Recently, a drug has come onto the club and music scene. It has been popularized by famous music artists like Madonna, Miley Cyrus, and Kanye West. It is the popular drug MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), known popularly as the street name, “Molly.”
It is usually taken orally in a pressed pill form or in a powder form that can be snorted or swallowed. It is known to resemble stimulants or psychedelic drugs and is highly illegal. it has been responsible for numerous overdoses and four deaths over the summer of 2013. “Molly” made her entrance in the late 80s/early 90s under the popular name “Ectasy”, but due to many hospitalizations and deaths, it began waning. It has become popular among the club and music scene. It is a highly accessible and marketed recreational drug where users are assumed to believe it is less dangerous, while most likely being made with such substances as Ritalin or LSD. Molly gives the user an euphoric feeling with hallucinogenic properties, but according to DEA spokesman, Rusty Payne, “the reality of a promised pure form of MDMA doesn’t really exist.” It is a synthetic drug that has been marketed in the US/European countries that is based out of China, where 80 to 90% of the drug could be laced with something other than what the user expects to be in it. Some common symptoms of the drug are a rapid heartbeat, overheating, excessive sweating, shivering, and involuntary twitching.
Education is key to informing teens and young adults as well as parents when it comes to drug use. Katie Couric did a segment on her October 17th, 2013 episode, educating viewers and parents on this recreational drug known as “Molly.”
References
Drug ‘Molly” is taking a party toll in the United States. Fox News. www.foxnews.com/drug-molly-is-taking-a-party-toll-in-the-united-states
The Drug Molly
MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
Pressed pill taken orally/powder snorted/swallowed
Effects resemble stimulants/psychedelics
Illegal stimulant sold pill form
Most prominent in clubs
Molly street name for MDMA—main chemical, ectasy
Popular culture in last 5 years with names like Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West
Dangers: rash of overdoses—four deaths summer/2 at huge annual music festival, New York City
Late 1980s/early 1990s popular drug—ectasy, and “Molly” made scene, despite drug waning due to hospitalizations/deaths
DEA—between 2009 and 2012—some states 100-fold increase of arrests, seizures, emergency room visits/overdoses
Drug accessible/marketed as recreational drug to users believing less dangerous than predecessor, most often cut with other substances like Ritalin or LSD
As with ectasy, Molly give lengthy euphoric high/slight hallucinogenic properties
Rusty Payne – DEA spokesman – “In reality, promised pure MDMA experience ‘doesn’t exist’.”
Synthetic drug – US/European market from chemical labs based in China
80/90% of drug in “Molly” believed to be “Molly” is usually something completely different
Overdose symptoms: rapid heartbeat, overheating, excessive sweating, shivering, involuntary twitching
Drug ‘Molly” is taking a party toll in the United States\Fox News. www.foxnews.com/drug-molly-is-taking-a-party-toll-in-the-united-states
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