Date:  Sat, 29 Jul 1995 09:58:41 -0400

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: ecstasy, Ecstacy



orin hargraves asks:



> 1. Does this drug go by the same name in the US? Is there a

commoner name for > it?



no, the commonest name for it in the u.s. is "ecstasy". lots of

nicknames, the commonest of which is probably "E".



> 2. Is there a valid reason to spell it with an initial cap and penultimate c,

> rather than s?



no idea.



lynne m.



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