From: [s--d--l] at [tezcat.chi.il.us] (Shecky Green)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: Re: MDMA FDA Status? Is it being studied?
Date: 1 Dec 93 19:52:42 CST


MDMA is a Schedule I substance (most illegal).  There have indeed been some
past studies into its use therapeutically:  personnally, I've read and would
recommend as a good beginning source:  
    "Ecstasy:  The MDMA Story" by Bruce Eisner; Berkeley, CA:  Ronin
Publishing [aka Books-by-Phone], 1989   ISBN: 0-914171-25-9
   Includes an exhaustive bibliography.

MDMA is in fact currently being studied as a possible analgesic and
therapeutic aid for end-stage cancer patients.  The testing is being conducted
in California, where it has entered Phase II, which includes human testing. 
Details can be had from the Multidisciplinary Associaction for Psychedelic
Studies (MAPS).  They are making the testing protocols available.
     MAPS:  1801 Tippah Ave., Charlotte, NC  28205
          General memberships:  $30-100.  [This money is largely going to
finance the MDMA testing, as well as LSD testing also currently underway.]

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