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The good news is that MDMA(along with plenty of other interesting phenylethylamines) isn't neurotoxic . All the hysteria was the result of bad science and there's actually evidence that MDMA use might improve sleep efficiency. http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v06n1/06108neu.html

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I thought it was definitely neurotoxic IF used at high frequency and/or dosage.

Be careful with dismissing the warnings as hysteria.

Enjoy MDMA responsibly: right dosage and long periods between. This also happens to make the experience much, much better :)

Are you really citing a paper from 1995?

I mean I’m a user of illegal drugs and would rather be safe than sorry. If you look at the mechanics of MDMA, it’s basically forcing your brain to release serotonin from the floodgates in a way that can damage neurons.

Drug tolerance is real. Personally I’d rather be safe than sorry.

In some fields the best papers are the oldest ones and all subsequent work adds basically nothing except someone got a phd out of it. Give old and original research a chance, it is often very high quality.

Look into Alexander Shulgin and other intelligent old people who've openly used MDMA for decades and you won't see a lot of obvious brain damage.

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