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guardian.co.uk, 25.11.08 19:30 UTC

Take classification decisions out of politicians' hands, say drug advisers

. An independent drug classification body could downgrade ecstasy from class A to class B. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA The power to decide the classification of illegal drugs should be taken out of the ...

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Nature, 13.11.08 17:30 UTC

Illegal drug shows promise in treating trauma symptoms

MDMA may boost the benefits of psychotherapy, trial suggests.

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Belfast Telegraph, 27.09.08 11:01 UTC

Drug users 'overdosing on ecstasy by mistake'

Hospitals are facing an influx of drug users who have overdosed on MDMA the main ingredient of ecstasy because they thought they were snorting cocaine. Professor David Nutt, incoming chairman of the ...

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guardian.co.uk, 26.09.08 23:32 UTC

Clubbers confuse ecstasy powder with cocaine

. Sales of ecstasy in powder form make it increasingly difficult for drug takers to know what mind-altering substance they are consuming, a senior government adviser warned yesterday. A rise in the ...

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Daily Mail, 17.09.08 09:35 UTC

Ecstasy could be downgraded to become a class B drug

Government drug advisers are to meet next week to investigate whether to downgrade Ecstasy from a class A drug. The Home Office's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) will seek evidence ...

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Telegraph, 17.09.08 07:04 UTC

Ecstasy could be downgraded to class B drug

Ecstasy could be downgraded from a class A drug when Government advisers meet to review its classification next week.

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guardian.co.uk, 17.09.08 00:04 UTC

Drug advisers review ecstasy's class A status

. The government's drug advisers will begin a review of the classification of ecstasy next week, raising the prospect that the drug could be downgraded from class A. Ecstasy remains the third most ...