Georgia Vallee's List: Drug Prevention

• “Ecstasy” is a slang term for MDMA, short for 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamin

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• parties where MDMA is often used

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• “club drug.”
• It has effects similar to those of other stimulants

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• makes the user feel like everyone is his or her friend,

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• MDMA is man-made

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• man-made
• chemicals or substances—such as caffeine, dextromethorphan (found in some cough
• Makers of MDMA can add anything they want to the drug

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• Makers of MDMA can add anything they want to the drug

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• There are a lot of slang words for MDMA. “Ecstasy” is one of the most common. You might also hear “E,” “XTC,” “X,” “Adam,” “hug,” “beans,” “clarity,” “lover's speed,” and “love drug.”

  • There are many other names for this drug inlcuding, MDMA, hug, beans, love drug and the most popular one I have heard is X.
• How Is It Used?
• How Is It Used?

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• a pill, tablet, or capsule
• cartoon-like images

• MDMA users take more than one pill at a time, called "bumping."

       
• How Many Teens Use It?

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• How Many Teens Use It?
• MDMA can be addictive for some people.
• MDMA can be addictive for some people.
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• Liquid ecstasy, soap, scoop, easy lay, Georgia home boy, grievous bodily harm, liquid X, goop

  • names
• GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate, or gammahydroxy-butyric acid
• odorless and tasteless liquid
• depressant
• can also be sold as a powder or pil
• takes effect 10-20 minutes after it is ingested and its effects typically last up to four hours

  • short term effect

• Risks¹¹

   

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• GHB has been used in "date rape."
• Seizures / Nausea and breathing difficulties (when combined with alcohol or other drugs) / Poisoning / Overdose / Death (at high doses) / Addiction and withdrawal effects (including insomnia, anxiety, tremors, and sweating)

  • long term effects
• odorless
• added to beverages and ingested

  • how it is used
• (loss of memory), which makes it difficult for victims to recall what happened or identify his/her attacker.¹³
• Assault
• inability to remember events experienced while under the influence of the drug

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