2003-09-13
... ? Wired News: Why Ecstasy Researcher Is SmilingWhen the results of a widely publicized study last year showed that ecstasy could cause Parkinson's-like brain damage, it seemed unlikely that the drug would ever be considered a viable form of therapy. But the scientists who conducted that research have retracted it, saying they mistakenly administered methamphetamine, not ecstasy, to the primates they studied. And that has given new hope to a researcher pushing for a study of the drug's curative effects.
