From: [c k lausme] at [jarthur.cs.hmc.edu] (Chris Klausmeier) Newsgroups: alt.drugs,talk.politics.drugs,alt.psychoactives,alt.rave Subject: "E is for Ecstasy" available online Date: 27 Jul 1994 00:40:49 GMT "E is for Ecstasy" by Nicholas Saunders is now available by FTP from ftp.hmc.edu as /pub/drugs/mdma/e.is.4.x.Z. The appendices are in a separate file, /pub/drugs/mdma/e.is.4.x.append.Z Many thanks to Mr. Saunders for his fine research and generosity to the net community! The table of contents is included at the end of this post. -- Chris ============================================ E for Ecstasy by Nicholas Saunders. Bibliography by Alexander Shulgin Published by Nicholas Saunders, 14 Neal's Yard, London, WC2H 9DP, UK. ISBN: 0 9501628 8 4. Published May 1993. 320 pages. #7.95. This is a revised version of the first edition. This is sold out in Europe, but is still available in the USA from distributors: Book People and Inland Books who supply bookstores and mail order companies such as Books by Phone. The US shop price is $12.95. Single copies are also available from the publisher for #10 Europe or #15 airmail worldwide if orders are paid by Visa or Mastercard and faxed to +44 71 379 0135 or e-mail to [n--ho--s] at [neals.demon.co.uk.] Include name, account number, expiry date, address (must be same as account is sent to). A German language edition will be published in September by Verlag Ricco Bilger, Josefstrasse 52, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland. Title: Ecstasy. ISBN: 3 908010 12 8. Price SFr.38 plus SFr.10 including postage wordwide. Copyright Nicholas Saunders and Alexander Shulgin 1994. This material may be freely distributed electronically, but may be printed for personal use only. Permission is required for any other use of any of the contents. This will normally be given freely, provided prior permission is obtained and the source credited in an agreed form. Contents 1: Introduction 2: Own Experience What I feel it has done for me; how I have experimented with it and researched 3: History of Ecstasy first invented and patented; tested by US army; re-discovered by Shulgin; used for psychotherapy; wildly popular available by credit card; alarm due to previous impure drug causing Parkinson's disease; banning in US against recommendation; media muddle; appeal overturned; rise of the rave in US, Europe and then back to US; permission to use in Switzerland; permission to use in US. 4: What it Does and How it works Emotional effects: allowing the chi to flow, dissolving fear, allowing memories to surface, being temporarily free of neurosis, feeling love, removing defensiveness, allowing indulgence. Medical effects: effect on brain with fairly full explanation including diagrams to show how brain cells transfer info. Side effects such as blood pressure and temp rise. What organs get rid of it. Effects of combining E with other drugs. Sex. 5: Who takes Ecstasy Own survey results, references to other surveys. How many people take E deduced from surveys and seizures. Welshpool and football supporters 6: Dangers Reports of death here and in the US and why different. Overheating. Heart failure, strokes. Neurotoxicity: the research that caused the fears and the present assessment. Risk assessment compared to other activities as from my article. Who should avoid taking Ecstasy. Psychological dangers: what kind of people have been damaged by MDMA. Media overstatement. 7: The law, the media and the establishment Times article 8: Psychotherapy in Switzerland 9: Popular uses of MDMA Used for opening up and having fun; slimming/keeping fit; dancing; problem solving; improving relationships; professional psychotherapy; amateur psychotherapy; as an alternative to psychotherapy; in rituals; in place of a quick holiday; for pain relief; for depression. . . 10: Suggestions for users Ideal situation in town, in country. What to have with you and what to avoid. When to take it. Who to take with and who not to. Describe Set and Setting. How to be a guide. 11: Ecstasy and where does it come from Tests for MDMA in the lab and at home. List of characteristics. What drugs are sold as MDMA and how to distinguish them. Are other drugs more toxic? Is MDMA cut with poisonous substances? Why it sometimes has a different effect. Production and distribution 12: Discussion of establishment attitudes edited version of Shulgin's chapter 42 13: Case histories First-hand accounts edited to provide examples that the reader may be able to identify with. Both positive and negative experiences. Appendix 1: Reference section Summaries of reports I have read. Appendix 2: Annotated bibliography by Shulgin Appendix 3: Directory of Organisations in the UK which deal with Ecstasy users Appendix 4: Research projects under way at present.