A ‘Party Drug’ May Help the Brain Cope With Trauma

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14. It was one of the best drugs I have ever taken. I took it before it was illegal and it was known

as Adam.

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From Adam to Ecstasy: How the Drug Known as MDMA Got Its Names

Psychotherapy in the 70s: Adam

Because of the known psychotropic properties of MDMA, a number of scientists became interested in exploring the usage of the drug in psychotherapy. This prompted the chemist Dr. Alexander Shulgin to synthesize the drug on his own in 1976 and distribute it to his friends who work in the field of clinical psychiatry.

The usage of MDMA in a clinical setting was reputed to be a success. The drug made the patient more introspective, as well as more willing to communicate and participate in the psychotherapy process. The success rates experienced with MDMA prompted Dr. Deborah Harlow and her colleagues at the Earth Metabolic Design Laboratory to host a meeting regarding the use of MDMA in therapy. It was agreed in that meeting that MDMA will be used but its usage will be kept quiet due to the events that surrounded the illegalization of LSD. Here, they named the drug “Adam” as an expression of what they called primal innocence as well as union with all life.