MDMA

WEIRD NEWS
Scientists Give Ecstasy To Octopuses And Are Astounded By What Happened Next
By David Moye
The Molly-coddled octopuses were "very playful, doing water acrobatics."
VIDEOS
Fugitive Rafael Caro Quintero Speaks Out On Allegations Of Drug Trafficking
Rafael Caro Quintero, aka “The Prince,” is a fugitive on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s most-wanted list. The alleged leader of the world’s most powerful drug cartel gave an interview while hiding.
HEALTHY LIVING
Can Psychedelic Drugs Treat Mental Illness? Scientists Need Your Help To Find Out.
By Nick Wing
A new crowdfunding campaign seeks to raise $2 million to advance promising research that the government has largely neglected.
HEALTHY LIVING
Marriage Is Driving Some To Drugs And It May Not Be A Bad Thing
By California Magazine, Contributor
CALIFORNIA is an editorially independent general-interest onli...
by Don Lattin, originally published on californiamag.org Writer Ayelet Waldman was teaching a class on drug policy reform
HEALTHY LIVING
MDMA May Soon Be Approved For Treatment-Resistant PTSD
By Anna Almendrala
It's not just for music festivals.
CRIME
Smugglers Stash Minion-Shaped Ecstasy Pills In Children's Drawing Kit
By Nina Golgowski
Just plain despicable.
WELLNESS
A Cure for PTSD?
By Michael Putzel, Contributor
Author of 'The Price They Paid: Enduring Wounds of War' and a ...
The group's goal is to complete the laborious process and win approval of MDMA as a prescription generic drug by 2021. Meanwhile, more veterans and others who have suffered after traumatic events such as rape will be eligible for participation in the studies.
CRIME
Dog Scarfs Down Bag Of Ecstasy, Narrowly Escapes Death
By Whitney Meers
"Without the treatment, he would not have survived the night."
SCIENCE
Psychedelics Could Trigger A 'Paradigm Shift' In Mental Health Care
By Carolyn Gregoire
A new review of studies finds that LSD, psilocybin and MDMA hold potential for treating mental illness.
POLITICS
'The Real History of Drugs' Educates Millions
By Tony Newman, Contributor
Director of Media Relations, Drug Policy Alliance
Why are some drugs legal and some prohibited? Why do we arrest approximately 600,000 Americans each year for marijuana possession, but sell tobacco and alcohol on most corners? Why do we lock up people who use meth for years, and dole out the similar drug Ritalin to our children?
SCIENCE
Why MDMA May One Day Be Used In Couples Therapy
By Carolyn Gregoire
"On a psychological level, our volunteers felt more insightful and confident about their feelings while on MDMA," the study's
CULTURE & ARTS
Exclusive Interview With Alex Grey - Part 2
By Morena Duwe, Contributor
Music, culture and travel journalist
A sense of worldwide-family leads Allyson and I to consider the festivals as celebrations of the global love tribe at the dawn of a planetary civilization. Creativity is at the spiritual center.
CULTURE & ARTS
Notes on Moonlust by The Holydrug Couple
By Michael Lee Nirenberg, Contributor
Documentary Filmmaker, Artist, Writer
Sacred Bones Records here in Brooklyn is one of my favorite record labels to emerge in recent years. One of their latest releases is Moonlust by The Holydrug Couple.
POLITICS
DEA Approves Study Of Psychedelic Drug MDMA In Treatment Of Seriously Ill Patients
By Nick Wing
The latest trial is expected to cost about $587,000, according to MAPS, with just over half of that raised so far. The research
COLLEGE
Let's Be Sensible About MDMA
By Betty Aldworth, Contributor
Executive Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy
It's past time to acknowledge the plain fact that students use drugs. Let's make sure they have the education and protections they need to do so safely.
POLITICS
Ecstasy Levels Spike In Rivers Near Major Music Festival
By Matt Ferner
Some pharmaceutical contaminants have already been found to affect biological diversity and cause behavioral changes in some
CULTURE & ARTS
Thank You, New York Times, for Being Stupid About Burning Man
By Jay Michaelson, Contributor
Legal Affairs Columnist, The Daily Beast - and a meditation te...
Burning Man is not a "festival." Festivals are basically big parties, put on (usually for profit) by organizers, which customers come to visit. Burning Man is a participant-created community experience, coordinated by a non-profit, that is about radical self-expression in all its forms.
POLITICS
Sasha Shulgin Thought I Was an Idiot... Once Upon a Time
By Eric Sterling, Contributor
Executive Director, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
Incredulous, he asked, "Didn't Congress know that any four-neck round-bottom flask could be used in place of a three-neck round-bottom flask by simply putting a stopper in the fourth neck?" Hmmm. Probably no one in Congress involved in writing the provision had any knowledge of the use of such flasks, including me.
POLITICS
In Memoriam: Alexander Shulgin, The 'Godfather of Ecstasy'
By High Times, Contributor
The world's No. 1 resource for cannabis information and culture
Among his own, Sasha Shulgin, who died on Monday, will always be remembered and revered as one of the greatest shamans of modern times. Certainly more scientist than psychonaut; he was crudely dubbed "the godfather of ecstasy," but he was far beyond that.
POLITICS
RIP Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin: 'Godfather of Ecstasy' and Drug Policy Reform Pioneer
By Jag Davies, Contributor
Director of Communications Strategy, Drug Policy Alliance
Sasha Shulgin, who passed away Monday at the age of 88, was many things to many people. He was not just a pharmacologist, author, and medical chemist, but a pioneer in drug policy reform.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Most Popular Drugs In Hip-Hop Lyrics And The Top Rappers Talking About Them
By Ryan Kristobak
Following the report of hip-hop artists with the largest vocabularies, Project Know decided to tap into the RapGenius database
SCIENCE
Veteran Explains How MDMA Helped Heal His Postwar Trauma
By Anna Almendrala
Macie emphasized that he doesn’t recommend MDMA for recreational abuse. He said he wishes all veterans who struggle with
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