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[245] [250] In 1981, [245] Clegg had coined "Ecstasy" as a slang term for MDMA to increase its marketability. [240] [244] Starting in 1983, [245] the Texas Group mass-produced MDMA in a Texas lab [244] or imported it from California [240] and marketed tablets using pyramid sales structures and toll-free numbers. [246]
MDMA (ecstasy) is a popular club drug in the rave and electronic dance music scenes and in nightclubs.It is known under many nicknames, including "e" and "Molly". MDMA is often considered the drug of choice within the rave culture and is also used at clubs, festivals, house parties and free parties. [8]
The Pulp song "Sorted for E's & Wizz" refers to British slang terms for ecstasy and amphetamines. English gothic rock band The Sisters of Mercy refers to the drug in their song "Amphetamine Logic" from their first album, First and Last and Always, and their singer Andrew Eldritch is associated with amphetamine use.
Most slang names for marijuana and hashish date to the jazz era, when it was called gauge, jive, reefer. Weed is a commonly used slang term for drug cannabis. New slang names, like trees, came into use early in the twenty-first century. [2] [3] [4]
The drug is a serotonin–norepinephrine releasing agent (SNRA) and weak serotonin 5-HT 2A receptor agonist. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It has substantially less or no significant dopamine-releasing activity compared to MDMA and ( S )-MDMA.
3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), sometimes referred to as sass, is an empathogen-entactogen, stimulant, and psychedelic drug of the amphetamine family that is encountered mainly as a recreational drug. In its pharmacology, MDA is a serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine releasing agent (SNDRA).
Ecstasy – E or X (slang names for the drug) Editor – ED; Egg – O (the letter O loosely resembles the shape of an egg) Elected – IN; Electricity – AC (alternating current), DC (direct current) Eleven – II (II looks similar to 11), or XI (Roman numerals) End of war – VE (Victory in Europe, the end of World War II) Energy – E, J ...
Ecstasy (drug), colloquial term for MDMA in tablet form, an empathogenic drug; Ecstasy may also refer to: Arts and entertainment. Literature. Ecstasy ...