From: Adam 

Randy H wrote:

> Aspirin existed long before we had an FDA. WRT MDMA, there are now limited
> tests using MDMA as a possible treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
> And there are reports that MDMA can cause irreversible damage to serotonin
> receptor sites-so much so that in some of the studies conducted they gave
> SSRI's prophylactically. But even though it may have passed a lot od
> countries drug boards, there are a lot of drugs that get yanked off the
> market once they go into distribution - and as far as I know, no
> pharmaceutical company actively sells MDMA in any country as a prescribed
> drug.
>

They did till it became a "recreational drug". & as for
aspirin being sold before there was an FDA....so what? That is in part WHY
there is an FDA.

Adam

> "Adam"  wrote in message
> news:437a2fbd{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>Gary Britt wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I didn't make anything up.  As your post below indicates, the official
>>>position of the NIH and US Government is that it is a cancer killer.  So
>>>hardly something made up by me.
>>>
>>>As for the rest of the crap below, please feel free to smoke all the
>>>illegal
>>>weed you desire.  Hold it in your lungs deeply and for long periods.
>>>
>>
>>ROFL. I'm sorry but there are politics in this.
>>
>>Example:
>>
>>Ectasy (MDMA) is classified as a "killer drug" (at least
in the UK) as
>>some people react badly to it.
>>
>>OK? So told like that people yeah ban the bloody stuff....
>>
>>This is however a partial truth.
>>
>>1) As an anti-depressant it was fully tested & OK'ed by numerous drug
>>safety orgs.
>>2) It is less dangerous that either aspirin, paracetemol (or peanuts) wrt
>>bad reactions.
>>
>>However are aspirin or paracetemol (or peanuts) classified as "dangerous
>>drugs"?
>>
>>No? Why?
>>
>>Equally wrt carcinogen properties, try gas & diesel emissions.
>>
>>But is the car classified as a "dangerous carcinogen"?
>>
>>"Passive driving kills"?
>>
>>Adam
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