Tag: MDMA
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as MDMA, is a psychoactive drug that makes dancing to house music extra fun. Patented by a German company in 1912 and rediscovered by hip chemists over fifty years later, it was popularized in the form of cooly-branded ecstasy pills by the pioneering club kids of the ‘80s and ‘90s and […]
Although the DEA classifies shrooms as a Schedule 1 drug — a classification that’s supposed to be reserved for the most dangerous of substances — according to scientists, it’s not nearly as dangerous as the the government claims. Researchers Teri Krebs and husband Pål-Ørjan Johansen argue in a letter to Lancet Psychiatry journal, that the […]
The Electric Zoo festival has released an anti-drug PSA hilariously titled “The Molly,” as part of their “Come To Life” campaign ahead of the Randal’s Island festivities this year. Attendees will be forced to watch the two minute video, written and directed by Dexter creator James Manos, Jr., in order to activate their wristbands and enter the festival. Anti-drug […]
According to a recently published study by the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs, “Stimulant but not cannabis intoxication is associated with excessive alcohol consumption.” Of those surveyed, MDMA-users on stimulants are more likely to binge drink than weed-smokers high on weed. Ecstasy users who were intoxicated with stimulants (n = 91) were more likely to binge drink than […]
Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin, biochemist, psychopharmacologist, author, and critic of US drug policy, has passed away at age 88 from liver cancer, surrounded by his friends and family. He leaves behind a wife and partner, Ann Shulgin. He is most well known as the “Godfather of Ecstasy,” the scientist who turned it from an offhand mention […]
Is the dramatic death of bitcoin’s oldest exchange Mt.Gox and the subsequent hacking of CoinEx getting you down? Do you need a little pick-you-up to get re-inspired by the possibilities of crypto-currency? Do you live in Europe? Because we hear this Yellow Bitcoin is good stuff. (Please don’t die.) Someone from Reddit just encountered it in the restroom of a […]
Silk Road, the “deep web” service that allowed its users to anonymously buy and sell things like illegal drugs and weapons, was shuttered this week, leaving countless users without their usual connect. A redditor posting from what looks like a throwaway account took to the site yesterday to issue a “PSA” about the relative purity […]
With Electric Zoo in the news and people all over the city talking about bad Molly, I think it’s time for some harm reduction. STOP EATING SO MUCH FUCKING MOLLY. Many drugs have non-linear pharmacokinetics. That may mean 20mg is not twice as strong as 10mg, it may be 4 times or even stronger. Other […]
Yesterday marked a major milestone for experimental psych advocates, aging hippies and rave kids alike: a meeting was held at the Pentagon to discuss legitimizing MDMA for use in psychotherapy. Rick Doblin, founder of the non-profit Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), was invited to make a case for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in treating PTSD victims. […]
