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Ecstasy fights Parkinson's

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:54 am
by martino
"It's the most effective of 14 amphetamines that counteract symptoms of the disease in mice. Scientists say 1) you shouldn't try this in your own home, but 2) we already give kids low-dose amphetamines for ADD, so 3) let's cook up safer amphetamines to treat Parkinson's." (source: slate.com)

man i wish i had known this back then when my uncle witold was dying of parks. instead of watching him suffocate slowly we could have gone all touchy-feely. certainly this gives me something to look foward to in old age. now if they only found out that heroin helps fight alzheimers.