Essays Tagged: "Ecstasy"

A brief outline of the long and short term risks of ecstasy use.

As with all drugs, the best way to avoid problems with ecstasy is simply to not use it. In the past the Australian Drug Foundation has worked from this per ... eir drug use and the precautions they should take.For some individuals the risks involved in taking ecstasy are far greater than they are for the general population. People on weight loss medication, ... nervous system impairment are also categorised as high risk.The main short-term risks involved with ecstasy usage are over heating and dehydration, and are due to two main factors. Firstly, ecstasy af ...

(3 pages) 127 0 4.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Essay is about Ecstasy, the drug.

What Is Ecstasy?Ecstasy is a drug that's shaped like a Tylenol. The main chemical in Ecstasy is Methylenedio ... ed like a Tylenol. The main chemical in Ecstasy is Methylenedioxymethamphetamine(MDMA). Chemically, Ecstasy is an analogue of MDA, a drug that was popular in the 1960s. In the late 1970s, MDMA was use ... However, it is rarely consumed with alcohol, as alcohol is believed to diminish its effects.HistoryEcstasy was patented in 1913 by the German chemical company Merck; supposedly it was supposed to be ...

(3 pages) 119 1 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

A spech on the harmful effects of ecstasy. It includes every part of the speech and it is in outline form. This speech convinces the audience to not take this drug.

everyone in this classroom to think to themselves how many people they know that have used or tried ecstasy. You may have even tried it yourself. According to the Partnership for Drug-Free America, th ... rself. According to the Partnership for Drug-Free America, the percent of teenagers that have tried ecstasy or use it recreationally doubled from 5% in 1995 to almost 10% in 2000. That makes it equal ...

(3 pages) 199 0 3.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

MDMA: Looking Past the Fear. Argues for the legal use of MDMA in a therapeutic setting. History of drug included.

a substance. It is known by many names: Adam, Eve, White Dove, the Love Drug, Beans, X, E, XTC, and Ecstasy, to name a few. The scientific name for the substance that this woman praised is Methylenedi ... his point, the drug had barely appeared on the pop culture radar, but the 1980s saw growing use of "Ecstasy," the popular name for pills containing MDMA, in nightclubs all over the country. This gener ...

(7 pages) 49 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Illicit Drugs: Bringin Down Our Youth.

f these drugs. The drugs I will briefly touch on are marijuana, one of the easiest drugs to obtain, ecstasy, a drug growing in popularity among high school students, and the non-medical use of prescri ... lds who smoke marijuana are 85 times more likely to use cocaine. Numbers do speak louder than words.Ecstasy, known by its street names as "Adam", "Bean", "X", "XTC", and "Lover's Speed" is gaining tre ...

(4 pages) 97 0 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Ecstasy and what it can do to its user.

The buzz about X (Ecstasy) is reaching an all-time high. Since 1997, teen use of this drug has grown more than any oth ... ing youth behavior; approximately 10.5 percent of 12th graders say they've tried X in the last year.Ecstasy is supposed to bring about a feeling of euphoria. It shuts off parts of your brain and suppl ... ing at all. But a recent Johns Hopkins University study shows that over an extended period of time, Ecstasy gradually destroys parts of the brain that regulate memory, sleep, sexual function and moods ...

(4 pages) 70 2 4.7 Jul/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

John donne's poems dealing with love, sex, and sexuality.

ea. While sex is in his mind, he goes onto say it is not just that, that brings electricity in "The Ecstasy." While sex is a big part, two souls and the connection between them is sometimes stronger. ... .Donne's religious background is evident in a lot of his poems, but he turns away from that in "The Ecstasy." He refers more to "love" and the feelings about it. He is more open about his main want: s ...

(8 pages) 101 0 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The ecsasty problem and how the U.S.

Ecstasy seems to be a drug that is on an unstoppable roll these days. With the attention that it has ... the media is almost advertising the drug. The government and DEA are trying desperately to control ecstasy and stop usage of what they call a very dangerous drug. I have never tried ecstasy myself no ... thing has to be done to control the production, trafficking, and abuse of the drug that is known as ecstasy.Ecstasy's reason for being illegal is its dangerousness. As with any illegal drug-excluding ...

(2 pages) 21 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

This essay is about the drug ecstacy and why people use it

Pure EcstasyThe use of drugs for recreational purposes has been a popular pastime of many cultures for th ... ugs made without or very little organic content having a more adverse effect upon the user) such as ecstasy, scientifically known as MDMA. The occurrence of teenage ecstasy use has increased because o ... t away from their personal dilemmas and peer pressure contribute to teen usage of the drug.At first ecstasy was very exclusive and could only be found in closed social circles. Ever since 2000, the av ...

(3 pages) 91 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Personal Response and analyzation to the poem Dulce et Decorum est by Owen. It identifies literary and rhetorical devices used.

ly feel the suffering of the soldiers.Line one of paragraph two uses an interesting word choice "An ecstasy of fumbling" it's as if Owen was in such a state he saw his surroundings in slow motion. He ...

(1 pages) 32 0 1.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

In Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451, artificial happiness is found in Montag's, the protagonist's, society."

EcstasyIn Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, artificial happiness is found in Montag's, the protagonist' ...

(4 pages) 47 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

3 Shape Poems with paragraphs explaining them.

ecstasyPure ecstasylike I've neverknown beforeor shall everknow againis the giftI receiveeach timeyo ...

(1 pages) 21 0 0.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Ecstasy has had many immediate effect, long term effect, symptoms, and different names.

rugs can kill a person but many still don't seem to care. An example of one of these drugs is named Ecstasy. This drug has many immediate effect, long term effect, symptoms, and different names.Since ... its original drugs. These designer drugs are chemically changed so that they are technically legal. Ecstasy is derived from methamphetamine and amphetamine. Methamphetamine causes degeneration of neur ...

(3 pages) 87 0 2.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

"Ode to a Nightingale" This essay discusses the numerous symbolism and imagery John Keats uses throughout his poem.

immortality and the ability to escape from reality and into another state of consciousness and the ecstasy of the nightingale's song - its peace, its happiness."Ode to a Nightingale" is relevant to t ... knowledge of the humansuffering made evident in stanza three. He seeks to completely enter into the ecstasy of the nightingale's song so he becomes nothing more than an instrument recording the tinies ...

(5 pages) 121 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Topic: The Exploration of Drugs and the Cause Abuse of Drugs in Different Countries

ople star using them.Drugs and Their DetailsThis essay will talk about 7 types of drugs, which are: Ecstasy, Heroin, Cocaine or Crack, Steroids, Marijuana, GHB, and Ketamine. Before starting to look a ... hat this drugs can make a person addicted, in other words this person will be in need of this drugs.ECSTASYWhy do people start drugs?The second question that is very important in the study of drugs is ...

(6 pages) 81 0 2.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Describe in your own words how the deviancy amplification spiral operates to produce a moral panic. Illustrate with two examples.

ing two examples - the mods and rockers' of 1964 and the death of Leah Betts in 1995 resulting from ecstasy.Mods and Rockers'The mods and rockers' were two British youth movement who were involved in ... h culture and drugs. Leah Betts was an 18 year old student who collapsed four hours after taking an ecstasy tablet at her 18th birthday party on 11 November 1995 in Essex. She was taken to hospital wh ...

(2 pages) 51 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Illegal Drugs

he illegal drugs that I am referring to are: marijuana, cocaine, crack, meth, crank, heroin, opium, ecstasy, L.S.D., PCP, HCM, and mescaline, but the list could go on. The negative effects that these ...

(1 pages) 67 3 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

HUGS not DRUGS an essay about types of drug use and abuse

central nervous system to increase brain activity. These include cocaine, speed, anabolic steroids, ecstasy and tobacco. Depressants act on the central nervous system and slow down brain activity; exa ...

(2 pages) 109 7 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Ecstasy

ound at clubs because they are made in secret, illegal labs. One of the headliners of this "fad" is ecstasy. The scientific name of this drug is methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). There is n ... c name of this drug is methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). There is no real medical use of ecstasy. Its main use is for intoxication. Ecstasy is thought to produce an overall sense of happine ...

(3 pages) 34 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

"You and I"- A poem about a tragic love affair.

adds passion to the tranquility.Together, these emotions create a combo,That fills me with immense ecstasy.The kiss we share is lethal, yet life-giving.Soft, yet full of fervor.Immediate, yet continu ...

(2 pages) 137 4 4.4 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories