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Is the party over: Ecstasy

Author(s) -

J. R. Morton

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

the biochemist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126

H-Index - 7

eISSN - 1740-1194

pISSN - 0954-982X

DOI - 10.1042/bio02902004

Subject(s) - ecstasy , mdma , recreational drug , recreational use , recreation , neurotoxicity , medicine , pharmacology , psychiatry , psychology , drug , political science , toxicity , law

To a generation of partygoers, Ecstasy [3,4methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)] represents one of the safest illegal drugs available and, superficially, evidence supports this notion. Compared with other recreational drugs, there have been relatively few Ecstasyrelated deaths and there is little direct evidence for shortterm neurotoxicity at recreational doses. However, Ecstasy causes 5hydroxytryptamine (5HT) nerveterminal damage in rats, mice and monkeys, and, in several studies, the damage is irreversible.

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