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BY: MELISSA GROSSMAN, LILY ARIC, & CHRIS JACILDO

BY: MELISSA GROSSMAN, LILY ARIC, & CHRIS JACILDO. The reason why they are called club drugs is because they are mostly used at raves, nightclubs and concerts. Club drugs can and will kill you. Ecstasy. About the drug and effects.

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BY: MELISSA GROSSMAN, LILY ARIC, & CHRIS JACILDO

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  1. BY: MELISSA GROSSMAN, LILY ARIC, & CHRIS JACILDO

  2. The reason why they are called club drugs is because they are mostly used at raves, nightclubs and concerts. • Club drugs can and will kill you.

  3. Ecstasy About the drug and effects • The real name for this stimulant is methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) • Ecstasy has hallucinogens. They can cause you to see or feel things that are not even there. • Ecstasy is usually taken by pill but can also be taken other ways. • Liquid ecstasy is Gamma Hydroxybutyrate. This substance is found in drain cleaner, floor stripper. • It can also destroy alarm signals given out by the body

  4. Ecstasy can effect emotion like depression, emotional instability, happiness for a short time. And for social, you will neglect friends and family or forgetting what you did/say to them. Some effects from PISES

  5. How do you use ecstasy? There are different ways to use ecstasy - orally - nasally (snorting pills)

  6. Why? teens and young people use this drug • Again this drug is mainly used at big parties, concerts, etc., so they may use it because its there or because of peer pressure • Teens also think that they will feel good and once they take the drug the mind thinks they need the drug or it even makes them want other drugs

  7. • Cadillac • Adam • Beans • California Sunrise • Clarity • E • Essence • Elephants • Eve • Hug • Hug Drug • Scooby snacks • Love pill • Lover’s speed • Roll • X • Snowball • XE • XTC Ecstasy Street names

  8. Impaired judgment • False sense of affection • Confusion • Depression • Sleep problems • Severe anxiety • Paranoia • Drugs cravings • Muscle tension • Involuntary teeth denching • Nausea • Blurred vision • Faintness and chills or swelling Short Term effects

  9. Brain damage affecting thought and memory • Damage to portions of the brain that regulate critical functions such as learning, sleep and emotion • It is as if the brain switchboard were torn apart, then rewired backwards • Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings • Depression, anxiety, memory loss • Kidney failure • Hemorrhaging • Psychosis • Cardio-vascular collapse • Convulsions • death Long Term effects

  10. In 2001 8.1 million people of the ages 12 and up tried ecstasy but in 2000 it was only 6.5 million. • Between 1995 and 2001 the amount of teens who used ecstasy increased by 140% • Ecstasy is one of the most common drugs use by teens and other young people. • People have died just by using it once • When ecstasy became a club drug, the ER incidents have increased by 1,200%

  11. Quiz/Game

  12. What is the name for liquid ecstasy Question 1

  13. GHB (Gamma Hydroxybutyrate) Answer

  14. Name 4 street names for ecstasy Question 2

  15. Answer • Cadillac • Hug Drug • Adam • Scooby snacks • Beans • Love pill • California Sunrise • Lover’s speed • Clarity • Roll • E • X • Essence • Snowball • Elephants • XE • Eve • XTC • Hug

  16. What do hallucinogens do? Question 3

  17. They make you see / feel things that aren't even in existence. Answer

  18. Why are they called club drugs? Question 4

  19. Those drugs are mainly used at clubs and concerts and raves. Answer

  20. What are 5 long term effects of using ecstasy. Question 5

  21. Answers -Brain damage affecting thought and memory -Damage to portions of the brain that regulate critical functions such as learning, sleep and emotion -It is as if the brain switchboard were torn apart, then rewired backwards -Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings -Depression, anxiety, memory loss -Kidney failure -Hemorrhaging -Psychosis -Cardio-vascular collapse -Convulsions -death

  22. What are 3 short term effects of using ecstasy? Question 6

  23. Impaired judgment • False sense of affection • Confusion • Depression • Sleep problems • Severe anxiety • Paranoia • Drugs cravings • Muscle tension • Involuntary teeth denching • Nausea • Blurred vision • Faintness and chills or swelling Answers

  24. 1) In 2000 the amount of people using ecstasy was ______ million • 2) in 2001 the amount was ______ million Question 7

  25. 1) 6.5 million • 2) 8.1 million Answers

  26. Name a way to take ecstasy Question 8

  27. Answer orally, nasally (snorting pills)

  28. Why do teenagers use ecstasy? Question 9

  29. They think they will make them feel good • Its used at parties and concerts and also because of peer pressure. Answer

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