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Okay, it's more like E, GHB, and K, but let's see how much you know about the designer drugs maing nightly appearances on the club scene and at raves.

Match the drug with its description. Click on the name to reveal the answer.

• Also known as MDMA
• Its effects, which last 4-6 hours, make you feel connected to everyone around you
• Puts users at risk for dehydration and hypothermia
• Long-term use damages the neurons that release serotonin, the feel-good brain chemical
• Known as "the date rape drug" and "the forget pill"
• Is used legally in 60 countries outside the U.S. to treat insomnia
• Produces a drunk, relaxed feeling that lasts 2-8 hours
• Some users snort it instead of taking it orally, and it’s sometimes used to enhance a heroin high
• Odorless and colorless, it’s often combined with alcohol
• Also known as Liquid Ecstasy
• Even though it doesn’t work, it is sometimes used like steroids by body builders who believe it increases their strength and stamina
• In low doses, relieves anxiety; in high doses, the sedative effects can result in a coma
• Also known as Special K
• An anesthetic, it’s a white powder that looks like cocaine and also comes in liquid form
• Produces “catatonic” or “disassociative” effects sometimes called a “K hole”
• Can be injected, mixed into drinks, snorted, or sprinkled on cigarettes or joints and smoked
• The short-lived high can still be followed by up to a day of impaired judgment and coordination
• Used as a model to study schizophrenia and psychotic behavior because it causes psychosis