DM - Is MDMA the new drug of choice among New York's elite?

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By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 21:05, 23 June 2013

With reader comments

It's a fixture at raves, birthday gatherings and dinner soirees that's considered 'more respectable' than other hard party drugs. While MDMA was used to get psychotheraphy patients talking in the 1970s before hitting New York nightclubs in the 1980s, 'Molly' has found a new following in a generation of conscientious professionals who probably haven't ever been to a rave or therapist. Known for inducing feelings of euphoria, warmth and diminished anxiety, 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine has been embraced by everyone from Wall Street traders to Williamsburg hipsters - a trend of great concern to medical professionals.

A recent NY Times feature examining the growing acceptance of Molly on New York's party scene found most users considered the drug a healthier alternative to other stimulants. Cocaine is believed to be 'sort of grimy and passé' and makes your nose 'raw', while marijuana 'smells.. and is also sort of low rent and junior high'. A New York woman, Elliot, who works in film, took Molly a few months ago at a friend’s apartment before having dinner at a 'macrobiotic, natural organic' then going dancing.

MDMA was first classified as an illegal substance in 1985. By the early 2000s, public officials warned that MDMA use could lead to Parkinson’s disease, a lifetime of depression and 'holes in your brain'. Dr. John Halpern, a psychiatrist at Harvard who has conducted several MDMA studies, told NY Times those claims have been disproved. But he said a major concern is that many of the powders sold as Molly contain no MDMA whatsoever.

More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2346960/Is-MDMA-new-drug-choice-New-Yorks-elite.html

Updated: This is probably a dupe of the NW Times article. Mods: please merge if appropriate.
http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/threads/681040-MAPS-Molly-amp-The-New-York-Times

 

[edgarshade]

For the DM this is almost an advert. Especially actually printing that the claims of Parkingson's disease, holes in brain and depression have now been disproved.