<p><img class="centered aligncenter" src="/images/drug-testing-screening-images/ecstasy_methylenedioxymethamphetamine_drug_image.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><span class="h5_text">Screening Cut-off</span>: 500 <abbr title="Nanograms Per Milliliter">ng/ml</abbr><br />
<span class="h5_text"><abbr title="Drug Enforcement Administration">DEA</abbr> Drug Class</span>: <a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallucinogen</a><br />
<span class="h5_text">Type</span>: Illicit Drug<br />
<span class="h5_text">Street Names</span>: Adam, Bean, Disco Biscuit, E, Ecstasy, Eve, Go, Hug Drug, MBDB, MDA, MDEA, MDMA, X, Xtc, Adam, Decadence, Domex, E, Eve, Kleenex, Love Drug, M&;M, Roll, Shabu, Triple Stacks, X, X-Tc</p>
<p class="h4_text">Drug Information</p>
<p>Methylenedioxymethamphetamine or Ecstasy (MDMA) is a designer drug first synthesized in 1914 by a German drug company for the treatment of obesity. Those who take the drug frequently report adverse effects, such as increased muscle tension and sweating. MDMA is not clearly a stimulant, although it has, in common with amphetamine drugs, a capacity to increase blood pressure and heart rate. MDMA does produce some perceptual changes in the form of increased sensitivity to light, difficulty in focusing, and blurred vision in some users. Its mechanism of action is thought to be via release of the neurotransmitter serotonin. MDMA may also release dopamine, although the general opinion is that this is a secondary effect of the drug (Nichols and Oberlender, 1990). The most pervasive effect of MDMA, occurring in virtually all people who took a reasonable dose of the drug, was to produce a clenching of the jaws.</p>
<p class="h4_text">Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Drug Classification and Effects Information</p>
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<li><span class="h5_text">Classification/Schedule I</span>: Illicit drugs with no medical use; high potential for abuse</li>
<li><span class="h5_text">Physical Dependency</span>: None</li>
<li><span class="h5_text">Psychological Dependency</span>: Moderate</li>
<li><span class="h5_text">Tolerance</span>: Yes</li>
<li><span class="h5_text">Possible Effects</span>: Heightened senses, teeth grinding and dehydration</li>
<li><span class="h5_text">Effects of Overdose</span>: Increased body temperature, electrolyte imbalance, cardiac arrest</li>
<li><span class="h5_text">Withdrawal Syndrome</span>: Muscle aches, drowsiness, depression, acne</li>
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<p class="h4_text">Resources</p>
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<li><strong><a href="/resources/drug-information-chart">Drug Information Chart</a></strong></li>
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<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Chart Drugs of Abuse, Uses and Effects</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Drug Classes</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Drugs and Chemicals of Concern</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA: Ecstasy Information 1</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA: Ecstasy Information 2</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://drugfree.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drug Free America Report: Ecstasy</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ecstasy Wikipedia Information</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugs.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">General Drug Information on Drugs.com</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/mdma-ecstasy-abuse/letter-director" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><abbr title="National Institute on Drug Abuse">NIDA</abbr> &#8211; Ecstasy Drug Abuse Report</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/mdma-ecstasymolly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA &#8211; Ecstasy Information</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs-charts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA Commonly Abused Drugs</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://medlineplus.gov/clubdrugs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NLM/NIH: Club Drugs Information</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.streetdrugs.org/students-teachers-parents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Street Drug Information: Ecstasy</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Information on: Club Drugs</a></li>
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