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Either you live in a country with much more liberal drug laws than the UK or US, or you are a bit misinformed. These countries have very strict regulations on who can possess quantities of scheduled narcotics, even for research. It took nearly a decade to get regulatory approval to schedule a MDMA research study in the U.S. It's hard to find source on this stuff, but you can see as noted here: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22280-a-real-fmri-high...



MDMA is not used clinically like Amphetamines are.

You can find amphetamines at pharmacies in the USA under the brands: Adderall, Dexedrine, Dextrostat, Desoxyn, Didrex, ProCentra, and Vyvanse.

In addition, the article doesn't say they are specifically going to use Meth, only amphetamine.


MDMA still has limited clinical use and is under research, as is LSD but it is under quite tight controls.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.2008.104...

http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1987-01824-001


Exactly. Desoxyn is brand name for dextro-methamphetamine, the CNS-active stereo isomer. Levo-methamphetamine is found in those little Vicks nasal inhalers you stuff in each nostril to clear your sinuses.


MDMA is Schedule I and amphetamines are Schedule II in the US. There's a pretty big difference (legally) between those two classifications.


Marijuana is also Schedule I


Yes, it sure is.




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