Documents

MDMA

• "Herbal Ecstacy" [sic] Marketing Copy
  Read with extreme skepticism.
• 'Ecstasy' : A Human Neurotoxin?
  Letter by Stephen J. Peroutka, from Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, 1989.
• 'Eve' and ' Ecstasy': A Report of Five Deaths Associated With the Use of MDEA and MDMA
  by Graeme P. Dowling et al., from JAMA 1987; 257: 1615-1617.
• (+/-)3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Selectively Damages Central Serotonergic Neurons in Nonhuman Primates
  by Ricaurte et al., from JAMA 1988; 260: 51-55.
• A father's report on his son's ecstasy-related death.
  by Peter Jones, with critical replies by Nicholas Saunders and Lamont Grandquist.
• A Synthesis of MDMA from Safrole by Aminomercuration
  by Zbyszek Szczesny, July 1997.
• An Analysis of "Hearts", a Tablet Sold as "Ecstasy" on the Australian Black Market
  An informative UseNet posting from 1994.
• DEA Administrative Law Ruling on MDMA Scheduling
  by Francis L. Young, May 22, 1986. Finds MDMA should be placed in Schedule III, but was ignored by the DEA.
• E for Ecstasy
  By Nicholas Saunders, bibliography by Alexande r Shulgin. Online version of 1st edition.
• Ecstasy (MDMA) Dependence
  by Karl Jansen, from Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Vol.53/2, pp. 121-124, 1988.
• Ecstasy in the UK: Recreational Drug Use and Cultural Change
  by Peter McDermott and Alan Matthews
• FDA Allows Human Tests of Love Drug
  Article on Charles Grob's MDMA research by Lynn Franey. From the San Diego Tribune, December 26, 1993.
• Hallucinogens and Antidepressants
  Information from Kit Bonson, taken from an old Usenet post
• Herbal "Ecstasy"
  An article on this MDMA "subsitute" by Nicholas Saunders
• JAMA News Articles on Ecstasy and Raves
  From JAMA 1992; 268: 1505-1506.
• MDA and MDMA Syntheses
  From "Psychedelic Chemistry," first published in Chemical Abstracts 52, 11965c (1958).
• MDMA and Heroin, and Other Myths
  Edited version of an article by Nicholas Saunders, from Eternity Magazine, December 1994
• MDMA FAQ
  A dated but useful resource
• MDMA Neuropharmacology
  by Lamont Grandquist
• MDMA Neurotoxicity: An Update
  By Dennis J. McKenna, PhD, March 12, 1992.
• MDMA Safe Use Tips
• MDMA Synthesis: Bromosafrole Method
  From "Secrets of Mthamphetamine Maufacture"
• MDMA use in the North West of England
  by Peter McDermott, from The International Journal on Drug Policy, Vol. 4, No. 4.
• Neuroendocrine and Mood Responses to Intravenous L-Tryptophan in 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) Users: Preliminary Observations
  by Lawrence Price, George Ricaurte, et al. From Arch Gen Psychiatry 1989; 46: 20-22.
• PIHKAL #109
  MDMA; MDM; ADAM; ECSTASY; 3,4-METHYLENEDIOXY-N-METHYLAMPHETAMINE
• References on MDMA deaths
  Collected by Lamont Grandquist.
• References on MDMA Neurotoxicity
  Cover 1985-1992.
• Report on MDMA from the Drug Abuse Information and Monitoring Project
  By Jerome Beck, April 1987. Funded by the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
• Second Thoughts on 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) Neurotoxicity
  by Charles Grob et al., from Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 1990; 47: 288-289.
• Suggestions for Productive MDMA Use
  From an old Usenet posting. Strong pro-bias.
• The Complications of 'Ecstasy' (MDMA)
  by Karl Verebey et al., from JAMA 1988; 259: 1649-1650.