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Drugs and What You Might Want To Know
Guide picks
If you have a question about how drugs affect or don't affect you, you will find it here.

Ecstasy... XTC... Adam
MDMA, called "Adam," "ecstasy," or "XTC" on the street, is a synthetic, psychoactive (mind-altering) drug with hallucinogenic and amphetamine-like properties. Its chemical structure (3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is similar to two other synthetic drugs, MDA and methamphetamine, which are known to cause brain damage.

Back To School and Drunk Again
An entire new crop of freshmen will arrive on campus at U.S. colleges this fall, many away from home for the first time, to join the free beer party.

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