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Chapter 10 - Stimulant Drugs: MDMA and Drugs with Similar Effects

from Part II - Stimulant Drugs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 September 2020

Owen Bowden-Jones  and
Dima Abdulrahim
Owen Bowden-Jones
Affiliation:
Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Dima Abdulrahim
Affiliation:
Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

The term ‘ecstasy’ is generally used to refer to MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), although a number of other drugs with similar effects have also been referred to as such.

MDMA is an amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS). It shares some of the features of other ATS, such as amphetamine, but there are also significant differences, including greater hallucinogenic and empathogenic effects. MDMA is structurally similar to both ATS and to mescaline-type hallucinogens.

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Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances
The Clinician's Handbook
 , pp. 46 - 53
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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