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The Science of MDMA & Its Therapeutic Uses: Benefits & Risks

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The Neurotoxicity of MDMA

As much as 60%, maybe even 80% of drugs sold on the gray market are being repackaged or reformulated with fentanyl. The last thing any of us want is for someone to take a compound thinking it's one compound and it contains another compound and them getting hurt or even dying. There are also studies looking at the toxicity of MDMA in animal models, including non-human primate models. If you've heard that taking caffeine within the hours or same day as MDMA can increase theoxicity of MDMA, that does appear to be true based on animal studies.

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