Neuroscience and Medicine / Chronic Effects

Documents:

• This Is Your Brain On Dissociatives: The Bad News is Finally In
  William White's excellent article on dissociative-related brain damage. Version 0.1, 11/28/1998
• Medical Consequences of Crack and Freebase Cocaine
  A collection of references and abstracts.
• 'Ecstasy' : A Human Neurotoxin?
  Letter by Stephen J. Peroutka, from Arch. Gen. Psychiatry, 1989.
• 1,4-Butanediol Toxicity
• MPTP Treatment Information
• NMDA Antagonist Neurotoxicity: Mechanism and Prevention
  By J. W. Olney et al. From "Science" 1991 Dec 6;254(5037):1515-8.
• Amotivational Syndrome
  From "Drugs and Behavior" by William A. McKim, pp. 229-230
• (+/-)3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine Selectively Damages Central Serotonergic Neurons in Nonhuman Primates
  by Ricaurte et al., from JAMA 1988; 260: 51-55.
• MDMA Neurotoxicity: An Update
  By Dennis J. McKenna, PhD, March 12, 1992.
• LSD and Chromosomes
  From "The Natural Mind" by Andrew Weil, pp. 44--46

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Contacts and URLs:

• Hedonistic Imperative (homepage, more info)
  Entry point for an eclectic group of sites with information and opinions on many things, including drugs.
  • Cannabis, vulnerability, and the onset of schizophrenia: an epidemiological perspective
    Abstract from Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2000 Jun; 34(3):468-75. (related items...)
• MAPS (homepage, more info)
  Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
  • Neurochemical Markers and MDMA Neurotoxicity
    by Lamont Grandquist (related items...)
• Salon.com (homepage, more info)
  Web magazine with excellent reporting on drug policy issues.
  • The disunited states of ecstasy
    At an all-day conference on MDMA, ravers, researchers and anti-drug crusaders debate its pros and cons. Consensus? Just say maybe. (related items...)
• Miscellaneous URLs
  • Nightly Grind
    Media article on MDMA and teeth grinding. (related items...)

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