title: [Ecstasy, a new designer drug in the techno-scene].
abstract: Ecstasy is the term of MDMA, which is spread most of all in the techno scene. Wellknown for centuries as an agent of the nutmeg, MDMA was discovered as a drug during the last decades. Origin, physical and psychical effects and the results of chronicle abuse are described. Consume of XTC as a typical drug abuse of the techno scene represents a new challenge for the classical drug aid system. There are only few points of contact with the heroin scene.
authors.affiliation: Psychosomatische Klinik Bergisch Gladbach.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuhlmann
mesh_terms: D015198:Designer Drugs; D006213:Hallucinogens; D006801:Humans; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine; D010379:Peer Group; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D015198:Designer Drugs; D006213:Hallucinogens; D018817:N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine