MDMA is often referred to by the name ecstasy. It stands for methylene-dioxy- meth-amphetamine. Sometimes the name ecstasy is used to refer to the pill form and MDMA is used to refer to the powder. Please see our DrugSearch page on ecstasy…
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Druglink article 2009 – Chemical reaction by Gibby Zobel
Twenty years ago this month, Britain woke up to news of the first death caused by the rave drug ecstasy in Manchester’s Hacienda club. Gibby Zobel, then an 18 year old local newspaper reporter who broke the story, looks at…
Druglink article 2008 – Peaking vallies by Max Daly
Diazepam is set for a return to notoriety – not in its previous incarnation in the 60s and 70s as one of ‘mother’s little helpers’ – but as a rising player in the illicit drugs market among Class A users.…
Druglink article 2007 – Bash street kids by Max Daly
The cocaine and ecstasy markets are splitting in two, with young people and students being the major consumers in an expanding industry in cheaper, lower quality products. Max Daly takes a look at the results of this year’s UK wide…
Druglink article 2005 – Generation ecstasy by Andrea Wren
Twenty years ago The Face published the first article on the little known drug ecstasy. Ten years ago Leah Betts died. Now ecstasy is being taken by the dozen on street corners for 50p a pop. Andrea Wren tracks the…
Druglink article 2005 – Ecstasy: the next generation by Max Daly
Ecstasy has always been associated with clubbing. Now its replacing cans of lager and cider as the street corner drug of choice for children on council estates trying to fend off the bleakness and boredom of their lives. Ecstasy: the…
Druglink article 2004 – The ticket that exploded by Marcus Roberts
Taking drugs in the 1960s and 1970s was supposed to be about opening doors of perception. But, says Marcus Roberts, this was always a delusion, and when the doors didn’t open, recreational drug use became just another aspect of the…
Druglink article 2004 – Up up and away by Dominic Streatfeild, Viv Craske, Tim Bottomley and Russell Newcombe
History of stimulants: Do the white thing Powder cocaine is fast rivalling cannabis as the socially acceptable drug of choice. Crack, its rock-form offspring, is giving heroin a run for its money as the socially unacceptable drug of choice. Waves…
Druglink article 2010 – World wired web by Mike Power
The powerful legal stimulant, mephedrone, has opened the door to a seemingly unstoppable virtual drugs market. Mike Power, the first journalist to report on mephedrone in Druglink last March, tracks its journey from Chinese labs to Britain’s streets. In May 2004, on an…
Druglink article 2011 – It’s official: high potency ecstasy makes a comeback by Max Daly
Old school ecstasy pills containing MDMA are back, according to an analysis of pills recovered by police at Glastonbury Festival. The findings from Glastonbury come at the same time a Scottish drug charity issued a warning that original strength ecstasy pills were being sold in Edinburgh. It’s official:…