Ecstasy

Clarity, Stacy, Love drug, Lover s Speed, Hug Drug, Versace, Essence, Decadence, Dex, M M, Roll, Bean, Bens, B-Bombs, Disco Biscuit, Go, Morning Shot, Scooby Snacks, Sweeties, Wheels. 

Merck patented MDMA and MDA in 1914, but World Wars I and II sidetracked any further research on the drugs. Interest in the two drugs was revived in the 1950s by the U.S. military, but never went further than the animal testing stage. 

But by the early 1980s, reports of Ecstasy s psychedelic effects leaked out to the public, and recreational Ecstasy use blossomed on college campuses in states such as California and Texas. This prompted the Drug Enforcement Administration 

Despite being in pill form, Ecstasy tablets often contain impurities that can be toxic and cause serious adverse reactions. Such impurities may include other amphetamine derivatives, 

Ecstasy has both stimulant and hallucinogenic properties. The effects of the drug begin approximately 20-60 minutes after taking it and usually last for 3-4 hours, but sometimes longer. 

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You have just purchased or stolen the most comprehensive and detailed book on the underground production of ecstasy, metham-phetamine and psychedelic amphetamines ever published. Strike (your host) is an ecstasy and amphetamine chemist from Texas who used to be very frustrated with the lack of common-sense information about the production of amphetamines. Strike remedied this for Strike and now Strike is gonna remedy it for you, too. This book is packed with the latest street methods for making amphetamines - written in plain English with the detail that no other book can offer. 

The reasons Strike wrote this book. The reasons you re reading this book. Ecstasy is the most benign drug Strike has ever encountered. It is passive yet powerful. By powerful Strike does not mean that it incapacitates or makes one dangerous. It is, in fact, quite the opposite. Its power is in its ability to evoke a total sensory bath of tactile, visual and mental enhancement. One s perception is perfectly clear. Hallucinations are nonexistent. The feeling one has is, literally, ecstasy. Plus, it is one of the few narcotics in the world that is not physically addictive. Why this substance was taken away from the people is a question that only government-funded scientists can answer. 

The ecstasy molecule itself is just an amphetamine with a couple of extra things attached to it. The chemical structures of the major ecstasy class drugs and speed class drugs can be seen in the preceding schematic ... 

The chemist is going to need a source of vacuum. When distilling high boiling stuff like valuable ecstasy free base oil, a vacuum is... 

Now comes the mother of all chapters. Three different controlled ecstasy precursors from 1 compound bromobenzodioxole. This is also the point that speed makers should begin to pay more attention. In the chemicals section of this book Strike has provided the recipe for making bromobenzene so that the speed chemist can make all of the analogous precursors. 

Red Bull and vodka has been called Ecstasy in a can, a reference to a popular club drug. It has also had its run-in with the law the drink was briefly investigated in 2001 by the Swedish National Food Administration after the deaths of three people who were believed to have drunk Red Bull with liquor. No action was taken against the company, Red Bull GmbH. The drink continues to be available in Sweden and in eighty-eight other countries. 

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA ecstasy) is a synthetic analog of amphetamine that produces hallucinations, an elevation in mood, and a feeling of emotional closeness . This latter property has led to Ecstasy being referred to as the hug drag . The unique properties of Ecstasy as compared to the parent compound amphetamine are believed to be due to the more selective effects of Ecstasy in promoting transporter-mediated release of serotonin. The use of Ecstasy has become a part of the culture associated with rave style dance parties. 

Fig. 3 Concentrations reported for amphetamine-like compounds in surface water of different European and American countries. AM amphetamine MDA 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine MDMA 3,4-methylenedioxy methamphetamine (ecstasy) MA methamphetamine N/A Values not availabe, not measured...

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Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), known by the street names ecstasy, XTC, X, Adam, clarity, and lover s speed, was synthesized in 1914 as an appetite suppressant but was never marketed. In the early 1970s, it appeared on the U.S. drug scene under various street names. More recently, the name ecstasy has become synonymous fot MDMA, even in the scien-... 

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