Pursuit of Ecstasy: The MDMA Experience

Pursuit of Ecstasy: The MDMA Experience
ISBN-10
0791418189
ISBN-13
9780791418185
Category
Social Science
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1994-03-08
Publisher
SUNY Press
Authors
Jerome Beck, Marsha Rosenbaum

Description

The authors have produced the first “on the ground” study (not just clinical or chemical) of MDMA (3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), or “ecstasy” as it is frequently designated. A psychoactive substance related to both the amphetamines and mescaline, MDMA has become popular in recent years as one of the new “designer” drugs. First used in therapeutic treatment, its recreational or street use has increased in recent years. The authors track the efforts (with psychiatrists and researchers in opposition) of the DEA to ban the drug.

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