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US Places MDMA on Schedule I

US Drug Enforcement Agency places MDMA on Schedule I.

March 23, 1988

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) places MDMA (aka ecstasy, 3,4-Methyl​enedioxy​methamphetamine) on Schedule I.

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    References
  1. http://www.maps.org/research-archive/dea-mdma/pdf/0200.PDF

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