MDMA (Éxtasis)

La MDMA (3,4-metilendioximetanfetamina), comúnmente conocida como éxtasis, es una droga sintética psicoactiva y químicamente similar al estimulante metanfetamina y al alucinógeno mezcalina. Causa un efecto vigorizante, euforia, calidez emocional, empatía hacia los demás, y distorsiones en la percepción sensorial y del tiempo.

Inicialmente, la MDMA fue popular entre los adolescentes blancos y los adultos jóvenes en los clubes nocturnos o en "raves" (fiestas de baile de larga duración), pero ahora la droga afecta a una gama más amplia de usuarios y grupos étnicos.

Every year, the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey measures drug, alcohol, and tobacco use and related attitudes among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. Following are facts and statistics about youth substance use from the 2012 MTF report.

MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine), popularly known as ecstasy or, more recently, as Molly, is a synthetic, psychoactive drug that has similarities to both the stimulant amphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline. It produces feelings of increased energy, euphoria, emotional warmth and empathy toward others, and distortions in sensory and time perception.

MDMA was initially popular among White adolescents and young adults in the nightclub scene or at “raves” (long dance parties), but the drug now affects a broader range of users and ethnicities.

Club drugs are a pharmacologically heterogeneous group of psychoactive drugs that tend to be abused by teens and young adults at bars, nightclubs, concerts, and parties. Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Rohypnol, ketamine, as well as MDMA (ecstasy) and methamphetamine (which are featured in separate DrugFacts) are some of the drugs included in this group.