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The therapeutic potential of MDMA
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The Story of MDMA and the Public Conscience
The drug was re-synthesized in 1968 by the psychedelic chemist Alexander Schulgen. He introduced MDMA to a therapist friend of his named Leo Zef, who recognized that it was this incredible tool for psychotherapy and became sort of a Johnny Apple seed of MDMA. It escaped from the therapist's couch as people like to say onto the dance floor. And that's when it caught the attention of the federal government.
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