Items tagged with ecstasy
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| Superman ‘ecstasy’ pill deaths are result of ‘illogical and punitive drugs policy’ [05.01.2015] | The deaths of four men who had taken pills they thought were ecstasy are the result of the government’s "illogical and punitive drug policy", says Dr ... |
| It’s time to talk about MDMA [10.08.2014] | Another summer festival season, another slate of tragic overdoses and a few overwrought reactions about the need to ban electronic music parties. “Pa ... |
| Dutch production of party drug ecstasy rises sharply [13.12.2013] | Dutch police have dismantled 42 laboratories producing the party drug ecstasy this year, up from 29 in 2012 and almost double the 2011 total, Nos tel ... |
| Clubbers mix former legal high mephedrone with ecstasy, despite ban [27.04.2013] | Clubbers are regularly taking the former legal high mephedrone alongside ecstasy and cocaine, a trend that experts warn could have grave health impli ... |
| The real driver behind most drug use is pleasure, not dependence [18.04.2013] | Harm minimisation, harm reduction, drug-related harm, drug overdose, addiction: these are the dominant narratives that are used when we talk about dr ... |
| Drop charges over ecstasy, police urged [21.03.2013] | Ecstasy users should not be charged by police, former Labor health minister Neal Blewett said during a provocative keynote address to the peak police ... |
| New drug bill 'to decriminalise ecstasy' in Colombia [30.01.2013] | Colombia's Justice Minister, Ruth Stella Correa, has said a new drugs bill would decriminalise personal use of synthetic drugs, such as ecstasy. The ... |
| Can MDMA help to cure depression? [14.09.2012] | There is a real concern among many scientists that the government's classification of ecstasy as Class A overstates the danger it poses to society an ... |
| Legal use of cannabis, ecstasy for over-15s backed by state medical body [10.09.2012] | A report by a group of prominent Australians that recommends Australia rethink its criminalisation of illicit drugs has been backed by the Victorian ... |
| Feds hike danger rating on ecstasy while health officers urge drug policy reform [23.06.2012] | Several top public health officials are proposing a rethinking of current illegal-drug policies they assert spurs on a global problem involving ecsta ... |
| Pure ecstasy can be 'safe' if consumed responsibly: B.C. health officer [13.06.2012] | B.C.'s top health official says taking pure ecstasy can be "safe" when consumed responsibly by adults, despite warnings by police in Alberta and Brit ... |
| Is banning legal highs effective? [19.01.2012] | New psychoactive substances (commonly known as legal highs) are spreading across Europe with growing speed. Between 1997 and 2010 the early-warning s ... |
| Clubbers should be able to test their ecstasy [28.11.2011] | Media reports of two deaths at the weekend in the same party venue have once again been accompanied by police suggestions that the drug responsible i ... |
| Ecstasy is back in clubs as newly potent drug is taken with 'legal highs' [20.11.2011] | Ecstasy, the drug of choice for the clubbers of the early 1990s, is making a comeback. Once synonymous with the rave scene, its popularity declined a ... |
| Ecstasy trial planned to test benefits for trauma victims [30.09.2011] | Doctors are planning the first clinical trial of ecstasy in the UK, to see whether the drug can be beneficial to the traumatised survivors of child a ... |
| Majority of Americans ready to legalize marijuana [09.08.2011] | Many Americans continue to believe that marijuana should be legalized, but are not supportive of making other drugs readily available, a new Angus Re ... |
| Ecstasy does not wreck the mind, study claims [20.02.2011] | There is no evidence that ecstasy causes brain damage, according to one of the largest studies into the effects of the drug. Too many previous studie ... |
| Ecstasy 'no more dangerous than horse riding' [07.02.2009] | Writing in an academic journal, Professor David Nutt said taking ecstasy was no worse than the risks of "equasy", a term he invented to describe peop ... |
| Trees for Ecstasy [04.02.2009] | Many people believe that ecstasy is merely a synthetic drug that is manufactured solely with chemicals, so-called precursors. However, the main raw m ... |
| MDMA (‘ecstasy’) [01.02.2008] | Due to its prevalence of use, MDMA is a significant public health issue. The Council believes that criminal justice measures will only have limited e ... |
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