In 2011 Canada made it illegal to possess or import anything (from chemicals to beakers) with the purpose of making meth or MDMA, the active ingredient in ecstasy.

ECONOMIST: The methamphetamine business

Eleven years later, the Food and Drug Admin-istration has approved the first human studies on the efficacy of MDMA. The tests could begin as early as six months from now.

CNN: IN THE GRIP OF ECSTASY

We need to support the invention of empowering innovations, particularly within bioscience and our medical devices sectors, which I wrote about in my column with Kelvyn Cullimore and the Medical Device Manufacturing Association (MDMA) last week.

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