Ecstasy can be made of a variety of drugs including heroin.
To be more exact, drugs that are formed from other drugs are called derivatives.
Drugs that break down a psychological barrier against doing other drugs are known as
Some drugs are called "gateways" for the reason that they have the possibility to lead to use of other addictive drugs; for example, some people consider both cigarettes & liquor to be gateways as they both increase the risk of involvement with illegal drugs.
Drugs can interact with other drugs, foods, and beverages
Gateway drugs
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Addiction or dependency.
Appetite-suppressants can interact negatively with numerous other drugs, including the following:
Gateway drugs
The effects are 'additive' if they just piggy-back on each other, or are 'synergistic' if the effect of both drugs together is greater than the sum of the effects of each of the drugs separately.
They're called 'gateway' drugs - simply because they're often a cheap way to get 'high'. However - they're still addictive and can often lead to the user trying harder (and more expensive) drugs.