ESCTACY HISTORY

Ecstacy is the common name given to the drug methylenedioxymethylamphetamine (MDMA). C11H15NO2. Only by an accident was it ever created by Mannish and Jacobsohn, two German Scientists working for Merk in 1912 as an intermediate to a vasoconstrictor known as hydrastinine (organic compound: an organic compound forming colourless crystals, soluble in water and resembling hydrastine in its medicinal properties).




à ESCTACY first used in history?

 It was believed to be used as a weight loss drug, but was not heavily marketed, and the paten does not give description of purpose. For the most part the drug laid inactive for 40 years. Its next rumoured application was in the US Military during drug tests. It was believed to be tried as a truth agent, though for obvious reasons this cannot be confirmed.
Other than the rumored US Military uses in the early 1950s, and minor use in the 1960s, ecstasy laid dormant (temporarily inactive) for sixty years before...........

àESCTACY step father ?
 Alexander Shulgin started to use it in his psychietry practice in the late 1970s. Shulgin designed a new pesticide and was given a lab by his company for practice . It only took one good use of mescaline(a type of drug) for him to become interested in psychedelic (wildly distorted) drugs. He then began to study and experiment with a wide variety of psychedelic drugs, usually those classified as phenethylamines. One time he gave some to a friend who was about to quit psychiatry. His friend changed his mind after one use. It became a recognized tool in psychotherapy, and was kept quiet to prevent abuse.

è Its use in medical field in history?

Ecstasy is classified as an empathagen, and psychiatrists began to use it with their patients to clear their defences and better relate to them. The most prominent desirable effect of ecstacy is how it breaks down the walls of communication by alleviating feelings of guilt, remorse, and fear. Its original name for street sale was empathy, but they changed it to ecstacy because it would sound more marketable.




à ESTACY abuse?

In 1984 though its use started to spread quickly. College students began to use it reguarly and it was even available at bars in Texas. In 1895 people sued to prevent ecstasy from being made illegal, which gave it extreme national exposure. Since it was not alcohol or nicotine and could not have a paten applied it was quickly made illegal for the sake of society.

è First step of Government against esctacy?

China white was intended to be a heroin substitute, but caused extreme brain damage. Due to its production, congress passed a law that allowed the DEA to immediately put a ban on any drug it saw as dangerous to public health. This law was first used in June of 1985 on none other than ecstasy. They compared MDMA to MDA, which was shown to cause brain damage in rats. Though psychiatrists had proven MDMA useful in their treatment, they did not have enough of a case to change the desires of the DEA.




à Gangs and esctacy?
In effect, they stopped treatment with the drug, lowered quality of product, and introduced profit motive into the equation as gangs began to deal the drug. That obviously increases crime.
In 1987 the rave culture began to pick up on the small Spanish island Ibiza. Within four years this drug use had gone full circle and found its way back home. Users from warehouses and outdoor raves in late 1980's England began to move to San Francisco in the early 1990's. In late 1991 and early 1992 the authorities in England had seized many large supplies of ecstasy. This combined with the increased demand caused insufficient supply. Dealers began to sell fake E, and people began to use LSD instead.

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