The origin of MDMA (ecstasy) revisited: the true story reconstructed from the original documents*
Addiction July 8, 2006 Roland W. Freudenmann, Florian Öxler, Sabine Bernschneider‐reif 201 citations
ABSTRACT Background Little is known about the origin of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy). The most commonly repeated statement in the medical literature is that MDMA was synthesized by the German pharmaceutical company Merck in 1912 in order to develop an appetite suppressor. Aim To reconstruct the true story of the first known description of MDMA at Merck using the original...