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methylenedioxymethamphetamine

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  • noun a drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines but to avoid the drug laws, but now a controlled substance. Called also MDMA.

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  • noun The psychoactive drug MDMA or Ecstasy, an amphetamine that produces entactogenic, psychedelic, and stimulant effects.

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  • noun a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States

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Examples

  • In scientific lingo, the pill is called methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA.

    ECSTASY: A POSSIBLE NEW ROLE FOR A BANNED CLUB DR 2007

  • According to the medical examiner, Smith died from methylenedioxymethamphetamine MDMA or ecstasy intoxication, and her manner of death was "accidental."

    Michelle Parker Missing: Ex-Fiance Dale Smith Not Involved In His Second Wife's Death 2011

  • Once synonymous with the rave scene, its popularity declined as the diminishing amount of methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, the potent chemical once found in ecstasy tablets, saw a new generation of clubbers seek alternative substances.

    Ecstasy is back in clubs as newly potent drug is taken with 'legal highs' 2011

  • When it comes to taking drugs like Ecstasy—whose official name is MDMA, or methylenedioxymethamphetamine—I am an educated and careful consumer.

    MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010

  • The third category of addictive substances is hallucinogens, which include marijuana; lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), which is known by a variety of names, including “X,” “XTC,” “E,” and “Ecstasy,” among others.

    Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007

  • The third category of addictive substances is hallucinogens, which include marijuana; lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), which is known by a variety of names, including “X,” “XTC,” “E,” and “Ecstasy,” among others.

    Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007

  • The third category of addictive substances is hallucinogens, which include marijuana; lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), which is known by a variety of names, including “X,” “XTC,” “E,” and “Ecstasy,” among others.

    Helping the Addict You Love M.D. Laurence M. Westreich 2007

  • The first study on methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA (better known as ecstasy), to show proof that MDMA dangerously depletes the brain of the mood-regulating hormone serotonin was published in Neurology in June.

    Lucy In the Sky, With Therapists 2000

  • It is also the chemical responsible for the ecstasy that people experience when they take the drug methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or, well, ecstasy.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • In tragedy's wake, a man tries methylenedioxymethamphetamine:

    Slate Articles Elon Green 2012

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