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Ecstasy and MDMA is ‘getting stronger

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Ecstasy and MDMA is getting stronger with dangerously “pure” pills and crystals in circulation, it’s claimed.
Ecstasy and MDMA is getting stronger with dangerously "pure" pills and crystals in circulation, it's claimed.
Ecstasy is a drug that can refer to the substance 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) or a heightened state of consciousness and intense, pleasant experience. As MDMA, it has stimulant and minor psychedelic properties and is sometimes used in conjunction with psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social anxiety in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. The term can also describe any altered state of consciousness where awareness of one’s surroundings is diminished or the experience is intensely pleasurable.

Ecstasy and MDMA is getting stronger with dangerously “pure” pills and crystals in circulation, it’s claimed.

There’s a new warning from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

Its latest report highlights a “recent resurgence in use of MDMA in Europe and increased availability of high-strength MDMA tablets and powders”.

At the weekend a 17-year-old girl thought to have taken ecstasy died after a rave in Manchester.

Faye Allen from Liverpool is thought to have had an adverse reaction to a strong form of the drug, nicknamed “Mastercard”.

A lot of ecstasy tablets sold in the UK are made in the Netherlands, this is a police raid there

The new report says the resurgence in dance music culture could be connected to a rise in use.

“This global commercial success of EDM provides a huge and fertile ground for the distribution of MDMA among a new generation of young consumers who were born after the 1990s clubbing and ‘ecstasy’ events.”

Harry Shapiro agrees it’s a factor and says the report by the EMCDDA is right to claim that ecstasy tablets and MDMA are getting more potent.

“There has definitely been stronger ecstasy on [UK] streets than we have seen in previous years,” he told Newsbeat.

“The average dose is around 75 to 100 milligrams per pill, but there has been ecstasy on the streets that has been double that and more.

“The powder and crystals can be stronger than the tablets too.

“That’s also combined with a new generation of users not exposed to the harm messages of the eighties and early nineties.”

Shapiro also warns that people need to get reliable drug advice and education.

“There is a bit of mythology that drugs cut with other things are more dangerous than the pure drug – and that as far as ecstasy is really not the case.”

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