Methylenedioxymethamhetamine, the compound used in the drug Ecstasy, was developed in Germany in 1914 as an intermediary substance to pave the way to alternative therapeutic medicines. Presently, MDMA is used for a subculture in America and all over the world of ““ravers”” who spend their weekends taking this unique drug because of its seemingly mind- expanding properties. The truth about this drug is that it fools the body’’s senses by releasing too much serotonin and …showed first 75 words of 2963 total…

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