Re: virus: Ecstasy causes long-term brain damage: study

Dave Pape (davepape@dial.pipex.com)
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:29:59 +0100

At 13:53 15/06/99 -0700, Tim wrote:

>The study sited in the article you [RB] point to is ten years old and well
know
>(McBean et al, 1990). Its results are inconclusive with regards to humans.
>It used intervienous MDMA in doses a hunderd times greater than human use,
>administered directly into the monkeys brain, rather than being absorbed
>orally. So it's a small wonder they got those results.

Apparently the doses used were so large at the end of the seven year study period, and even after they had been killed, some of the monkeys were described as "safe as houses mate" and "buzzing their fucking tits off".

Attack the dancefloor like a bulldozer

DP