MDMA Books

This book examines objectively the use of MDMA ("Ecstasy," "mole") in the US and Europe. Saunders reviews many aspects of the drug and its culture (eg his personal experience, history, psychological dangers, social effects, safety, psychotherapy and much more). While the majority of readers probably use the drug or are thinking about using, non-users should read this work as well (it was recomended to me by a fellow parent who had bought it after learning that her 20 yearold son had begun using MDMA). Saunders did not recieve much publicity b/c of the taboo subject, although many reviewers and critics personally thanked him for a well written, informative book.

This book is excellent and I agree with all the other people that have reviewed it in a positive way. However, what surprised me is that Nicholas included very little about the bad effects of Ecstasy, such as first-time user panic attacks, negative effects that might occur (anxiety, claustrophobia, fear of others,midweek crash, etc.) I agree totally with him that E should have never been made illegal, but I feel that he was (rest in peace) so passionate about the good part of E that he forgot that E has a definite downside. Ignoring this downside can make some readers think that E is ALL positive. I recommend this book because still it's very informative and obviously well-researched, I just want potential readers (and E users) to keep in mind that Ecstasy is a strong substance that should be used with respect.

Earlier incarnations of this book, "E for Ecstasy," "Ecstasy and the Dance Culture," and "Ecstasy Reconsidered," have been chosen for listing in "Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy." http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy

Of all the books on MDMA I've read this is by far the best. Very well organized and goes through everything concerning MDMA from its legal status to the chemistry behind it. The text is very easy to understand even for those who do not know much about this subject. All his statements are backed by solid evidence derived from independent research and real life stories. Saunders gives the reader a chance to decide for himself, rather than telling the reader 'This is what I looked up so this is what I think, and therefore what you think as well'. I would recommend this book to everyone. The author has dedicated his life to this subject, as indicated by the quality of his work.

Saunders, a brilliant and inquisitive man, writes of his experiences, research, and overall knoweledge of MDMA. From the chemical make-up to the trafficing of the drug, Saunders tackles the entire realm of Ecstasy and its culture. A must read for anyone curious about the subject - #1 Thesis on Ecstasy

Such a great book - well written and thoughtful.

Unlike many books on dance culture which tend to lapse into a who's who type of history, Malbon's sociological approach touches on WHY people go clubbing and what they take from the experience. For a lot of people, it's more than a scene or fad. While clubs come and go (Studio 54, the Misshapes) and venues change (your bedroom, your friend's basement, the secret location by the pier), the longing for the oceanic experience remains the same.

Best one out there. Expensive (DANG!) but well worth it.

Respectful and not pompous though decidedly academic this book reaches out to honestly describe why people go clubbing. Yes, it is about dancing, and drugs, subjects for which words hardly ever do justice. Nevertheless, for those who have an interest in trying to describe the indescribable, this is one of the more readable and agreeable attempts. However, even as I've quoted sections to friends (yes, they're worth quoting), I am left with what another dancer told me quite spontaneously: she likes to dance, be it merengue, salsa, cumbia, because, as she says, I feel closer to God. I suppose it's just one of those things that you either understand or you don't.

ben.malbon@bmpddb.com

This is the most amazing book i have ever read i would love to know the fomula though. It should be put on every book shelf and not just on line every one need to know about this book. It is baseed on a great idea also

"Pursuit of Ecstasy" has been selected for listing in "Religion and Psychoactive Sacraments: An Entheogen Chrestomathy." http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy

After reading "A Soldier of Queen" from the same author, I had no hesitation in ordering "Essex Boys". The book gives a rivetting account of life in the drugs underworld, with all the violence and lack of values contained therein. The best part of the book for me was where a Vicar, leading a funeral ceremony for a teenager, in his homily, did not blame the victim for taking the drugs, but rather placed guilt at all our doors "The truth is, we are all in part to blame." O'Mahoney agreed with these words which also make a lot of sense to me. Highly reccommended if you want to see some of what goes on in the drugs world.

At last, a book about the MDMA experience that doesn't simply parrot the same old war-on-drugs propaganda, but sheds light on the subjective experience of real people who took the psychoactive agent and found the experience to be transformative in important ways. This is a welcome addition to the literature on psychedelic experience that is a refreshing antidote to the nonsense slung about by non-objective researchers who take taxpayers cash to scare us with falsified data.
John Nelson MD
Author, The Remembering, Sacred Sorrows, Healing the Split

I agree with the other user who put a 5 star rating to counter the blatant "I'm giving this 1 star (twice) because it doesn't absolutely condemn everyone who even thinks about using drugs" review. If, as other readers' comments imply, this includes some positive stuff about E then so be it. It's to be expected - I have used it a few times (not before some serious and surprising research into getting all the benefits at the lowest cost) and will use it again. I'd therefore encourage anyone interested in the topic to read up on it online or through books like these that are written by real experts rather than Government sources whose only interests are in scaremongering and getting people to use more destructive but legal drugs like booze and cigs in order to rake in as much tax as possible. No I have not read this particular book but in reading other reviews you can tell who is talking crap and who has approached the topic with an open mind. 1 star protests really *!?! me off.

This book is excellent.

It is very well written and can be easily read by lay persons as well as being a great source of information for health professionals (researchers, psychologists, psychiatrists,and all MDs.)

All of the important people in the field of MDMA research and history (Sasha and Ann Shulgin, Rick Doblin, among others) are either interviewed or have written chapters in the book.
The book is very informative and gives the extreme potential of this unique chemical. It is written by one of the most respected experts on MDMA.

This book is as objective as can be. Possible risks of MDMA use as well as the possible benefits are discussed in detail.

It is a must read for anyone interested in the topic of MDMA/ecstasy.

All royalties from the sale of this book will go toward funding clinical MDMA research.

This book contains so much interesting information about the recreational drug MDMA (ecstasy). It is very easy to read and many sections are in interview format. There are sections that are heavy on the chemical and neurotoxicity of the drug, but the author does a great job making it comprehensible to the average layman like myself. I believe this is a very unbiased look at the benefits of this drug and its clinical psychiatric use. It may be the prozac for the new millenia!

 One should start by putting things in perspective. The following background is necessary not only for all studies of psychoactive drugs, but for all studies of human behavior.
 There were about 400,000 USA deaths due to tobacco, 100,000 each to alcohol and prescription drugs and about 7600 to aspirin and other OTC painkillers. Worldwide we can expect that the figures will be about 10 million for tobacco, 2.5 million each for others and about 200,000 for aspirin and OTC painkillers. There may be 1 million people in the world with fetal alcohol syndrome(severe brain damage due to maternal drinking) and it is the leading cause of mental retardation in most countries.  There are also at least 15 million people who have fetal alcohol effect(lesser degrees of brain damage) with about 200,000 born every year. I suspect this is a gross underestimate.

 None of the psychedelics nor cannabis are known to produce fetal injury when taken in normal amounts.  All things considered, if you calculated the lifetime risks of death or injury from taking ecstasy, it is probably comparable to that of driving ten km and significantly less than that of putting on a pair of skis.

In addition, the young people who comprise the vast majority of the users are heavy risk takers, a very percentage of whom have personality disorders.  There are about 60 million schizophrenics and the same number of manic depressives in the world.  When you add the depressives, schizotypal disorders, anorexics, alcoholics etc it is clear that perhaps a billion people have major mental problems, nearly half of all those are in the prime drug taking ages. In addition nearly all of us have periodic mood swings, medical problems and personal crises. 

 Based on various data in this book and elsewhere,  it appears that about 20 million people will take something like 200 million pills of ecstasy each  year.  In 1998 there were about 9 deaths POSSIBLY connected with ecstasy in the USA. These seem to actually be due to drinking too much or too little water and likely to taking large amounts of other drugs or alcohol.    Ecstasy deaths(like those for marijuana and other psychedelics) are extremely rare and seldom if ever due to the direct toxicity--the psychedelics having some the widest margins between the effective and the toxic doses of any drugs in medicine. 

 The fact is there was enough data to prove the psychedelics were safe and therapeutically effective 25 years ago.  If they were available OTC or perhaps even on prescription with the same general indications as say, antibiotics, the black market and adulterated drugs would quickly fade away.

 It is not clear that anyone has ever had serious permanent mental problems due to taking ecstasy(though they often have serious permanent benefits) and its potential as a therapeutic agent are enormous. It has a long and remarkable history as a highly effective and safe therapeutic adjunct.  Nevertheless, as with many other psychedelic drugs, the federal government has chosen to ignore medical advice and legal opinion and classify it with heroin as a Schedule 1 drug with no recognized medical value and the governments of many other countries have followed along like trained dogs. 
This book aims to provide accurate information on all aspects of MDMA(ecstasy) and it accomplishes this quite well. 

 The authors mostly try very hard to be fair and balanced in their approaches and are mostly experts in the field.  They caution about the difficulty of applying the data on animals to humans but they often do not go far enough in emphasizing the probable irrelevance of the animal data to humans.  E.G., in the chapter on risks, not only do most of the animals get large amounts intravenously, but there are no good control data.  We need to see what happens with the same animals with the same routes and relative doses with a variety of commonly used medicines(eg, antidepressants, mood elevators, asthmatics, appetite depressants, cold medicines, OTC pain pills etc etc. Will they, as one suspects, show similar changes in their brain chemistry, memory, blood flow etc?  Nobody knows as the government sponsored studies almost never test them.  We can only guess from scattered data in other studies which often show the same kinds of changes.  Consequently, if we applied the same criteria used for Prozac, Elavil, aspirin etc  we would either have to outlaw nearly all the drugs in current medical use or legalize all the psychedelics. However the government has no interest in being rational, fair or even sane and certainly none in allowing us the freedoms supposedly guaranteed by the Consititution, and the Bill of Rights. 

 Wantly badly to err on the side of caution, several of the authors repeatedly warn(eg, p111) of the possibility of subtle long term damage yet they seem unconcerned by some half century of massive long term use of antidepressants, amphetamines, etc to say nothing of alcohol, caffeine and nicotine.  And only one bothers to mention(p 139) that a half century of studies on chronic users(often intravenous and multidrug abusers) of the closely related amphetamine and methamphetamine have failed to show evidence of Parkinsonism. And let us keep in mind that about 99% of all the MDMA fans use it only a few times in their lives in low oral doses.  The same is true of most other psychedelics and so it seems likely that the only long term behavioural effects in the vast majority of users will be some increase in insight, less rigid personalities, broader interests in art, music, religion and a generally happier life.

 The young people who comprise the vast majority of the users are heavy risk takers, a very high percentage of whom have personality disorders.  There are about 60 million schizophrenics and the same number of manic depressives in the world.  When you add the depressives, schizotypal disorders, anorexics, alcholics etc it is clear that perhaps a billion people have major mental problems - nearly half of all those are in the prime drug taking ages. In addition nearly all of us have periodic mood swings, medical problems and personal crises.  In addition as some of the authors note (and as Holland often interjects in her editoral notes) the ecstasy users are usually taking other drugs before, during and after their ecstasy(and marijuana and other psychedelic experiences).    These include, almost universally, alcohol, tobacco and caffeine(which are almost always ignored) as well as cocaine, amphetamine and methamphetamine, ketamine, dextromethorphan, asthmatics, and a wide variety or uppers, downers and prescription mood altering agents including birth control pills and Viagra, to say nothing of the steroids now approaching universal use in professional athletes in all sports(no the new ones cannot generally be detected).  Yet as Holland and others note, these other drugs are usually not mentioned and a really good drug screen on the users appearing in clinics or used in studies is seldom done.  The point of all this is that the claim that ecstasy is dangerous is not correct(and other psychedelics are mostly the same).  It's probable that skiing kills and injures more people in one season(most in car accidents!) or tobacco or alcohol in one day, than all psychedelics combined have done since the beginning of recorded history.  Thus the demonizing of them does not correspond with reality.  In fact since more than 99% of all media on MDMA is negative it would be reasonable and desireable to remove all the comments on possible negative effects from this book and publish it as MDMA: miracle medicine for the 21st century! 

 Billions of dollars have been spent on studies ánd programs aimed at showing that psychedelics are bad and almost nothing on their many positive effects. In fact most of the world has(naturally) followed the poorly educated, deeply repressed, conservative Christians who control the US Govt. in outlawing, for over 30 years, any medical use and any research that might show benefits!  The vast amount of practical experience with their benefits cannot even be published and the tens(maybe hundreds) of millions who have had major positive experiences cannot talk about them.  Its clear as day that the only serious problem with ecstasy is that it is new and it triggers the control and maybe the contamination templates in the monkey mind. 

 The evidence presented here shows that MDMA is very safe, rarely illusionogenic(though most authors follow the common practice of calling visual effects hallucinations, which they defintely are not).  Hallucinations-eg, seeing and hearing persons who are not there- are characteristic of schizophrenia, toxic psychoses, belladonoids(eg datura), and dissociative anesthethics(PCP, ketamine).  They are so rare with psychedelics that one suspects that nearly all such cases are due to preexisting psychosis.  MDMA probably belongs(with a variety of other drugs invented by Shulgin) in a new class called entactogens.  These are unique in that in addition to catalyzing positive emotions and bonding, they are rapidly acting, nonsedating anxiolytics(decrease anxiety), anaesthetics(pain killers) and antidepressants(which take days or weeks to act in comparison with minutes for MDMA!) with remarkably few and mild side effects(in dramatic contrast with nearly all medical drugs which have severe side effects that are often fatal).

 There is along chapter devoted to the toxicity data on rats and monkeys usually dosed intravenously and chronically with huge amounts and to reports on chronic, high dose often IV multiple drug abusers, probably with a high incidence of preexisting mental adn physical problems.  Only Holland's desire for completeness justifies the inclusion of such data in this book.  It has about as much relevance to the occasional oral use by the vast majority of MDMA users as the study of chronic alcoholics has to the description of a dinner party where 2 people consume a bottle of wine. 

 Jansen(p 87,89) is afraid of this self medication at home and expecially at raves(massive all night music events)without a therapist but probably over 100 million people in the last 40 years have taken some 2 billion trips with LSD, MDMA, MDA, mescaline, peyote, amanita, psilocybin mushrooms, ketamine and many other psychedelics with amazingly little evidence of negative effects. And of course, syrian rue, amanita muscaria, peyote and other cacti, pitruri, datura, ayahuasca and countless other plants have been consumed in hundreds of societies for thousands and likely for tens of thousands of years, giving rise to much of our art, music and religion, with hardly a trace of tradition regarding bad effects, which people were usually quick to notice and avoid.  And, as Jansen(the author of an excellent recent book on ketamine)notes, nobody writes up, or sends to the media, reports of positive effects. 

 One way to look at the really big picture is to call on our modern knowledge of cognitive and evolutionary psychology which tells us that the foundations of human behavior are the result of the mechanical, unconscious functioning of the inference engines or templates that were evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago(or millions or tens or hundreds of millions depending on one's point of view) to enable small bands of primates to survive long enough to reproduce.  These templates take in all the info from the eyes, ears, etc. and memory and produce feelings or intuitions about how one should behave to optimize survival.  However templates for control, predator avoidance, contamination, etc which were so rational in a small group on the African savanna(or in the trees a few million years earlier) are totally irrational and and even suicidal now.  Relentlessly, and in agonizing slow motion, 6 billion people are following the dictates of their templates while the biosphere and what passes for civilization collapses around them. The devious, power mad, repressed and unconscious persons who gravitate to positions of power in government, military, religion, industry and academia are orchestrating the end of the world while their like-minded constituents cheer wildly.  It is these people and not the psychedelic users who are the criminals.

 Ecstasy and other psychedelics, preferably combined with various kinds of meditation and other physical and mental therapies have a major potential to help people to break free from the automatisms that have guided behavior for millions of years. Billions of people need this medicine to avoid a lifetime of suffering and unhappiness and often, suicide.  Let us hope that it holds the answer as there does not seem to be any other and let us hurry--time is running out. 

I'm just writing a positive review to offset the biassed idiot who probably didn;t read the book, and who wrote two 1-star reviews to bash it.

I have been hearing about the drug, Ecstasy, in the news lately. It has been described by some as being a "medical miracle", and by others as "potentially deadly". I decided to find out about this drug and further my knowledge with regard to the behind-the-scenes of what's going on surrounding this substance. I ordered a copy of "The Love Drug", by Richard Cohen. I found the book to be to be incredibly informative. I found myself learning more and more tid bits about the drug as I turned every next page. I was surprised to see that this drug Ecstasy was once actually legal, and actually patented in the early part of the twentieth century. I was intrigued by the legal testimony surrounding Ecstasy, which the author describes in detail. The book also discusses the connection between rave or circuit parties and MDMA. It's obvious, as the author portrays, that this drug is much more than a passing fad. I recommend this book highly to those wishing to further their familiarity with this rather fascinating compound. The chapter concerning adverse reactions will raise a few eye brows of those who use.

The Love Drug mirrors a lot of what we have been recently hearing via the mass media. This book tightens it up dramatically. What other books spend chapters to report, this book says it succinctly and intelligently. I particularly liked this about 'The Love Drug'. I will say this, The Love Drug is definitely a balanced and well written book. The book describes the pros and cons of MDMA utilization within both recreational and professional fields. I expected the author to report more information on the benefits of MDMA in psychiatric settings, including marriage counseling. But, the author may have limited reporting on this partially due to the fact that such benefits have not yet been scientifically substantiated. Go ahead and by the book. It has great medical information on the beneficial and adverse effects of MDMA in humans. It also doesn't condemn MDMA - in fact, the book dedicates several pages to the mixed messages our culture sends out. It is a very neutral text. It is an interesting read, nonetheless, for people interested in find out all about this very enticing compound, Ecstasy.

Was hoping this would be a good honest book about MDMA, instead we get results of studies with extremely small groups of people, questionable sources, and the usual drug hysteria. You'll do better with information found on the web, not to mention the writing will be more enjoyable.

I hate to rain on everybody's parade, but this book did not live up to the praise it received in other reviews. There are really only 90 pages of text. The rest of the book is footnotes repeated in the bibliography, a list of treatment agencies, and a glossary. The writing is often repititious or uninformative, with statements like "Ecstasy has, indeed, been the 'drug of choice' for many years now." The frequent use of quotation marks grows incredibly annoying-- like getting elbowed in the ribs after every point. The saddest part is, this is still probably the best book available on the topic.

Whether one is interested in the chemical configuration of Ecstasy, the chemistry involved in manufacturing the pill, or how Ecstasy emerged upon the rave scene-- you will find THE LOVE DRUG to be useful. I particularly enjoyed learning about the many legislative facets that have never before been revealed leading up to the banning of Ecstasy. The book describes something that was unbenownst to me in that Ecstasy was legal up until 15 years ago, and used within psychotherapy. The book also delves into the rave event or circuit parties pointing out the intimate relationship between such parties and Ecstasy. The book is definitely well-researched, and very resourceful for anyone trying to go behind the scenes to truly learn about this rather tempting drug. The chapter pertaining to adverse reactions will sure make people think twice about experimenting with the substance. Of course there are chances and risks that we take throughout our life. But at the same time; internal bleeding, convulsions, hyperthermia, kidney failure, and liver damage don't sound too inviting either. The fisthand accounts of ravers and individuals who have had medical trauma keeps one glued to the book.

an intriguing account of the drug that shaped the eighties and spawned many to turn their backs on shallow materialism and work toward a more enlightened and "cognitively aware" life.

Explores the known or rumored dangers and offers an intelligent approach to diving within your own nervous system as an informed neuronaut bent not just on hedonism, but on coming through the other side with enlightenment.

Read along with the works of Shulgin for a more sensible version of drugs than the one your government feeds you!

Through interviews, anecdotes, extracts and analysis, this book looks at the cultural impact of the drug Ecstasy from its early days in the gay club scene through today. Excerpts from newspaper articles, interviews with those involved in the early club scene are great. The 15-page bibliography is unbelievable, as is the list of 50 or so Web sites.

The authors have done an admirable job at not taking sides on the ecstasy debate. They give treatment to medical information, police and government reports, newspaper accounts as well as the comments of users. This approach makes the book more important and long-lasting than a "isn't this cool" book that links music and E in the club scene only.

This book is incredibly biased. It takes on a completely pro view of the drug without looking at the negatives that can sometimes be inherent with drugs of this type. It is also outdated and does not touch on the recent findings about mdma and its effect on the brain's seratonin levels. Curious people would be better off selecting a more balanced (i.e. pro-con) book about E.

I originally bought this book in 1990. I found it very scientific in it's process and only biased in the sense of attempting to dispell the drug hysteria that overwhelms oh so many people who cannot think for themselves. I was very proud of this book and all it offered, incuding making intellegent and educated decisions when I've chosen to ingest chemicals (drugs or otherwise), until the mid-90's research which seemed to negate almost all that Eisner offered. However, now (see New York times 3/10/04) it seems that "findings about mdma and its effect on the brain's seratonin levels" were inaccurate, published with an anti-drug agenda, and not accepted by many in this field of research. Seems like what I learned from this book so many years ago is as accurate as I initially thought and the writer and researchers are far ahead of the game in a much more non-biased sense than most of us. Not only have I learned a great deal of comprehensible scientific information on MDMA from this book, but also was able to realize how moronic the drug hysteria can be.

Bruce Eisner writes a highly engaging introduction to the drug MDMA, or 'Ecstacy'. I found the history of it's therapuetic use and wanton scheduling at the hands of a zealously anti-scientific DEA to be a fascinating but sad story. Even Francis Young, the Administrative Law Judge presiding the hearing which made MDMA illegal, recommended the drug be placed in Schedule III which means it has accepted medical use and a low potential for abse. The DEA overuled and placed MDMA in Schedule I which means it has no acceptable medical use and a high potential for abuse.

So as things stand a person can buy a dubious Ecstacy pill cut with meth off the black market with great ease, but it is extremely difficult for medical or psychiatric professionals to use it in a safe and controlled environment.

However, for the first time in 20 years the FDA has permitted a study by John Halpern of the Harvard School of Medicine to study MDMA's use to in helping anxiety in terminal cancer patients. Currently there are also two other studies using the drug in Isreal and Switzerland for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. For more information on current medical and scientific work with MDMA check out www.maps.org, the website for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

I was very pleased at how Mr. Eisner explained and contextualized the MDMA experience and it's significance to the field of medicine and to ordinary people. He also goes in depth describing the pharmocology and chemical family of MDMA which includes MDA and distant relative mescaline.

Is Bruce Eisner overly pro-'drug'? He certainly has an agenda, but the question is: does he make an adequte case for it? I believe he makes a strong case for MDMA and much of his excitement is well founded in the advent of such and anxiety reducing empathogenic drug. However, he does gloss over the possiblity of negative reactions to the substance, which today may be more likely with pills substituting MDMA with with slightly more hallucinogenic MDA, or adding dissasociatives such as Ketamine or DXM. Eisner also glosses over the negative reactions that can happen when comming down to normal consciousness, which can range from a happy spaced out feeling to cynicism and even intense depression in some. What goes up must come down.

With the first edition written in the late 1980's has been almost 20 years of mostly scattered government funded research into MDMA since it's publication. Since little in this book adressess the serious question of nuerotoxicity it is a good idea to supplement with more up to date material.

And yet since The MDMA Story's publication nobody has ever demonstrated that the drug is nuerotoxic in infrequent recreational or therapuetic doses in humans. The two biggest government studies touted by the government at the hands of their favorite million dollar grantee, Dr. George Ricaurte, both turned out to be a sham. The first 1998 study claiming a 80% loss in seratonin function turned out to be horribly flawed and discredited, and his 2002 study claiming MDMA reduces dopamine function by up to 85% turned out to be a fraud in that he switched bottles of MDMA with methamphetamine and delivered such high doses of meth as to kill almost a quarter of his primate test subjects. This, he said was the result of a single recreational dose of MDMA.

What do we know about the risks of this drug? It appears currently that it temporarily reduces seratonin by about 5% for 2-3 months, which most people don't really notice. Extreme repeated uses can probobly permanently damage seratonin function which leads to memory problems. These risks seem to be reduced by the use of the supplement 5-htp and antioxidant vitamins. MDMA does not put holes in your brain, give you Parkinsons or make you a stroke victim. Most moderate users notice very little permanent change except for a more positive and accepting outlook.

There is a serious risk of heatstroke involving long periods of dancing in hot and sweaty raves with little water, so far one person in America and reportedly one person in the UK have died from drinking too much water. In all cases MDMA was blamed, but usually heatstroke and overhydration are the real cuplrits. Supposedly the risk of death from 'Ecstacy' alone is extremely small, perhaps one in several hundred thousand. Many precsription medicines are more dangerous, and many many times more people die proportionaly every year from legal alcohol and cigarettes.

I recommend as a supplement to Eisner's book Peter Jennings 2003 ABC documentary "Ecstacy Rising" which one can find at various places on the internet. I also recommend "Ectsacy: The Complete Guid" by Julie Holland M.D., which is a very thorough exploration of the drug from multiple angles. The only problem with this book is that though published in 2001, it's information about MDMA nuerotoxicity is also out of date as Dr. Ricaurte's work had yet to be debunked. And it isn't quite as fun to read as Ecstacy: The MDMA Story.

I highly recommend this book.

I've wanted to know alot more about MDMA for a while now and this or these book's tell you alot about peoples story's and the after math about this designer drug. I'm glad that people care enough and want to share their story's. I thought that all the reviews I read about the books where well wrote. *Thanks for caring*