Community | March 24, 2011 | 43 comments

Ecstasy-Related Emergency Room Visits Up 75% Nationwide- drink more water guys! geeze.

source: http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/03/ecstasy_overdose_er_increase.php

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If you think controversial rave parties in L.A. have gotten younger and more ecstasy-crazed, there's new evidence to back up your notion.

A study released today by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says ecstasy-related emergency-room visits have increased 74.8 percent and that nearly one in five patients (17.9 percent) was aged 12 to 17.

Most of those people (77.8 percent) who had emergency issued with E also ...

... had taken another drug. In fact, according to SAMHSA, nearly 40 percent of those ER patients had taken three or more other "substances."

The data is relatively old. As is the case with bureaucratic studies, this one took a couple of years to come together, and the numbers reflect the era of 2004 to 2008, which, coincidentally or not, seemed to see a huge resurgence in mega-raves in Los Angeles.

Raves have been around L.A. since the dawn of the 1990s. But SAMHSA is calling this a comeback, at least for MDMA.

SAMHSA administrator Pamela S. Hyde:

The resurgence of Ecstasy use is cause for alarm that demands immediate attention and action. The aggressive prevention efforts being put into place by SAMHSA will help reduce use in states and communities, resulting in less costly emergency department visits related to drug use.

While the feds do that, though, raves are still very much bigger than ever in L.A. and beyond.





Drink water and don't buy from strangers kids!
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43 comments // Ecstasy-Related Emergency Room Visits Up 75% Nationwide- drink more water guys! geeze.

  • echelgreen
    • +1
      echelgreen  

    • Just don't eat ecstasy. It's a cocktail drug, MDMA based but usually mixed with some type of stimulant (coke, meth,...) or something smacky like heroin. You have no idea what your are taking until it's in your system. Molly is relatively safer, especially if its still shardy, straight off the rock. If you wanna get down with this type of substance stick to the Molly or sassafrass, both of which have been growing wildly in popularity in the past several years among the festie-goers. And they also act as the perfect compliment to your preferred tryptamine.

    • 1 year ago
  • crystalman
    • 0
      crystalman  

    • The best place to do MDMA....forget E..... is in bed with someone you love cuddling and touching. It is an entactogen and empathogen.

    • 1 year ago
  • AJILIVIZION
    • 0
      AJILIVIZION  
    • crystalman:

      My jaw just hit the floor. You understand MDMA?! I did exactly as you suggested, spending my 21st Birthday with my girlfriend on MDMA... fooling around for six hours straight. Of course we were completely exhausted and raw-skinned by the end of it all. I never would have imagined you would experiment with drugs. You naughty boy! :P

    • 1 year ago
  • crystalman
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      crystalman  
    • AJILIVIZION:

      Tripping on MDMA ( the pure crystals) with a loved one in bed...having sex is superfluous.....is one of the most beautiful and profound experiences I've ever had. Diving in the oceanic feminine and the bliss of touch.
      And yes, believe it or not, I'm a psychonaut.

    • 1 year ago
  • mrtraffic
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      mrtraffic  

    • This conversation below reminds me of this retarted girl in college who told me that: "Extacy can't hurt you its just gov't propaganda...I read it on the internet."

    • 1 year ago
  • EmperorThan
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      EmperorThan  

    • NO! Drink orange juice, not water. If you drink too much water you'll get water toxicity. Then take magnesium and B6 for the jaw clenching, Take 5HTP after the trip so you don't get Serotonin syndrome.

    • 1 year ago
  • hammywill
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      hammywill  
    • EmperorThan:

      One would have to literally drink GALLONS of water to get water toxicity. Also, Orange juice is almost entirely water, one can get water toxicity from Orange Juice as easily as they can from water. It is not the water itself that is toxic. Water toxicity is caused by having so much fluid intake that it flushes toxins into your blood stream. The same thing can happen by ingesting too much of any liquid, including Orange Juice.

      That being said, the point is to remain hydrated and make sure and take some breaks. E causes ones core body temperature to rise and adding physical exertion to the mix (like dancing) can raise it even further. So be careful, take breaks, stay hydrated.

    • 1 year ago
  • hammywill
  • EmperorThan
    • 0
      EmperorThan  
    • hammywill:

      "It may be sensible irregardless of if MDMA is neurotoxic in humans for users to take an antioxidant (e.g. 2-4 g vitamin C, orange juice) along with some 5-HT precursors (l-trytophan or 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), bananas, milk). "

      http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mdma/mdma_faq3.shtml under "Neurotoxicity"

      You'd be drinking water AND orange juice if you were drinking one to hydrate and the other for antioxidants. So drink orange juice instead of water.

    • 1 year ago
  • hammywill
  • galacticdubspazz
  • figgdimension
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      figgdimension  
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    • Learn about the culture through culture not rumors suspicions and lies see for yourself its all about art and music no kids allowed and drugs well , I suspect anywhere in America these days hell even NASA you'll find some drugs if you look hard enough so whatever get a better group of hook-ups yo!

    • 1 year ago
  • figgdimension
  • figgdimension
  • figgdimension
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      figgdimension  

    • You say you were at Ultra .... what's the real name? answer me that and maybe i'll take your crap a little better ....KID! I know SWFLA from the moon me and Bunny,3, and david ...well thats another story ......answer me that question.... and prove your not a.pig! cause everyone Im telling you...this is oink talk unless you know?????

    • 1 year ago
  • cclark_productions
  • hammywill
    • 0
      hammywill  
    • cclark_productions:

      THANK YOU! His postings are pretty incomprehensible. I'm glad you are posting about how to be responsible and be honest about a drug's effect on ones self. Drugs do damage, period. But one can minimize that if one takes precautions. I'm glad there is a voice of reason in here. Usually I hear either "Drugs should be BANNED" or I hear "Ecstacy is GOOD for you man!" There is no common sense sometimes.

      E and other drugs are damaging to your physiology, to deny it is to invite dangerous consequences. When I was a "raver" I never lied to myself about what I was doing when I took drugs. They're toxic, but one can take precautions to minimize the negative side effects. Moderation and preparation. And PLEASE don't lie to yourself about the toxicity of narcotics. Just be careful.

    • 1 year ago
  • figgdimension
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      figgdimension  

    • I won't mention the spelling :0 but.... If a Person youth or not has to go to the hospital from e... they didn't take E. no they prob took DMX or other similar look alikes designer drugs or street club drugs(Logo doesn't mean anything (bought from stranger/n club hense the name duh!)) Real X isn't for one gonna require much and for two nobody GIVES away to kids ...please are we conforming on our own now. Real E doesn't even in extreme cases cause that MYTH! thats sometheng else YOU call e .. doesn't mean it is or was you have no proof they have no proof and strangely never do... this is tired its not water . KID, cause thats actually what kills people on DMX or others is they drink TOO much water .. No shit,,, read ,learn, or ask someone who knows this aint a joke and this is dis information . This group this information: GARBAGE fed drug Enfor. Propaganda ............PERIOD!
      Stop The Lies

    • 1 year ago
  • simplecj
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      simplecj  
    • figgdimension:

      Yes, pure molly is pretty safe for sure. Sucks that from what I hear many pills aren't what you think they are though. That said, back when I did party, we usually knew exactly what our pills were cut with before we ate them and the effects corresponded to what we were told.

      Now we have these "legal" highs being sold as X and no ones really sure how safe they are... I've had two over the last several years and both were (I'm guessing) 10% molly, 40% speed or meth, and 50% filler... I hate that shit... not a happy camper.

    • 1 year ago
  • Radical_Centrist
  • galacticdubspazz
  • Mikeysfake1
  • simplecj
    • +4
      simplecj  

    • Another reason to regulate and educate. I'm sorry kids, but anyone under 18 should not be messing with E. You're just screwing it up for the rest of us.

    • 1 year ago
  • AJILIVIZION
    • +2
      AJILIVIZION  

    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfMpMW2Y08E

      Speaking of Ecstasy, Ultra Music Festival is this weekend in Miami. I'm not going, though I have the last three years. What is Ultra? A three day festival of all the major DJs from electronic, techno, trance, house, pop, and whatever else they can pack in to it. I definitely had fun the last three years, but I'm not looking to make it a tradition to spend hours with loud music and crazy ravers. I've had my fix of that.

    • 1 year ago
  • simplecj
  • ShanePer
    • +1
      ShanePer  
    • AJILIVIZION:

      Ah... parties....
      I quit partying in 2003 when I went to law school, but was at least able to live in London in 2001 for work and had my share of fun in the London/England scene, not to mention catching PVD in Tokyo in 1998 and hitting up Ibiza in 2000, as well as all the crazy U.S. fun before then.
      Have fun, kids. Just play safe. And be smart.

    • 1 year ago
  • Shanekwa
  • kennymotown
    • +4
      kennymotown  

    • Don't forget folks, being perpetually dehydrated is an invitation to disease's walking in and invading perfectly fine cell's. Hydro therapy is a body's best defense! Party on Garth!

    • 1 year ago
  • Persecuted
  • cclark_productions
  • floydyboy
  • dreamsenvoy
  • figlatin
    • +7
      figlatin  

    • The only time I ever enjoyed my E trips were when I was in nature. The two times I tried rollin in a crowded place had panic attacks.

      But every time I did use E I had water on me at all times and a nice bag of weed for the come down.

    • 1 year ago
  • Persecuted
    • +1
      Persecuted  
    • figlatin:

      i had panic attacks too! i thought it was just me! the first time i ever did E, i went walking in a field by myself at night and it was a beautiful experience. The next two times i tried it, i was locked indoors, with grafitti on the walls and punk music blaring... what a nightmare! i'll never do E again for sure...

    • 1 year ago
  • littlwarrior
  • kennymotown
  • timetide
    • +6
      timetide  

    • dammit people drink more water when you feel yourself dancing the edge and lay off of the oj if its a new dealer and you don't know how their pills roll. Also people don't party unless you get a friend to play babysitter. seriously if these damn ptots don't stop fucking up I'm just going to start popping them in the face.

    • 1 year ago
  • cclark_productions
    • +9
      cclark_productions  

    • is it bad that i still wanna roll after reading this? it sounds like being uneducated about the drugs effects on your body is whats doing the most damage here.

      I'm from Miami and theres been a crazzzzy influx of 13 to 17 year olds rolling or tripping "just to do it" latley...not for the experience and with no knowledge of where there getting the drugs from or whom. They do it every weekend and dont understand what the constant use of e can do to your brain.

      As difficult as it is to do a drug safely, theres still measures you can take to help ensure your own health, understand what the drugs effects are, do your research, drink enough water, surround yourself with trust worthy people and understand that theres always a risk when taking a drug... especially a MAN MADE one.

    • 1 year ago
  • ThatCrazyLibertarian
  • cclark_productions
  • AJILIVIZION
  • cclark_productions
    • +1
      cclark_productions  
    • AJILIVIZION:

      I go every year! :)

      Couldn't afford all 3 days this year though and they sold out before single day tickets went on sale so I didn't get tickets this year :( Ultra is the absolute best place to roll ever... its probably best I'm not going though, I need my brain cells latley so I can't really afford the recovery time anyway.. still bummed though, it was such a life changing experience.

      but i got Bonneroo tickets so that will def be a new experience!

    • 1 year ago
  • extracrazykiwi2008
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