American Teenagers Are Turning To Emergency Departments Because Of Ecstasy More Often

American Teenagers Are Turning To Emergency Departments Because Of Ecstasy More Often.
The total of US teens who boasting up in the emergency apartment after taking the club drug Ecstasy has more than doubled in recent years, raising concerns that the hallucinogen is back in vogue, federal officials sign in Dec 2013. Emergency room visits related to MDMA - known as Ecstasy in medication form and Molly in the newer powder form - increased 128 percent between 2005 and 2011 amongst people younger than 21 provillus. Visits rose from about harshly 4500 to more than 10000 during that time, according to a report released Tuesday by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

And "This should be a wake-up phone to everyone, but the maladjusted is much bigger than what the data show," said Steve Pasierb, president and CEO of The Partnership at Drugfree bespeckle org. "These are only the cases that roll into the emergency rooms. It's just the hint of the iceberg". The SAMHSA study comes on the heels of a string of Ecstasy-related deaths bana ramdev ka ling wala oil. Organizers closed the Electric Zoo music gala day in New York City one day advanced in August following two deaths and four hospitalizations caused by Ecstasy overdoses.

The deaths came a week after another minor man died from Ecstasy overdose at a rock show in Boston. Ecstasy produces feelings of increased dash and euphoria, and can distort a person's senses and perception of time. It innards by altering the brain's chemistry, but research has been inconclusive regarding the effects of long-term abuse on the brain.

However, delight abuse can cause potentially harmful physical reactions. Users can become dangerously overheated and judgement rapid heartbeat, increased blood pressure and dehydration, all of which can lead to kidney or heart failure. Alcohol also appears to be a factor. One-third of the difficulty room visits involving Ecstasy also confused alcohol, a combination that can cause a longer-lasting euphoria, according to SAMHSA.