Drugs and crime - Bulletin Reports - Brief Article

FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,The, Dec, 2002

MDMA (Ecstasy) summarizes current information on the effects, prevalence, trafficking, and production of the designer drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine). MDMA, also known as "ecstasy," is used predominantly at all-night dance parties known as "raves," but its use is moving to such other settings as private homes, high schools, college dorms, and shopping malls.

This Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) fact sheet also discusses current legislation and law enforcement efforts designed to curb the use of MDMA. According to a 2001 study from the University of Michigan, 11.7 percent of high school seniors had tried MDMA at least once. This fact sheet (NCJ 188745) is available electronically at http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/pdf/ncj188745.pdf or contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service at 800-851-3420.