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Rouine, J and Kelly, ME and Jennings-Murphy, C and Duffy, P and Gorman, I and Gormley, S and Kerskens, CM and Harkin, Andrew (2014) Investigation of the mechanisms mediating MDMA "Ecstasy"-induced increases in cerebro-cortical perfusion determined by btASL MRI. Psychopharmacology , 232 , (9) , pp. 1501-1513.

Roberts, Gloria and Garavan, Hugh (2013) Neural mechanisms underlying ecstasy-related attentional bias. Psychiatric Research , 213 , (2) , pp. 122-132.

(2012) Caffeine provokes adverse interactions with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy') and related psychostimulants: mechanisms and mediators. British Journal of Pharmacology , 167 , (5) , pp. 946-959.

Vanattou-Saïfoudine, Natacha and Gossen, Anna and Harkin, Andrew (2011) A role for adenosine A1 receptor blockade in the ability of caffeine to promote MDMA “Ecstasy”-induced striatal dopamine release. European Journal of Pharmacology , 650 , (1) , pp. 220-228.

Roberts, Gloria and Nestor, Liam and Garavan, Hugh (2009) Learning and memory deficits in ecstasy users and their neural correlates during a face-learning task. Brain Research , 1292 , pp. 71-81.

McElrath, Karen (2005) MDMA and sexual behavior: ecstasy users' perceptions about sexuality and sexual risk. Substance Use & Misuse , 40 , (9/10) , pp. 1461-1477.

Connor, TJ (2004) Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, 'Ecstasy'): a stressor on the immune system. Immunology , 111 , (4) , pp. 357-367.

McElrath, Karen and McEvoy, Kieran (2001) Fact, fiction, and function: mythmaking and the social construction of ecstasy use. Substance Use & Misuse , 36 , (1&2) , pp. 1-22.

Lavelle, Aishling and Honner, Valerie and Docherty, JR (1999) Investigation of the prejunctional alpha(2) adrenoceptor mediated actions of MDMA in rat atrium and vas deferens. British Journal of Pharmacology , 128 , (5) , pp. 975-980.

Gervin, Maurice and Smith, Robert and Bamford, L and Keenan, Eamon (1998) Chasing the Dragon: experience in Ireland and associations with ecstasy. Addiction , 93 , (4) , pp. 601-602.

Keenan, Eamon and Gervin, Maurice and Dorman, Arthur and O'Connor, John J (1993) Psychosis and recreational use of MDMA ("ecstasy"). Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , 10 , (3) , pp. 162-163.

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News

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Drug treatment centres shut due to user incidents. (14 Jun 2017)

[Irish Times] , McMahon, Aine MDMA use among young Irish adults rising – drugs report. (07 Jun 2017)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac EU report Ireland had fourth highest quantity of ecstasy seized. (01 Jun 2016)

[Irish Examiner] , Shanahan, Catherine Third of students use legal drugs to ‘get high’. (28 Aug 2015)

[Medical Independent] , Cahill, Niamh Students using prescription medications to ‘get high’. (27 Aug 2015)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Half of students have used cannabis. (29 Jun 2015)

[thejournal.ie] Of 23,000 who say they took MDMA, 202 ended up in hospital. (18 Jun 2015)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Irish drug users near top for problems caused by ecstasy and alcohol. (15 Jun 2015)

[independent.ie] , Cusack, Jim Home-made drugs are 'driving students to self-harm'. (25 May 2014)

[Irish Examiner] , Lally, Conor Seizure of banned synthetic drugs in post reaches all-time high. (01 Jul 2013)

[Irish Examiner] , Moore, Ollie Irish scientists leading street drug research. (30 Apr 2013)

Report

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. (2016) Recent changes in Europe’s MDMA/ecstasy market. EMCDDA rapid communication. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

Evidence resource

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. [EMCDDA] (2012) Legal topic overviews: classification of controlled drugs. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. [Home Office UK] (2009) MDMA (‘ecstasy’): a review of its harms and classification under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. London: Home Office. 49 p.

Book

Mosher, Clayton James and Akins, Scott (2007) Drugs and drug policy : the control of consciousness alteration. Thousand Oaks Ca.: Sage .

Sanders, Bill, ed. (2006) Drugs, clubs and young people: sociological and public health perspectives. Aldershot: Ashgate .

Winger, Gail and Woods, James H and Hofmann, Frederick G (2004) A handbook on drug and alcohol abuse: the biomedical aspects. Oxford: Oxford University Press .

Seivewright, Nicholas (2000) Community treatment of drug misuse: more than methadone. London: Cambridge University Press .

South, Nigel, ed. (1999) Drugs cultures, controls & everyday life. London: Sage .

Stafford, Peter (1992) Psychedelics encyclopedia. Berkeley: Ronin .

Thesis

Maguire, Richard (2001) The development, validation and application of analytical methods for the analysis of drugs of abuse. PhD thesis, Trinity College Dublin.