What is Ecstasy?

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What is Ecstasy? <Tab/>In 1912, scientists created a new chemical derivative of amphetamine, 3.4-methylenedioxyemthamphetamine or MDMA, and patented it soon afterwards for use as a versatile chemical intermediate in the synthesis of other pharmaceuticals. For reasons that have been lost over time, the company that invented this compound did little to explore its own properties as a drug. In fact, there was little interest in MDMA before the 1950s. In the 1970…

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…amp;lt;Tab/>http://www,samhsa-gov/oas/2k3/ecstasy 3.<Tab/>NIDA Notes / Vol 12, N 2 / March. April 1997 4.<Tab/>NIDA Notes / Vol 11, N 5 / November. December 1996 5.<Tab/>NIDA Notes / Vol 16, N 5 / December 2001 6.<Tab/>Ecstasy : What We Know and Don't Know about MDMA --- A Scientific Review 7.<Tab/>TIME Magazine / What Ecstasy does to your brain / June 5, 2000