ECSTASY

HALLUCINOGEN

• Will see things that aren't really there.
• Beat yourself up seeing things.

COMMON STREET NAMES

• Love drug
• Love pill
• Lovers speed
• Scooby snacks
• Clarity

ADMINISTRATED

• Pills
• Fluid

SHORT TERM HEALTH EFFECTS

• False sense of affection
• Confusion
• Depression
• Severe anxiety
• Drug craving

LONG TERM HEALTH EFFECTS

• Long lasting brain damage affecting thought or memory
• Kidney failure
• Psychosis
• Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings
• Death

STATISTICS

• 2007: Americans aged 12 or older tried it at least once in their life.
• 2007: 2.3% 8th graders, 5.2% 10th graders, 6.5% 12th graders have tried it once.
• 92% who've used ecstasy turned to other drugs.

TREATMENT PROGRAMS

• European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction
• Nation Institute on Drug Abuse
• The Science of Drug Abuse & Addiction