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I'm familiar with the meaning of MDMA, but is XTC some new street name for "ecstasy"

Ecstasy is usually shortened as "XTC", "E" or "X"

not new at all

Maybe not new, but not very common in the US. And further confusing given that MDMA & XTC are synonyms then.

The term "XTC" was a lot more common in the 90s rave scene.

As far as being synonyms, people generally differentiate between "ecstasy"/"E" as MDMA in pill form and "molly" as MDMA in powder form.

Fascinating, I just call it all molly.

But maybe that's because I grew up in a time where you can send stuff to a lab to confirm what it is.

molly is pure MDMA

XTC aka ecstacy is MDMA + additives like speed or caffeine/whatever.

I've always heard that MDMA refers to pure MDMA, while E refers to MDMA that has been cut with something. Must be a colloquial thing.