Posted by chemist on August 28, 2004, at 21:11:33
In reply to Ecstasy safely converted and prescribed?, posted by becksA on August 28, 2004, at 20:56:23
> In my college days I did Ecstasy a couple times and it is a failsafe drug if you want to feel the effects. That's why so many kids spend their few bucks on it...why isnt there a way to recognize and harness the MDMA in such a way that it isn't harmful in the long run? Maybe this is a dumb question, I've just never thought about it.
hello becksA, chemist here..let us nip this in the bud, shall we? MDMA has been shown to be a useful drug in combination with therapy. it was first synthesized in 1914, and one of the stereomers - (S) - is more potent than the other, (R). it was criminalized in the u.s. in 1985 because it became a drug of abuse. there is currently a trial ongoing (MAPS) for use of MDMA along with therapy for patients suffering from PTSD. therapeutic benefits have been reported for the numerous years it was used in some therapeutic sessions. the best way to determine the purity of MDMA is by IC-TOF-MS. whether or not the use of pure MDMA over long time is detrimental, that depends on frequency of use, concommitant use of other drugs (legal or not), and of course, time. another way is to evaluate the source: if it is prescribed - and in the u.s., it is a schedule 1 substance, so forget it for now and perhaps for a long time - it is likely the real-mccoy. if the drug has been prepared from pharmaceutical (or at least spectrographic) quality reagents by a person who very truly knows what they are doing, you will likely receive a product that is safe, and you will also receive a federal charge guaranteeing that the next 25 years of your life will be spent in a known location should you be caught with the substance. in keeping with Dr. Bob's policy of not exchanging information pertaining to illicit substances, i will not make any further comments in re: synthesis or ``cleaning up'' a ``dirsty'' product. all the best, chemist
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