The Economist (US), March 19th, 1988
ECSTASY poses problems. The drug rejoicing in that name, a cross between mescalin and amphetamine, has both pleasant and unpleasant effects. It seems to warrant its name, but can leave a nasty hangover and may also damage people's brains. Caution-and America's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-therefore speak against it. Both may be speaking too soon. The drug (known to pharmacologists as MDMA) was patented in 1914 by a German drug company, Merck, as an appetite suppressant. Its legal troubles began in 1984 after American students cooked it up in makeshift laboratories and found other us...
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