ecstasy use in youth
Ecstasy (3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA) affects mood and attitude by releasing higher than normal levels of serotonin to the brain. ... The purpose of our survey was to see how popular ecstasy is amongst the youth in our own community. The question that we wanted to answer with this survey was: Is there a difference between ecstasy use in males and females and are there any similarities between users? ... We also used the positivist approach and worked as sociologists looking at youth in society. ... Our hypothesis for this survey was that we think that the ecstasy use between males and females is pretty much equal. ... After we analyzed our data we discovered that females do more ecstasy, as well as other drugs than males do, therefore, proving our hypothesis wrong. 40% of the females that we asked have done ecstasy. ... However, with the males only 20% have done ecstasy. ... Therefore, not only do more females do ecstasy, but they also do it more often than the males.