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Author Passie, Torsten

Title The History of MDMA / Torsten Passie, in collaboration with Udo Benzenhöfer ; translated by Andrew Dennis
Edition First edition
Published Oxford ; New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2023
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (261 p.)
Contents 1. The Early History of MDMA -- 2. MDMA and the Military -- 3. Rise of a Recreational Drug -- 4. The Research of Alexander T. Shulgin -- 5. Early Use in Psychotherapy -- 6. The Popularization -- 7. The Scheduling -- 8. Pioneers and Studies -- 9. MDMA as a Dance Drug -- 10. The British Rave Boom -- 11. The Toxicity Debate -- 12. Recent Developments -- Appendix: History of the Names of MDMA -- References -- Index
Summary In The History of MDMA, Torsten Passie aims to explore a deeper and more differentiated understanding of MDMA and its history. He has conducted personal interviews with most of the people significant in the history of MDMA and provides a lot of new material to present the first comprehensive overview of the history of MDMA in Europe and the U.S
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 27, 2023)
Subject Ecstasy (Drug) -- Europe -- History
Ecstasy (Drug) -- United States -- History
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Ecstasy (Drug)
Clinical & internal medicine.
Health and Wellbeing.
Europe
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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