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Ecstasy Ecstasy is a psychedelic amphetamine that has gained its popularity over the past 20 year because of its ability to produce strong feelings of comforts, empathy, and connection to others. The chemical name for Ecstasy is methylenedioxymethylamphetamine. It is generally known in scientific terms and medical circles as MDMA. Many users simply call it ¡¥E¡¦. MDMA was first synthesized and patented in 1914 by a German company called Merck, possibly to be used as an appetite suppressant (diet pill). The company decided against marketing the drug and had no further contact with the drug. Then in 1970¡¦s, MDMA was used to facilitate psychotherapy by a small group of therapists in the United States. But this practice was stopped in 1986 when animal studies showed that Ecstasy caused brain damage. There¡¦s no current legal medical use of MDMA. But in the late 1980¡¦s and earl