mdma

……….below is a brief statement I have written in response to those who perpetrate the relentless propaganda about MDMA, but I would appreciate any *brief* corrections or additions that you might have to offer:

MDMA (ecstasy) stimulates dopamine release at low doses and serotonin release at high doses.

Neurotoxic effects are often exaggerated, and can be blocked by administering a SSRI shortly after taking MDMA.

The doses required to achieve neurotoxicity in many of the animal studies is often at least five times the doses used by humans on a milligram per kilogram basis.

Studies of past MDMA users which have demonstrated some slight memory impairments have always included poly-substance abusers so it is never clear whether MDMA was by itself responsible for the deficit.