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OT- Special report re ecstasy drug.........

On Thursday, April 1st at 10PM Eastern/Pacific time (9PM Central
and Mountain time), ABC is broadcasting Peter Jennings' documentary
about the history, science and current status of Ecstasy (MDMA). This
hour-long documentary has been long in the making and will be balanced
and incisive. MAPS has worked closely with the producers from the
beginning of the project. Rick Doblin and Sasha Shulgin and many others are interviewed
and the recent approval of MAPS' MDMA/Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) study
will be mentioned at the end of the show.


Here is the press release:
ABC NEWS TO AIR ONE-HOUR SPECIAL REPORT ON
TODAY'S DRUG OF CHOICE -- ECSTASY

The rise of Ecstasy is a major event in drug history. If current trends
continue, 1.8 million Americans will try Ecstasy for the first time in 2004;
only marijuana will attract more new users. Overwhelming, positive word of
mouth has made Ecstasy a nightmare for drug controllers. On a special
edition of "Primetime Thursday," Peter Jennings tells the epic story of
Ecstasy that has never been heard. "Peter Jennings Reporting: Ecstasy
Rising" airs THURSDAY, APRIL 1st at 10pm EST on the ABC Television Network.

In the 1990s, Ecstasy seemed to come out of nowhere to join marijuana,
cocaine and heroin as one of the four most widely used illegal drugs in the
country. No other drug has ever spread so fast.

To halt its spread, the U.S. Government has spent millions of dollars making
a dramatic case against Ecstasy as a dangerous drug. The headline of this
campaign has been that Ecstasy causes massive brain damage. But this is a
claim based on flawed science, and many Ecstasy users now feel their
government has no credibility.

What do we know about the real risks of Ecstasy? Has the government been its
own worst enemy in the fight to stop the drug's use?

"Peter Jennings Reporting: Ecstasy Rising" takes viewers through the seminal
events in this story and introduces all the major players -- from Alexander
Shulgin, the famous chemist who was the first person to report the effects
of Ecstasy, to Michael Clegg, the Dallas businessman who gave Ecstasy its
name and turned it into a recreational drug, to the drug enforcement officer
who led the fight to make Ecstasy illegal, to the DJ who brought Rave to
America. This special tells the definitive story of how an obscure compound,
discovered in 1912 and all but forgotten for over 60 years, became the drug
of choice for a generation.

The rest of the ABC announcement, with graphics, can be viewed at:
http://www.maps.org/mdma/jennings040104.html