[From Adam to ecstacy; legal use of MDMA in the 1970s and 1980s].

CONCLUSION: In the period before MDMA became illegal, its use was closely linked to the pursuit of self-actualisation in therapeutic, spiritual and recreational contexts. History shows that the meaning that people attach to a psychoactive substance like MDMA is highly dependent on the context of use. Like all drugs, MDMA also has multiple functionalities and 'framings'. The psychoactive substance cannot be reduced to one valuation or essence. PMID: 32816299 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32816299?dopt=Abstract

Source: Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie - August 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Blok G Tags: Tijdschr Psychiatr Source Type: research

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