Advance -- According to a report released March 24 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the number of hospital emergency visits involving the drug MDMA (street names Ecstasy, X, XTC) increased from 10,220 in 2004 to 17,865 visits in 2008 -- nearly a 75 percent increase. SAMHSA, an agency of the Department of Health & Human Services, reported that most of these Ecstasy-related visits (69.3 percent) involved patients aged 18 to 29, but notably 17.9 percent involved adolescents aged 12 to 17.
