Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment: The New Generation “E”
By Laurie DeLong, October 12 2010
[The following is reposted with permission of the author and its original publisher, Phoenix House. --Ed.]
Once upon a time, in the 1990s, Ecstasy was a rave drug, surrounded by whirling glow-sticks and teenagers looking for a good time. When organizations like the Foundation for a Drug-Free World started spreading the word about Ecstasy’s hazards via public service announcements, the drug began to go out of style. As with most drugs, education is prevention. Today, the general population is well aware that users of Ecstasy, also known as MDMA, are at a high risk for dangerous side effects such as mental trauma, memory loss, seizure, stroke, and kidney failure. Dr. Caitlin Reed of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention puts it simply: “There are multiple mechanisms through which Ecstasy can cause death.”
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