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3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
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3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine /3,4-meth·y·lene·di·oxy·meth·am·phet·amine/ (-meth″am-fet´ah-mēn) MDMA; a compound chemically related to amphetamine and having hallucinogenic properties; it is widely abused. Popularly called Ecstasy.
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine [meth″ĭ-lēn″di-ok″se-meth″am-fet´ah-mēn]
a compound chemically related to amphetamine and having hallucinogenic properties; it is widely abused. Popularly called Ecstasy.

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
MDMA, see Ecstasy


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It's chemical name is methylenedioxymethamphetamine - or MDMA for short.
According to the daily, this is the first case involving the drug ecstasy that was successfully tried since methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), the core ingredient in the designer drug, was included in the list of dangerous drugs under the Dangerous Drugs Act in 1998.
The illicit drug methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also called MDMA or ecstasy, is known to cause memory problems.
 
 
 
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