Owing to extensive work on the MDMA/PTSD study, the MDMA literature project has remained on a temporary hiatus. However, we are now posting some milestones and turning points in MDMA research that have occurred during late 2003 and early 2004.

In January 2004, Rodgers et al found that a sub-sample of Ecstasy users surveyed on-line reported experiencing more memory problems than did people who did not report using Ecstasy. Though the sample involved is larger than samples usually seen in memory studies, the researchers did not actually assess memory function. Instead, they assessed their respondents' perceptions of how good their memories were. As well, the authors discarded responses by people who found the survey on an unnamed harm-reduction site. This report seems to be using a similar data set to that used an earlier report by Parrott et al. on self-reported physiological and psychological effects.

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