MDMA Is Not Ecstasy: The Production of Pharmaceutical Safety through Documents in Clinical Trials.
Medical Anthropology Quarterly March 1, 2021 Katherine Hendy 11 citations
Nonprofit efforts to develop ±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-better known as the street drug Ecstasy-as a prescription pharmaceutical provide the opportunity to examine recent theorizations of pharmaceuticals as fluid objects transformed in new informational and material environments. Drawing from ethnographic research, this article interrogates MDMA researchers' own distinction...