[Dialup Llama]

This could explain why Parkinsons suddenly is the new disease among 35 and 40 year old Hollywood types.

[Cicero]

I'm trying to imagine Janet Reno on ecstasy, but it just doesn't compute.

[FF578]

The libertarians will tell you it is a lie. ------------------------------------------------------- [libertarian]

But, But, Ecstacy is good for you. The government needs to stop publishing this propaganda. This is a big lie. Everyone knows that cocaine, heroin, speed, PCP and all the other drugs are good for you and your kids.

We must end the drug war.

I have a right to take PCP and go on a rampage through the town. I have a right to give Esctacy to girls in a nightclub, it is all victimless.

[/libertarian] ---------------------------------------------------------- I wonder if they will ever get it about dope.

[Jonathon Spectre]

In order to keep people from ingesting a substance that might possibly cause health problems, we, the Imperial Federal Government, do decree those who attempt to ingest or even possess such compounds shall be caged with the most violent criminals we can find for as long as possible.

[Thud]

Think of it as evolution in action.

[Auntie Mame]

This is only anecdotal, but there are two teenagers that are friends of friends that have never been the same since supposedly using Ecstasy. One is a complete zombie who lies immobilized in his bed all day and the other became schizhophrenic (sp?).

If something like this could only possibly happen to people taking this drug, it doesn't sound like a good thing to fool around with.

[apochromat]

Maybe so. After all, it's completely a man-made chemical, is it not? Too bad they keep blowing their credibility crying wolf with herbal hyperbole.

[realpatriot71]

the government does not want to allow medical research with Ecstasy, even though it has been approved for study by the Food and Drug Administration

Of course they don't. Once the propaganda machine is shown to be erroneous no one is going to buy their crap anymore. It's a power struggle. This isn't about saving us from ourselves this about restricting freedom. What better way than to manufacture a "war on drugs" that keeps a large federal police force active at all times? Since most people do not use "drugs" they are rather apathetic about the whole situation. Once people accept rights violations as commonplace, they are more willing to give up more and more rights. These types are nothing more than punks and cowards.

[Jim Noble]

It has been well known for years that MDMA induces Parkinson's Disease.

Why is this a news item? Has anyone ever challenged this well-known fact?

[MrLeRoy]

"The dose that he gave killed 20 percent of the animals immediately," said Holland. "Clearly these animals reacted to the drug differently than humans because not one out of five Ecstasy users drops dead."

Also, she said the Stanford study injected Ecstasy, while most human users take the drug orally. Drugs taken orally are less concentrated in the body than drugs that are injected, said Holland.

In short, this pro-WOD "research" is crap. But don't expect the WODdies to admit, or even understand, this fact.

[Skooz]

MDMA actually undergoes a chemical transformation when it mixes with chemicals in the brain. The result is a type of pesticide which is used most often in the northeast.

So, bathing your brain in pesticide is detrimental. Who'd a thunk it?

[Uncle Meat]

It's not the ecstacy that's causing the brain damage.It's the godawful techno music.