Increasing Use of “Ecstasy“ (MDMA) and other Hallucinogens on a College Campus

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We conducted a random survey of illicit drug use by undergraduate students at a private southern university in 1990 and compared the results with results from a similar 1986 survey of that college's student population. During the 4 years since the first study, the prevalence of cocaine use declined from 39% to 21070, and use of traditional amphetamines declined from 22% to 12%. No significant differences were found in the use of marijuana 68% in 1986, 64% in 1990-or in use of LSD (lysergic acid diethlyamide)-l4% in 1986, 17% in 1990. The use of mescaline/psilocybin increased from 8% to 24% and the use of MDMA, known as ‘Ecstasy’ (3,4methylenedioxymethamphetamine), increased from 16% to 24070. Mescaline/psilocybin and Ecstasy were more likely than the other drugs to have been used first during the students' college years, according to the 1990 study.

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