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Ecstasy.

A candid cafe shot stavanger, Norway.

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Ecstasy: a trance or trance-like state in which a person transcends normal consciousness; extreme pleasure.

I don't know what this guy was eating but it was obviously "good stuff".

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Also a colloquial term for the drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a psychoactive drug of the substituted methylenedioxyphenethylamine and substituted amphetamine classes of drugs that is consumed primarily for its euphoric and empathogenic effects. Pharmacologically, MDMA acts as a serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent and reuptake inhibitor.

 

MDMA has become widely known as "ecstasy" (shortened to "E", "X", or "XTC"), usually referring to its tablet street form, although this term may also include the presence of possible adulterants. The UK term "Mandy" and the US term "Molly" colloquially refer to MDMA in a crystalline powder form that is relatively free of adulterants. "Molly" can sometimes also refer to the related drugs methylone, MDPV, mephedrone or any other of the pharmacological group of compounds commonly known as bath salts.

 

In 2013 between 9 and 28 million people used ecstasy recreationally (0.2% to 0.6% of the global population between the ages of 15 and 65). It is taken in a variety of contexts far removed from its roots in psychotherapeutic settings, and is commonly associated with dance parties (or "raves") and electronic dance music.

 

The desired short-term psychoactive effects of MDMA include:

 

Euphoria – a sense of general well-being and happiness

Increased sociability and feelings of communication being easy or simple

Entactogenic effects – increased empathy or feelings of closeness with others

A sense of inner peace

Mild hallucination (e.g., colours and sounds are enhanced and mild closed-eye visuals)

Enhanced sensation, perception, or sexuality.

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Well beer normally works for me.

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