MDMA. He is particularly concerned about research that shows long-term mental changes in Ecstasy users.
ECONOMIST: A scientific row has broken out over the effects of Ecstasy
There is even an Ecstasy home page on the Internet, complete with psychedelic logo.
Ecstasy drives the "rave" culture -- a phenomenon born in Britain in the 1980s.
Liddell is a Scottish Christian who runs in ecstasy for the glory of God.
But they can't do a controlled study on Ecstasy because it's a schedule one drug.
Another risk is that a lot of drug dealers are cutting Ecstasy with heroin or cocaine.
Horton called on the Senate to support additional funding and opportunities for treatment of Ecstasy abusers.
The statistics also say that police seizures of Ecstasy between 1997-2000 increased by 430 percent.
The agony may have begun to abate, but there is no hint yet of ecstasy.
The sport of horse racing and breeding is one of great agony and ecstasy.
Cannabis is the most commonly used drug, followed by cocaine powder, ecstasy and amphetamines.
Tests on the drivers revealed a range of drugs including cannabis, ecstasy and amphetamines.
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But, controversially, he has suggested a review of drugs policy with the downgrading of ecstasy.
Ecstasy, about which there has been huge controversy, kills 0.0002% of its users each year.
That said, dopamine may well play a secondary role in the long-term effects of Ecstasy.
While many see this as a dark day for Ecstasy research, others are more sanguine.
There are also reports of doctors who are treating young Ecstasy users for Parkinson's disease.
The trendy nightlife district of Patpong Soi 4 used to be "awash with Ecstasy, " says 22-year-old Santi.
Much of the Ecstasy in Asia comes from Europe, especially Holland, and most of it is adulterated.
Methylenedioxymeth-amphetamine, or MDMA, the chemical compound that is the basis of Ecstasy, has been around for decades.
He was sacked as an adviser over views that ecstasy and LSD were less harmful than alcohol.
Improvements in imaging technology, which can show how the brains of Ecstasy users change over time, could help.
ECONOMIST: A scientific row has broken out over the effects of Ecstasy
Legal mephredone, for example, flourished when decent ecstasy was scarce until it too was banned in April 2010.
Psychologists are intrigued that ecstasy users continue to take the drug, despite knowing it is damaging their brain.
For synthetic drugs such as ecstasy, licensing manufacturers to ensure the purity of their products would be wise.
In Europe meth has trailed other synthetic drugs such as ecstasy, but now seems to be getting a foothold.
Authorities say agents interrupted an attempt to smuggle a load of MDMA, or ecstasy, from Canada to San Francisco.
BBC: US border agents bust US-Canada 'ecstasy smuggling ring'
In this column I recently wrote about the distinguished hood ornament the Rolls-Royce Spirit of Ecstasy, turning 100.
But two goals in stoppage time finally sank their hopes and sent the capacity crowd in Casablanca into ecstasy.
Ecstasy is methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA for short, which is a synthetic, psychoactive (mind-altering) drug with hallucinogenic and amphetamine-like properties.
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