Drugs and crime. (Bulletin Reports).MDMA MDMA 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. MDMA n. 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine; a mescaline analog. MDMA 3,4 methylenedioxy-methamphetamine. See Ecstasy. (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 The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was established by the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C.A. § 1501 et seq.) and began operations in January 1989. (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 (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , 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 The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a program that disseminates publications from the United States Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) agencies, as well as the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Office on Violence Against at 800-851-3420. |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion