DEA Approves Trial of MDMA

[Michael Scally MD]

DEA Approves California Trial of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Anxiety Associated with Life-Threatening Illness.
http://www.maps.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=381

The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IBR) on September 16, 2014, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on November 13, 2014, and by the Research Advisory Panel of California (RAP-C) on December 15, 2014. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) approved the Principal Investigator's Schedule I license on March 13, 2015. This study is now preparing for initiation.

[The move suggests the DEA may be questioning its long-held position that the psychedelic compound, which can be a component in street drugs like Molly or Ecstasy, has no accepted medical use.]

 

[A-a-Ron]

DEA Approves California Trial of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Anxiety Associated with Life-Threatening Illness.
http://www.maps.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=381

The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IBR) on September 16, 2014, by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on November 13, 2014, and by the Research Advisory Panel of California (RAP-C) on December 15, 2014. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) approved the Principal Investigator's Schedule I license on March 13, 2015. This study is now preparing for initiation.

[The move suggests the DEA may be questioning its long-held position that the psychedelic compound, which can be a component in street drugs like Molly or Ecstasy, has no accepted medical use.]

From what I've read, Molly is nothing even close to MDMA. The old ecstasy was usually a combination of MDMA, speed and heroin...which was the main reason it caused problems.

 

[biggerben69]

There were a few years some time ago when I managed to do some reading. I pushed through Shulgin's PIHKAL. Berkeley PHD Chemist. The subject of work is the psychoactive phenethylamine chemical derivatives. Shulgin new the power and potential to help people suffering from certain mental or psychological issues.
Before RAW DEAL and GEAR GRINDER there was Operation WEB TRYP. Chemicals, some of which were first synthesized by Shulgin at Berkeley before the DEA pulled his schedule 1 license to work with such drugs.
Before RC's were demonized by the media and marketed as "Bath Salts" there was Shulgin and his wife. The book walks the reader through the steps and ingredients used to synthesize each chemical.

 

[pumpingiron22]

In its pure form. It helps pstd. Patience as well as people who have delt with traumatic situation. There is a documentary on Netflix. Its pretty good.

 

[pumpingiron22]

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2195566/

 

[doubleaa]

I use to be on the whole raver seen. Pure mdma is completely different from X and most molly around. Its so much cleaner and better. Only truly got it a couple times. Its an experience in its own

 

[bornSkinny]

MDMA was widely used in 70's and early 80's by therapist to treat ptsd, and help council people with terminal illnesses

When I was a teen I used quite a bit of Ecstasy
It was often sold in press pill form at rave parties...the problem was knowing exactly what you were getting
The pills could have almost anything in them, often heroin and other types of speed besides MDMA
There were organizations like "dance safe" which would test a sample of your pill for you at raves and tell you if it was ok and what to expect.
True MDMA, and similar compounds such as MDA and PDMA produced a different experience than just a random narcotic cocktail.

Good MDMA produced some of my most memorable and amazing experiences ever
In pure form its not that particularly dangerous, just important to be hydrated and in a safe place as it does cause mild hallucination

The pressed pills were referred to as "ROLLS" as when you were on X you were said to be rolling.
It became popular for people who had access to pure MDMA powder to simply put the powder into gel capsules which were called "MOLECULES"
Sometime in the last 15 years the common usage of "rolls" became "molly" which is short for the molecules people sold which were pure capsules of MDMA.
But now the term just means any X pill, which as before could really being anything including something harmful.

 

[dredd09]

From what I've read, Molly is nothing even close to MDMA. The old ecstasy was usually a combination of MDMA, speed and heroin...which was the main reason it caused problems.

Never, not even once, has any manufacturer of mdma included heroin in his drugs for sale. Complete myth. Why? Its much more expensive, and contrary to the effects of mdma.

 

[dredd09]

A large percentage of supposed mdma today contains nothing of the drug itself, but usually a cocktail of research chems, or caffeine. Or nothing but filler.

 

[pumpingiron22]

MDMA was widely used in 70's and early 80's by therapist to treat ptsd, and help council people with terminal illnesses

When I was a teen I used quite a bit of Ecstasy
It was often sold in press pill form at rave parties...the problem was knowing exactly what you were getting
The pills could have almost anything in them, often heroin and other types of speed besides MDMA
There were organizations like "dance safe" which would test a sample of your pill for you at raves and tell you if it was ok and what to expect.
True MDMA, and similar compounds such as MDA and PDMA produced a different experience than just a random narcotic cocktail.

Good MDMA produced some of my most memorable and amazing experiences ever
In pure form its not that particularly dangerous, just important to be hydrated and in a safe place as it does cause mild hallucination

The pressed pills were referred to as "ROLLS" as when you were on X you were said to be rolling.
It became popular for people who had access to pure MDMA powder to simply put the powder into gel capsules which were called "MOLECULES"
Sometime in the last 15 years the common usage of "rolls" became "molly" which is short for the molecules people sold which were pure capsules of MDMA.
But now the term just means any X pill, which as before could really being anything including something harmful.

I remember those days only a few times Did I get the. Grade A. The others ones mostly heroin or masculine cut.

 

[dredd09]

The heroin thing is a myth propogated by the police. Ive marquis tested hundreds of different tablets, capsules, and powders. None contained opiates.the heroin like feeling was most likely produced by MDEA, or MDE, which are analogues that can make you feel lethargic like a downer, even though they are closely related to methamphetamine.

 

[thrombus]

Never, not even once, has any manufacturer of mdma included heroin in his drugs for sale. Complete myth. Why? Its much more expensive, and contrary to the effects of mdma.

Exactly. The economics simply don't allow it. If anything, ephedrine was a filler.

 

[dredd09]

If not all of it is ephedrine. Or Meth. Seen both. Pma is the troublesome analogue, because it inhibits the brain from dealing with heat regulation and in turn can cause hyperthermia. Unlike mdma this drug truly kills. Easier and cheaper to make, the dirtbags that manufacture this truly deserve prison.

 

[Joeblack]

Never really done drugs beside gear. MDMA is the only thing that i would give a go. Havent because im scared ill like it to much

 

[dredd09]

Its just as tough or tougher to get as legit gear is . You might like it a lot, but the quickly depleted seratonin levels don't allow you to repeat the experience over and over in a short time period. Therefore the risk of abuse Is lower than other amphetamines .. But still there .

 

[A-a-Ron]

Pure MDMA is definitely a much cleaner and more pleasurable experience than the cocktail of drugs that was going around in the 90's. like gear, it something you want to have a reputable source if you are thinking about trying. I spent many a night at clubs immobilized with my eyes rolling back in my head in the mid-90's. pure MDMA, although euphoric, is a much more controllable state of mind. If one were to try it, I'd only recommend it as a once a year experience.

 

[A-a-Ron]

Never, not even once, has any manufacturer of mdma included heroin in his drugs for sale. Complete myth. Why? Its much more expensive, and contrary to the effects of mdma.

I was referring to the ecstasy pills of the 90's and not MDMA alone. I ran with a group of characters that would press "scooby snacks" in the 90's, and although it was fun at the time, what they were selling was not pure MDMA, but partial amounts with a bunch of other shit mixed it. When taken with a few hits of acid...damn...those were some crazy nights! And somehow we all lived.

 

[dredd09]

In my location they were almost always legit in the nineties. And 30 bucks a pop. Every once in a while you'd get a downer feeling one. But never a nose-itching, pupils restricted high. More like all pupil and nothing else. In the last ten years the price dropped in half and the quality to nil.

 

[amar7]

Good step as there is no drug like MDMA. (Never tried it, but from reading the effects on neurotransmitters)

 

[Jamie]

The first I used x . It wasn't a controlled substance . It was legal and sold in health food stores !