Three men have been arrested after six people needed hospital treatment for taking an illegal hallucinogenic drug.

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Ecstasy is methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA for short, which is a synthetic, psychoactive (mind-altering) drug with hallucinogenic and amphetamine-like properties.

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In this study, the people taking the drug rated the hallucinogenic experience as "stressful" at some times but "psychologically and spiritually uplifting" - describing encounters with past lives, faraway planets, and communing with deities.

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The drug is in the form of a white crystal powder and can have a hallucinogenic effect.

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