Molly is ecstasy, ecstasy is MDMA. The MA in MDMA stands for methamphetamine because the chemical structure of MDMA is the exact same as the chemical structure of methamphetamine with just two extra molecules added on.
MDMA is not addictive. It is generally seen as a "soft" drug, placed in the same category as drugs like weed, LSD, and mushrooms. Not in the category as drugs like heroin, meth, and crack. MDMA is not laced with other drugs because it is taken orally as a pill and drugs like crack, heroin, and meth are largely inactive when taken orally. So even if a pill of MDMA
was for some reason laced with one of these drugs the user would only feel the MDMA. Think about how these other drugs are used for a second, heroin is injected, crack is snorted, meth is smoked, none of these drugs are ever eaten. Also, it makes no sense for someone to lace MDMA with a drug like heroin because people who take MDMA take it to stay up and dance and heroin is not the ideal drug for their purpose.
The head of the NHS in Britain was fired from his position after his studies showed that taking MDMA was actually safer than riding a horse. The BBC show "Top 20 Most Dangerous Drugs" put ecstasy at number eighteen. Drugs like nicotine and alcohol were rated as more dangerous. Here is that list. numner 1 is the most dangerous and number 20 is the least dangerous.
- Heroin A
- Cocaine A
- Barbiturates (Sedatives) B
- Methadone (Opioid) A
- Alcohol Legal
- Ketamine C
- Benzodiazepines (Sedatives) C
- Amphetamine (Speed) B
- Tobacco legal
- Buprenorphine (Opioid) C
- Cannabis C
- Solvents Legal
- 4-methylthioamphetamine (amphetamine derivative) A
- LSD A
- Methylphenidate(Ritalin) B
- Anabolic steroids C
- Gamma 4-hydroxybutyric acid (depressant, date-rape drug) C
- Ecstasy A
- Amyl Nitrate (nitrite inhalants, poppers) Legal
- Khat (plant-derived stimulant) Legal (illegal in USA)
The real problem with kids using MDMA isn't the drug itself, it's the people that they're around when doing the drug and the harder drugs it could potentially lead to. Personally I have known many people who used MDMA and never used anything harder, who kept their good jobs and graduated college and went on to live normal, successful lives.