“Molly,” Powder or Crystal Form of MDMA, is Popular at Music Festivals
“Molly,” the powder or crystal form of MDMA, the chemical used in Ecstasy, has been a popular drug at music festivals this year, CNN reports.
Molly, short for molecule, is considered to be pure MDMA, unlike Ecstasy, which generally is laced with other ingredients, such as caffeine or methamphetamine. According to Pax Prentiss, co-founder and CEO of Passages rehabilitation centers in Southern California, molly users tend to be ages 16 to 24.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) considers MDMA to be a Schedule I controlled substance, which means it has a high potential for abuse, and no accepted use in medical treatment. The DEA notes that MDMA can cause confusion, anxiety, depression, paranoia, sleep problems, and drug craving. The drug also can cause muscle tension, tremors, involuntary teeth clenching, muscle cramps, nausea, faintness, chills, sweating, and blurred vision. “High doses of MDMA can interfere with the ability to regulate body temperature, resulting in a sharp increase in body temperature (hyperthermia), leading to liver, kidney and cardiovascular failure. Severe dehydration can result from the combination of the drug’s effects and the crowded and hot conditions in which the drug is often taken,” the DEA reports.
While fewer than 4 percent of emergency room visits in 2009 were due to MDMA use, the national Drug Abuse Warning Network found that from 2004 to 2009, there was a 123 percent increase in the number of emergency room visits involving MDMA taken alone or in combination with pharmaceuticals, alcohol or both.
I’M SHOCKED @ THE AMT OF USAGE OF THIS AWFUL DRUG!
All of my friends have done Molly. It’s quite dumb.
Have either of you ever tried it?? It actually has some medicinal uses in therapy
I’ve been looking everywhere, and I can’t seem to find Molly, Molly, Molly…(:
its like any other drug that a person takes it can kill you and ruin your life but i hear if youre safe with it it is fun. but i dont do drugs so who cares
Molly! Molly? Molly, where are you?
Molly done in the right setting, people and dosage can do some wondrous things for people’s mind, body and soul. It truly opened up my eyes and ears. There were answers I had been seeking after for many years prior. There were no lights. There were no flashy colors. There was no wild delusions. I just received beautiful insight. I felt peace and serenity.
Wow, it’s really sad to see this ammount of ignorace about MDMA, it for sure doesn’t deserve to be a class 1 drug, personally I think it has a lot of potential for therapeutical use in moderate doses under the surprrvision of a medical proffesional. You should be more worried about your kids drinking alcohol than doing molly.
I agree. You can tell this is a one sided story when they act as if pure MDMA is a bad thing if it is “unlike Ecstasy, which generally is laced with other ingredients, such as caffeine or methamphetamine.”
WTF? You want the pure compound MDMA without it being “laced” with any other drugs. Who writes this stuff? MDMA was an FDA approved drug until it was banned in the 1980′s.
Don’t get me wrong, street versions of MDMA can be very dangerous and can cause lasting health and central nervous system problems (because they are not pure MDMA or they are not even the same molecule.) But once again, by making a drug illegal you only succeeded at driving it underground where you have lost all control of its production and distribution.