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'Ecstasy' Use Studied to Ease Fear in Terminally Ill
Washington Post ^
| 27 December 2004
| Rick Weiss
Posted on 12/27/2004 10:53:11 AM PST by shrinkermd
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To: gungatendo
Ecstasy is a slang or street name for Methylenedioxymethamphetamines (MDMA) It is a synthetic, psychoactive mind-altering drug with hallucinogenic and amphetamine (stimulant) like effects. It alters perception of time and distance. MDMA was first developed in 1914 as an appetite suppressant or diet drug. It was a legal substance up until 1985. Source.
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BrooklynGOP
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To: BrooklynGOP
MDMA was first synthesized in 1912. It was patented in Germany by the Merck Company in 1914. At that time it was not the subject of human research. Merck stumbled across MDMA when they tried to synthesize Hydrastinin, a vasoconstrictive and styptic medicine.
MDMA was an unplanned by-product of this synthesis. As usual, the process of its synthesis was patented.
Source: First link from Google on "MDMA manufacturing 1914"
To: gungatendo
From the same source.
In the early 1980s, the drug began to be used non-medically, particularly in Texas, under the name Ecstasy.
Both the non-medical and therapeutic use of MDMA were made illegal in 1985 despite the Drug Enforcement Administration Administrative Law Judge Francis Young's recommendation that physicians be permitted to continue to administer it to their patients.
To: Hildy
WHAT...WHAT? WHAT? After reading some of these responses I feel like I'm living in BIZARRO world. So, being content and happy is not good. If by nature you're crabby, complaining and ornery, then that's the way you should go out, making everyone around you miserable as well. WOW WOW WOW.
That's what being a conservative is about, according to some Freepers. That and being a wannabe tough-guy and hard-ass ("I don't need no druuugs! I'll die with mah boots on, just like the Duke!")
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