Comment · Sat, November 10, 2012
Research Suggests no Neurotoxicity in MDMA
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PuffyCheek · 194 points
In partial response to what I've been reading in the bestof'd thread here at /drugs, I think it would be good to start a discussion about the neurotoxicity in MDMA.
I feel as if the harmful effects discussed in the thread were overblown. According to a research done by the Harvard Medical School last year in 2011, users who were asked to use MDMA under a controlled setting over a certain period of time showed no signs of cognitive impairment nor decreased mental ability.
So the question remains, why do we have so much evidence from past research studies that show otherwise? The researchers at Harvard Medical School responded by saying that past research studies lacked a proper control environment. What that means is that past research studies did not control their test group to make sure they didn't engage in unhealthy activities after ingesting MDMA (i.e. going to a rave and dancing for 8 hours straight).
No research since 2011 has proved Harvard Medical School's conclusion wrong, that MDMA is actually harmful to your brain. No other research studies that I could personally find had settings as controlled as the one conducted by HMS.
That being said, research was done…
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lef304 · 1 points
question - i was under the impression that half a gram over the course of a night was okie dokie. maybe that explains why part of my night seemed to disappear. FUCK. what amount over 8 hours is okie dokie?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
No, half a gram is not safe. It's also not cost effective or helping your tolerance levels. You are also probably missing out on a lot of the amazing experience by going that high of a dose. If I am going to go nuts, I will take 200mg MDMA at drop with 20mg dextroamphetamine. Then I will re-dose with 100mg MDMA and 10-20mg dex at +1.5hours. Then I am done. No more stimulants that night. If you want to keep going, smoke weed, or have some nitrous, or be happy with the 6-8 hours you had and call it a night.