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Ecstasy, death and addiction. Or life. Is the world ending? For fans of Davy Jones,... more

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DocFest: ‘Dirty Pictures’ looks at ecstasy pioneer

“I don’t like drugs that inhibit communication,” says ecstasy... more

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Can Ecstasy Cure Cancer?

In 2006, a research team at the University of Birmingham (U.K.) led by lead researcher... more

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The Totally Raving Ecstasy Experience

For many, Ecstasy is a way to open up and express feelings for which they don't... more

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Free Ebooks about Mind Altering Drugs

Free Ebooks about Drugs, Drug Use, Drug Experimentation and Drug Experiences,... more

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Ecstasy-Related Emergency Room Visits Up 75% Nationwide- drink more water guys! geeze.

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Is Britain's Love Affair With Drugs Over?

It seems the British youth are starting to fall out of love with drugs as the number... more

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Study Shows No Links Between Recreational Ecstasy Use and Cognitive Damage

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Decades of government-funded studies have suggested that damage to cognitive skills like learning and memory is the primary negative consequence associated with heavy Ecstasy use. Both Ecstasy users and control subjects in those earlier studies had also used other drugs, so there was no way to know for sure whether the effects were due to Ecstasy, another drug, drug combinations, or something else entirely.

An ingenious tip from MAPS member Ben Stokes, Ph.D., an astrophysicist at the University of Utah, about a group of regular Ecstasy users who had not used other drugs was the spark prompting MAPS to propose and invest $15,000 in Dr. Halpern and colleagues’ pilot project. The results of this earlier project were published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence in 2004. Halpern and colleagues used this data as the basis for their successful NIDA grant application. The publication of the results from the new study was announced this morning in a MAPS press release.

Also today, Oprah Winfrey’s popular O Magazine published a compelling cover article focusing on MAPS’ studies of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD with the title "Can a Single Pill Change Your Life?" In the article, Sarah, who suffered from PTSD for twenty years as the result of severe childhood trauma, gives us a brutally honest look at her experience as a patient in MAPS’ groundbreaking study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD. The article also discusses the reporter’s personal experience in an underground MDMA-assisted psychotherapy session.

A single pill can't change your life. But for Sarah and many other PTSD patients, a pill combined with MAPS’ psychotherapeutic approach can open a door—and hold it open long enough for them to step through.

No drug is a miracle cure, and no drug is without its risks. If we’re going to learn anything about what MDMA and other psychedelics can and can't do for us, then we’re going to have to confront our fear of these substances head-on. We’re going to have to do honest research and listen to patients’ most heartfelt stories. From the looks of it, that’s exactly what’s happening. And it's the direct result of essential past and future donations from MAPS members.

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(SEXY PHOTOS-VIDEO) Curvy Bad Girls Club’s “Cat” Washington Busted For Ecstasy, Coke, Shrooms, Gun…

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Alcohol more dangerous than heroin and Ecstasy

Alcohol is more harmful than drugs such as heroin, ecstasy or crack cocaine, a new... more

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the Renaissance of medicine

the Lord created medicines out of the earth and a wise man will not abhor them... more

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Rodney Carrington - Show Them To Me (NSFW) | SnitchCentral

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Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky Ecstasy Overdose Dirty Past Scandal

“The Bachelorette” Ali Fedotowsky, who’s happily engaged to her... more

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Can Ecstasy Help Ease Post-Traumatic Stress?

The drug MDMA—better known by its street name, Ecstasy—may be illegal, but... more

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Why Drugs Should Be Legal (Except Heroin)

I have a close friend. He smoked his first joint at 15, in his late teens he... more

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Trippy Video Of Two Girls Dancing With GLow Lights

something i saw walking around boston after the clubs got out

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Is that ecstasy in your pants or are you happy to see me?

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Holy Rollers reviewed by The Rotten Tomatoes Show

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One million dollars worth of Ecstasy found on bus

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Eating on the run with Vanguard

As we head into the season of indulging on favorite foods surrounded by family and friends, I’ve begun reflecting on meals I’ve shared with our team in Vanguard. As I’ve gotten to know my colleagues over the years, I’ve fondly begun to associate certain flavors and foods with certain people. I know correspondent Laura Ling digs spicy food and packs beef jerky for every shoot. Producer Lauren Cerre fantasizes about the ultimate savory granola bar. Correspondent Mariana Van Zeller makes a mean omelet and Editor Yasu Tsuji comes to every meeting well armed with Pocky.

Of course, no blog posting about food would be complete without mentioning correspondent Adam Yamaguchi, famous for his intrepid appetite. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Adam on several stories including the infamous Penis Restaurant pod. Adam’s poise under pressure is made even more remarkable if you know the backstory. He wasn’t actually supposed to be the only diner at the table sampling the house specialty. Our field producer had arranged for other men to join Adam so they could discuss the supposed Viagra-esque properties as they sampled the meal. But, at the last minute, those eating companions failed to materialize. As they say, the show must go on and, boy, did it. Adam bravely feasted alone and ended up giving a culinary critique that would have given Anthony Bourdain a run for his money.

There usually isn’t a lot of time to for proper meals when we’re out in the field. Lunch is often a handful of gorp and a sad, melted Cliff Bar. Dinner is whatever bland offerings you scrounge up back at the hotel when you roll in exhausted after a long day of shooting. But, a wonderful exception to the typical shoot fare happened this summer when I went to Italy to produce the upcoming “Cocaine Mafia” with Christof Putzel. I hate to stereotype but it’s absolutely true that Italians take their food very seriously. I remember being in the car when a heated discussion broke out between members of our Italian production crew. Christof and I looked at each other, wondering if something had gone wrong. Did an interview fall through? Were we being threatened? No, it was a matter far more urgent. There was a big controversy over where to get the best pizza in town.

It was a real treat working with Christof, not least of all because he’s a gourmand who loves to share his discoveries of all things good to eat. The afternoon before we left Italy, we tracked down some fresh burrata, a mozzarella cheese with cream inside. I never had it before but I took his recommendation and decided this was one souvenir I’d take back with me. The shopowner warned us, “It must be eaten within 24 hours or else.” Or else, what? I wasn’t quite sure but I took his words seriously. I secured the cheese in a cold-insulated bag and asked stewardesses to stow it in the fridge. Delays upon reaching Dulles made me nervous—it was like traveling with a time-sensitive organ waiting to be transplanted. A close call: a beagle at customs came towards me but then found something more interesting to investigate. I made it to San Francisco but truthfully it took a little bit more than 24 hours. My husband and I decided to risk it and devoured the round of cheese with a nice bottle of red at 2AM. It was an absolutely wonderful way to cap off a successful summer of Vanguard production.As we head into the season of indulging on favorite foods surrounded by family and... more

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