Since I am pursuing a clinical degree I am required to purchase lots of stupid ass books on Mental Health. This semester I had to purchase a manual called "The Merck Manual of Medical Information" I just wanted to let you all know what Merck has to say about MDMA.
If you all remember correctly E or MDMA was first re-synthesized by the Merck Pharmaceutical Corporation in 1914. This drug was primarily used at first for a appetite suppressant and later to be used in psychotherapy situations. Merck who sold this drug (by prescription only)until it was made illegal has this to say about E now-
(Note: this was copied directly from the manual on page 491-492 of the paperback copy)
Under a heading that reads:
Amphetamine Abuse
Among the drugs classified as Amphetamines are amphetamine, methamphetamine(speed), and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,Ecstasy, or Adam).
Amphetamines may be chronically abused or used intermittently. Dependence is both psychologic and physical. Years back, amphetamine dependence may have started when the drugs were prescribed for weight loss, but most abuse now begins with illegal distribution of the drugs. Some Amphetamines are not approved for medical use and some are manufactured and used illegally. Methamphetamine is the most commonly abused amphetamine in the United States. The abuse of MDMA, widespread in Europe for the past few years, has now reached the United States. Users often take this drug and go to "RAVE DANCES," where they dance and socialize in after-hours clubs. MDMA interferes with the reputake of serotonin (one of the brains neurotransmitters) in the brain and is thought to be toxic to the nervous system.
Symptoms
Amphetamines increase alertness(reduce fatigue), heighten concentration, decrease the appetite, and enhance physical performance. They may induce a feeling of well-being or euphoria.
(I am skipping a few Paragraphs here)
In addition to stimulating the brain, amphetamines increase the blood pressure and heart rate. Fatal heart attacks have occured, even in healthy young athletes. The blood pressure may become so high that a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, causing a stoke or paralysis and death. Death is more likely when drugs are used in warm rooms with little ventilation, when user is very active physically (for example dancing fast), or when the user sweats heavily and doesn't drink enough water to restore lost fluids.
Note to the reader in the Preface section
The authors, reviewers,editors,and publisher have made extensive efforts to ensure that the information is accurate and conforms to the standards accepted at the time of ppublication.
****there is more here but I think you get the point*******
So the question I am posing is this. Since Merck researchers advised the Government on the scheduling this drug as type I, what's the catch. Why would a company who could stand to make millions off this drug (sold in regulated prescription form) introduce this specific information to the government? Also I like it how they say shit like "Users often take this drug and go to "RAVE DANCES," where they dance and socialize in after-hours clubs." And also "Death is more likely when drugs are used in warm rooms with little ventilation, when user is very active physically (for example dancing fast), or when the user sweats heavily and doesn't drink enough water to restore lost fluids."
WTF??????
What about smoking cigarettes? The numbers of mortality and morbidity related to smoking blow the single digit numbers of Morbiditity and Neurotoxicity of MDMA use. Anyone have any idea's about this or is the Government just assuming we are all a bunch of ingnorant kids who go to "Rave Dances" in warm rooms with little ventilation, when user is very active physically (for example dancing fast).....I think Not. Just trying to make sense out of this seeming organized chaos we call government and politics.
And as for the note to the reader I would like to volunteer my time to help them create an addendum to their subjective BS and should be read like this.
The authors, reviewers,editors,and publisher have made extensive efforts to ensure that the information is accurate and conforms to the standards of the fucking democratic, loop hole, Political Bullshit that happens to be accepted as the norm 'please bend over so I can fuck you up the ass' laws because you are all ignorant bastards. Thank you and please suck my dick.Merck co. MWWWWUUUUUAAAAAAhhhhhAAAAAUUUUUHHHHHH Peace
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"if man is ever to solve that problem of politics in practice he will have to approach it through the problem of the aesthetic, because it is only through beauty that man makes his way to freedom."
~Schiller
[This message has been edited by rollwitit (edited 22 January 2000).]
If you all remember correctly E or MDMA was first re-synthesized by the Merck Pharmaceutical Corporation in 1914. This drug was primarily used at first for a appetite suppressant and later to be used in psychotherapy situations. Merck who sold this drug (by prescription only)until it was made illegal has this to say about E now-
(Note: this was copied directly from the manual on page 491-492 of the paperback copy)
Under a heading that reads:
Amphetamine Abuse
Among the drugs classified as Amphetamines are amphetamine, methamphetamine(speed), and methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,Ecstasy, or Adam).
Amphetamines may be chronically abused or used intermittently. Dependence is both psychologic and physical. Years back, amphetamine dependence may have started when the drugs were prescribed for weight loss, but most abuse now begins with illegal distribution of the drugs. Some Amphetamines are not approved for medical use and some are manufactured and used illegally. Methamphetamine is the most commonly abused amphetamine in the United States. The abuse of MDMA, widespread in Europe for the past few years, has now reached the United States. Users often take this drug and go to "RAVE DANCES," where they dance and socialize in after-hours clubs. MDMA interferes with the reputake of serotonin (one of the brains neurotransmitters) in the brain and is thought to be toxic to the nervous system.
Symptoms
Amphetamines increase alertness(reduce fatigue), heighten concentration, decrease the appetite, and enhance physical performance. They may induce a feeling of well-being or euphoria.
(I am skipping a few Paragraphs here)
In addition to stimulating the brain, amphetamines increase the blood pressure and heart rate. Fatal heart attacks have occured, even in healthy young athletes. The blood pressure may become so high that a blood vessel in the brain ruptures, causing a stoke or paralysis and death. Death is more likely when drugs are used in warm rooms with little ventilation, when user is very active physically (for example dancing fast), or when the user sweats heavily and doesn't drink enough water to restore lost fluids.
Note to the reader in the Preface section
The authors, reviewers,editors,and publisher have made extensive efforts to ensure that the information is accurate and conforms to the standards accepted at the time of ppublication.
****there is more here but I think you get the point*******
So the question I am posing is this. Since Merck researchers advised the Government on the scheduling this drug as type I, what's the catch. Why would a company who could stand to make millions off this drug (sold in regulated prescription form) introduce this specific information to the government? Also I like it how they say shit like "Users often take this drug and go to "RAVE DANCES," where they dance and socialize in after-hours clubs." And also "Death is more likely when drugs are used in warm rooms with little ventilation, when user is very active physically (for example dancing fast), or when the user sweats heavily and doesn't drink enough water to restore lost fluids."
WTF??????
What about smoking cigarettes? The numbers of mortality and morbidity related to smoking blow the single digit numbers of Morbiditity and Neurotoxicity of MDMA use. Anyone have any idea's about this or is the Government just assuming we are all a bunch of ingnorant kids who go to "Rave Dances" in warm rooms with little ventilation, when user is very active physically (for example dancing fast).....I think Not. Just trying to make sense out of this seeming organized chaos we call government and politics.
And as for the note to the reader I would like to volunteer my time to help them create an addendum to their subjective BS and should be read like this.
The authors, reviewers,editors,and publisher have made extensive efforts to ensure that the information is accurate and conforms to the standards of the fucking democratic, loop hole, Political Bullshit that happens to be accepted as the norm 'please bend over so I can fuck you up the ass' laws because you are all ignorant bastards. Thank you and please suck my dick.Merck co. MWWWWUUUUUAAAAAAhhhhhAAAAAUUUUUHHHHHH Peace
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"if man is ever to solve that problem of politics in practice he will have to approach it through the problem of the aesthetic, because it is only through beauty that man makes his way to freedom."
~Schiller
[This message has been edited by rollwitit (edited 22 January 2000).]
