Editing MDMA (section)

===Forms===
[[File:1g_MDMA-HCl.jpg|thumb|1 gram of pure MDMA hydrochloride crystals]]

MDMA has become widely known as ecstasy (shortened "E", "X", or "XTC"), usually referring to its tablet form, although this term may also include the presence of possible [[adulterant]]s or diluents. The UK term "mandy" and the US term "molly" colloquially refer to MDMA in a crystalline powder form that is thought to be free of adulterants.<ref name="nature.com"/><ref name=DrugFacts/><ref name="DEA 2015 assessment" /> MDMA is also sold in the form of the hydrochloride salt, either as loose crystals or in [[Capsule (pharmacy)|gelcaps]].<ref name="Molly S05E07" /><ref name="Molly S06E05" /> MDMA tablets can sometimes be found in a shaped form that may depict characters from [[popular culture]]. These are sometimes collectively referred to as "fun tablets".<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Kelly M | date = 20 June 2019 | work = Nintendo Enthusiast | title = Man arrested for possession of ecstasy tablets shaped like Wario | url = https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/man-arrested-for-possession-of-ecstasy-tablets-shaped-like-wario/ | access-date = 17 June 2021 | archive-date = 24 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195901/https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/man-arrested-for-possession-of-ecstasy-tablets-shaped-like-wario/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = <!--Not stated--> | title = Groesbeck: Students caught with deceptively shaped Ecstasy pills | date = 31 October 2019 | work = KWTX | url = https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Students-caught-with-deceptively-shaped-Ecstasy-pills-at-local-school-564188221.html | access-date = 17 June 2021 | archive-date = 24 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195735/https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Students-caught-with-deceptively-shaped-Ecstasy-pills-at-local-school-564188221.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

Partly due to the global supply shortage of [[sassafras oil]]—a problem largely assuaged by use of improved or alternative modern methods of synthesis—the purity of substances sold as molly have been found to vary widely. Some of these substances contain [[methylone]], [[ethylone]], [[MDPV]], [[mephedrone]], or any other of the group of compounds commonly known as [[Bath salts (drug)|bath salts]], in addition to, or in place of, MDMA.<ref name=DrugFacts /><ref name="DEA 2015 assessment" /><ref name="Molly S05E07">{{cite AV media |date=13 August 2014 |title=Molly Madness |medium=TV documentary |url= <!--Link for WP:V - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-0Zw05A1Y0 -->|publisher=National Geographic Channel | work = [[Drugs, Inc.]] |asin=B00LIC368M }}</ref><ref name="Molly S06E05">{{cite AV media |date=10 December 2014 |title=Manic Molly |medium=TV documentary |url= <!--Link for WP:V - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd1-triBJFw -->|publisher=National Geographic Channel | work = [[Drugs, Inc.]] |asin=B00LIC368M }}</ref> Powdered MDMA ranges from pure MDMA to crushed tablets with 30–40% purity.<ref name=EU2015 /> MDMA tablets typically have low purity due to bulking agents that are added to dilute the drug and increase profits (notably lactose) and binding agents.<ref name=EU2015 /> Tablets sold as ecstasy sometimes contain [[3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine]] (MDA), [[3,4-methylenedioxyethylamphetamine]] (MDEA), other amphetamine derivatives, caffeine, opiates, or painkillers.<ref name=Betzler2017/> Some tablets contain little or no MDMA.<ref name=Betzler2017/><ref name=EU2015 /><ref name="Toxnet MDMA after-effects">{{cite web|title=3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine|url=http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search2/r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@rn+@rel+42542-10-9|website=Hazardous Substances Data Bank|publisher=National Library of Medicine|access-date=22 August 2014|date=28 August 2008|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404201340/https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search2/r?dbs%20hsdb%3A%40term%20%40rn%20%40rel%2042542-10-9|url-status=live}}</ref> The proportion of seized ecstasy tablets with MDMA-like impurities has varied annually and by country.<ref name=EU2015 /> The average content of MDMA in a preparation is 70 to 120{{nbsp}}mg with the purity having increased since the 1990s.<ref name=Betzler2017/>

MDMA is usually consumed by mouth. It is also sometimes [[Insufflation (medicine)|snorted]].<ref name=Drugs2014/>

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