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The Invention of MDMA or Ecstasy

The Invention of MDMA or Ecstasy MDMA has the full chemical name of 3,4 Methylene-dioxy-N-methylamphetamine or Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. The 3,4 indicates the way in which the components of the molecule are joined together, as it is possible to produce an isomer which has all the same components but is joined differently. Although it is derived from organic material, MDMA itself does not occur in nature, and must be created in a complex laboratory process. There are various popular street names for MDMA such as Ecstasy, E, Adam, X and Empathy. It is a mood/mind altering drug and like Prozac works by effecting the chemical level of Serotonin in our brains, a neurotransmitter naturally present in the brain which can alter our emotions. MDMA also adversely effects blood pressure and pulse rate. Chemically the drug is amphetamine like, but psychologically its whats known as an empathogen-entactogen, empathogenic means the ability to communicate things to others or the ability to feel ...

The Invention of LSD

The Invention of LSD LSD was first synthesized on November 16, 1938 by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann in Sandoz Laboratories in Basle, Switzerland. However, it was a few years before Albert Hofmann realized what he had invented. LSD known as LSD-25 or Lysergic Acid Diathylamide is a psychoactive hallucinogenic drug. LSD-25 LSD-25 was the twenty-fifth compound developed during Albert Hofmanns study of amides of Lysergic acid, hence the name. LSD is considered a semi-synthetic chemical, the natural component of LSD-25 is lysergic acid, a type of ergot alkaloid that is naturally made by the ergot fungus, a synthesizing process is necessary to create the drug. LSD was being developed by Sandoz Laboratories as a possible circulatory and respiratory stimulant. Other ergot alkaloids had been studied for medicinal purposes, for example, one ergot was used to induce childbirth. LSD - Discovery as a Hallucinogen It was not until 1943 that Albert Hofmann discovered the hallucinogenic properties of ...