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A leading scientific journal yesterday retracted a paper it published last year saying that one night's typical dose of the drug Ecstasy might cause permanent brain damage.

Sept. 6, 2003. Amazing Retraction! Dr. George Ricaurte retracted his paper
published in Science on Sept. 27, 2002. He originally claimed that MDMA caused
severe dopaminergic neurotoxicity in primates injected with a common
recreational dose regimen of MDMA, and suggested that Ecstasy users could develop
Parkinson's. Dr. Ricaurte now reports that his research team administered
methamphetamine instead of MDMA to his monkeys, a mistake which came to light after he failed to replicate his findings after the oral administration of MDMA of
even higher doses of MDMA to additional monkeys. Dr. Ricaurte's claims were
challenged by MAPS in an exchange of letters in Science in June 6, 2003. Those
letters can be found at:

http://www.maps.org/research/mdma/studyresponse.html
http://www.mapinc.org/mdma.htm

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