MDA is known as 3, 4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine. This is a drug that belongs to the amphetamine and phenethylamine classes of chemicals. It is a psychedelic and also a stimulant. It is used majorly as a recreational drug. Though the nature of the drug seems so similar to hallucinogens, it has both hallucinogenic and speed-like qualities.
This is a drug that is not approved by the FDA, and it is synthesized when you turn safrole into isosafrole, through the process of isomerization. It passes through an oxidation process before it is being converted to MDA. It has some short term effects such as anxiety, euphoria, nausea, and lowered appetite.
In contrast, MDMA is known as 3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. It is also a drug that belongs to the amphetamine and phenethylamine chemical classes. It is also recognized as ecstasy. It is a psychoactive, synthetic drug whose chemical nature is similar to the stimulant, methamphetamine, and hallucinogen mescaline. Its short-term effects include anxiety, euphoria, lowered appetite, nausea, and a few more.