chemically made up. If the chemicals are combined to produce MDMA (or MDA, a similar composition which was the love drug of the 1960's), it is less hallucinogenic than DOM which is said to be a very strong make up with effects similar to amphetamines and LSD. In low doses, therefore, Ecstasv does not seem to have hallucinogenic effects: however, when more is taken (which would correspond with the 'stronger' chemical compositions) it does . Ecstasy is taken because of its reputation of producing a feeling of expansive well-being in the user. It also creates a 'high' that stops the user feeling tired and gives the ability to 'rave all night'. There are physical changes in the bodv that produce these effects and also account for the adverse