Ecstasy user profiles

The authors bemoaned the fact that ecstasy is still falsely considered to be harmless by most users. They emphasized that the classic user profile has changed over recent years, with non-rave party use increasing, as ecstasy is more readily available. They also observed that a quieter environment, which is supposed to reduce the risk of adverse effects, did not prevent this woman s death. According to her friends, who had ingested similar amounts of ecstasy from the same supply without any untoward effects, this had been her first experience with ecstasy. Her blood ecstasy concentration of 3.8 mg/1 was highly toxic. As her friends did not have any untoward reactions, the authors proposed that different people have... 

Rave A Profile of the Ecstasy User." Available online. URL http //www.siena.edu/boswell/Drug%20Projects/MDMA/ RAVE.htm. Accessed November 29, 2006. 

Fox HC, McLean A, Turner JJD, Parrott AC, Rogers R and Sahakian BJ (2002). Neuropsychological evidence of a relatively selective profile of temporal dysfunction in drug-free MDMA (Ecstasy) polydrug users. Psychopharmacology, 162, 203-214. 

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