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Club drugs are being used by young
adults at all-night dance parties such as "raves" or
"trances," dance clubs, and bars. MDMA
(Ecstasy), GHB, Rohypnol, ketamine, methamphetamine, and
LSD are some of the club or party drugs gaining popularity. NIDA-supported
research has shown that use of club drugs can cause serious health
problems and, in some cases, even death. Used in combination with
alcohol, these drugs can be even more dangerous.
No club drug is benign. Chronic abuse of MDMA, for example,
appears to produce long-term damage to serotonin-containing neurons
in the brain. Given the important role that the neurotransmitter
serotonin plays in regulating emotion, memory, sleep, pain, and
higher order cognitive processes, it is likely that MDMA use can
cause a variety of behavioral and cognitive consequences as well as
impair memory.
Because some club drugs are colorless, tasteless, and odorless,
they can be added unobtrusively to beverages by individuals who want
to intoxicate or sedate others. In recent years, there has been an
increase in reports of club drugs used to commit sexual assaults.
Click any of the below links to learn more about that specific
drug:
 Ecstasy
GHB
Rohypnol
Ketamine
Met amphetamine
LSD
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