History of Mdma

In The History of MDMA, Torsten Passie aims to explore a deeper and more differentiated understanding of MDMA and its history. He has conducted personal interviews with most of the people significant in the history of MDMA and provides a lot of new material to present the first comprehensive overview of the history of MDMA in Europe and the U.S.

List of contents

• Preface


• Introduction


• 1: The Early History


• 2: MDMA and the Military


• 3: Rise of a Recreational Drug


• 4: The Research of Alexander T. Shulgin


• 5: Early Use in Psychotherapy


• 6: The Popularization


• 7: The Scheduling


• 8: Pioneers and Studies


• 9: MDMA as a Dance Drug


• 10: The British Rave Boom


• 11: The Toxicity Debate


• 12: Recent Developments


• Appendix: History of the Names of MDMA

About the author

Torsten Passie MD is a Professor of Psychiatry at Hannover Medical School, Germany. He is the co-author of
The Pharmacology of LSD (OUP, 2010).

Udo Benzenhöfer MD is a Professor for the History of Medicine,
Goethe University, Frankfurt.

Summary

In The History of MDMA, Torsten Passie aims to explore a deeper and more differentiated understanding of MDMA and its history. He has conducted personal interviews with most of the people significant in the history of MDMA and provides a lot of new material to present the first comprehensive overview of the history of MDMA in Europe and the U.S.

Additional text

This is a necessary study that disentangles the complicated aspects of the recent and still ongoing history of MDMA. It is clearly presented, covering all aspects inside and out [...]. This book should certainly be in medical schools, public health departments, history of science and medicine units, and hopefully also among lawmakers.

Product details

• Authors: Passie , PASSIE, Prof Torsten (Hannover Medical School Passie, Torsten Passie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2023
• EAN: 9780198867364
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886736-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / Psychopharmacology, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Psychology: states of consciousness, Social and cultural history, Psychopharmacology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, States Of Consciousness