Molly: Pop culture may have embraced this form of ecstasy, but it’s far from safe

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Molly: Pop culture may have embraced this form of ecstasy, but it’s far from safe
Meredith Engel
Metro
September 23rd, 2013

Ecstasy has long been a popular club drug, but its molecular form — dubbed “molly” — is going through a surge in popularity these days.

Miley Cyrus sings about dancing with molly in her song We Can’t Stop, and a series of deaths from the drug in the past two weeks is being linked to a possible bad batch sweeping the U.S. East Coast.

Young people love it because they seem to think it’s a purer (and therefore safer) form of ecstasy, says Dr. Travis Stork, an emergency physician and host of TV’s The Doctors, which just premiered its sixth season. But that “could not be further from the truth,” he says.

“The young adult culture that’s embracing (this) has this false sense of security that it’s safe,” says Stork. “Especially when it’s in a powder form. The truth is you have no idea what’s really in it.”

As a stimulant, molly revs up bodily functions — everything from metabolism to heart rate to blood pressure to brain function.

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"Its molecular form," that's gold.

Thanks to Poledriver for pointing this story out.

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['medicine cabinet']

If i didnt have ditm where would i get all my fake drug news from lol

 

[Bardeaux]

Young people love it because they seem to think it’s a purer (and therefore safer) form of ecstasy, says Dr. Travis Stork, an emergency physician and host of TV’s The Doctors, which just premiered its sixth season. But that “could not be further from the truth,” he says.

Whenever I see "The Doctors" I can't help but think of Dr. Nick.

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[Cambo]

We hear a lot about bad batches killing people, therefor MDMA is unsafe... Surely people will realise the only reason we dont know what we're getting is because its illegal? Its even got to a point where articles are sounding like they think MDMA is safe but aldulterants are not, 'purer and therefor safer' for example... MAKE THE FUCKING DRUG PURE THEN?!