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Recovery groups, such as 12-step programs, are also effective in helping former drug users maintain sobriety in the long term. They also serve as a way for recovering addicts to maintain fellowship with others in the same situation. There are no medications currently available on the market to treat Ecstasy addiction, although that could change in the future, especially if the rates of use and dependence continue to increase.

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Research acknowledges the potential for developing a dependence and addiction to ecstasy – but suggests that dependence may be less likely to occur with ecstasy than with other drugs such as cocaine.³

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While use of ecstasy (or MDMA) among adolescents aged 12 to 17 has declined in recent years, use of the drug remains steady among adults.

Ecstasy use in 2014 was highest among adults aged 18 to 25 – where past month use was estimated at 0.8% of this population.

Ecstasy initially became popular in the nightclub scene, but use has since spread to a broader range of people.

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Ecstasy is a synthetic (man-made) drug made in a laboratory. Makers may add anything they choose to the drug, such as caffeine, amphetamine1 and even cocaine.

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Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912. In its original form, it was known as “MDMA.” It was used in 1953 by the US Army in psychological warfare tests, and then resurfaced in the 1960s as a psychotherapy medication to “lower inhibitions.”1 It wasn’t until the 1970s that MDMA started being used as a party drug.

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What is the drug used for?  How does it affect the body?

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What is the drug used for?  How does it affect the body?

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Short term effects

Impaired judgment

False sense of affection

Confusion

Depression

Sleep problems

Severe anxiety

Paranoia

Long Term effects

Long-lasting brain damage affecting thought and memory

Damage to portions of the brain that regulate critical functions such as learning, sleep and emotion

It is as if the brain switchboard was torn apart, then rewired backwards