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Ecstasy Relieved from Agony

Posted on May 10, 2004, Source: Village Voice

Bad science slandered a generation's favorite drug. Now a new study aims to undo the damage.

Ecstasy Therapy Is Back

Posted on Jan 8, 2002, Source: Village Voice

The FDA recently approved the first ever U.S. study of Ecstasy as helpful medicine, a move that flies in the face of increasingly punitive and reactionary Ecstasy laws.

The People's Prozac

Posted on Sep 4, 2001, Source: Village Voice

Dissident scientists are questioning the ban on Ecstasy, given its chemical similarity to medication used by two million kids with Attention Deficit Disorder.

New Vaccines May Drug-Proof Kids

Posted on Jul 21, 2000, Source: Village Voice

The war on drugs may soon be over, but not because of legalization, stiffer penalties, or a truce between cartels and prohibitionists. This uneasy peace would come at the hands of pharmaceutical companies and biotech labs, which are about to unleash the ultimate weapon: the antidrug vaccine.
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