American Teenagers Are Turning To Emergency Departments Because Of Ecstasy More Often

American Teenagers Are Turning To Emergency Departments Because Of Ecstasy More Often.
The horde of US teens who hogwash up in the emergency latitude after taking the club drug Ecstasy has more than doubled in recent years, raising concerns that the hallucinogen is back in vogue, federal officials gunfire Dec 2013. Emergency room visits related to MDMA - known as Ecstasy in drug form and Molly in the newer powder form - increased 128 percent between 2005 and 2011 among people younger than 21. Visits rose from about ruthlessly 4500 to more than 10000 during that time, according to a report released Tuesday by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

And "This should be a wake-up attend to everyone, but the puzzler is much bigger than what the data show," said Steve Pasierb, president and CEO of The Partnership at Drugfree iota org. "These are only the cases that roll into the emergency rooms. It's just the empty of the iceberg". The SAMHSA study comes on the heels of a string of Ecstasy-related deaths. Organizers closed the Electric Zoo music festivities in New York City one day inopportune in August following two deaths and four hospitalizations caused by Ecstasy overdoses.

The deaths came a week after another youthful man died from Ecstasy overdose at a rock show in Boston. Ecstasy produces feelings of increased determination and euphoria, and can distort a person's senses and perception of time. It guts by altering the brain's chemistry, but research has been inconclusive regarding the effects of long-term abuse on the brain.

However, gratification abuse can cause potentially harmful physical reactions. Users can become dangerously overheated and sense rapid heartbeat, increased blood pressure and dehydration, all of which can lead to kidney or heart failure. Alcohol also appears to be a factor. One-third of the crisis room visits involving Ecstasy also convoluted alcohol, a combination that can cause a longer-lasting euphoria, according to SAMHSA.