Comments on: The agony and the ecstasy http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 17:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bfarn http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195908 bfarn Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195908 "...chemically re-engineered ecstasy by taking some atoms away and putting new ones in their place." Hoooo-DANG.  What is this, Ranger Rick? “…chemically re-engineered ecstasy by taking some atoms
away and putting new ones in their place.”

Hoooo-DANG.  What is this, Ranger Rick?

]]> By: lishevita http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195675 lishevita Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195675 Actually, MDMA is already being used for medical use in some countries, and is in use in clinical trials here in the US. So, I suspect that the storm here in the US will be less brown than you expect. Actually, MDMA is already being used for medical use in some countries, and is in use in clinical trials here in the US. So, I suspect that the storm here in the US will be less brown than you expect.

]]> By: Kuh Superkuh http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195647 Kuh Superkuh Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195647 Nope. Just because they started with an MDMA structure doesn't mean it's 'modified ecstasy'. This headline is, perhaps unintentional, propoganda. They didn't just stick in a halogen or switch a methyl to an ethyl, they replaced the alpha-site methyl (the meth in methylamphetamine) with a freakin' huge phenyl group! But that didn't work, so they added even bulkier substituants like 1- and 2-naphthyl and para-biphenyl at the alpha position.  Some may not understand this jargon so I'll put it this way: there is as much or more there added on then there was to start in the entire molecule. Read for yourself over at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/384k8r14u2kvhv1h/ "Enhancing the anti-lymphoma potential of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (‘ecstasy’) through iterative chemical redesign: mechanisms and pathways to cell death" Nope. Just because they started with an MDMA structure doesn’t mean it’s ‘modified ecstasy’. This headline is, perhaps unintentional, propoganda. They didn’t just stick in a halogen or switch a methyl to an ethyl, they replaced the alpha-site methyl (the meth in methylamphetamine) with a freakin’ huge phenyl group! But that didn’t work, so they added even bulkier substituants like 1- and 2-naphthyl and para-biphenyl at the alpha position. 

Some may not understand this jargon so I’ll put it this way: there is as much or more there added on then there was to start in the entire molecule.

Read for yourself over at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/384k8r14u2kvhv1h/ “Enhancing the anti-lymphoma potential of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (‘ecstasy’) through iterative chemical redesign: mechanisms and pathways to cell death”

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195621 mccrum Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195621 TL; DR, Cancer is cured!  Yay! TL; DR, Cancer is cured!  Yay!

]]> By: MrEricSir http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195449 MrEricSir Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195449 Well the first step is to remove all the cancer cells from your body and put them in a test tube. Well the first step is to remove all the cancer cells from your body and put them in a test tube.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195391 dculberson Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195391 Almost certainly less toxic, but not necessarily less dangerous.  It is a psychoactive drug and has serious misuse potential.  Most users don't appreciate just how powerful it is. Almost certainly less toxic, but not necessarily less dangerous.  It is a psychoactive drug and has serious misuse potential.  Most users don’t appreciate just how powerful it is.

]]> By: Alvis http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195340 Alvis Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195340 What a tease. All I wanted from that article was the name of the new chemical. What a tease. All I wanted from that article was the name of the new chemical.

]]> By: Cocomaan http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195225 Cocomaan Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195225 MDMA is pretty harmless. Certainly less dangerous than Tylenol. MDMA is pretty harmless. Certainly less dangerous than Tylenol.

]]> By: MDwebguy http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195221 MDwebguy Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195221 Yeah, it's really more of a bright and shiny happiness. Yeah, it’s really more of a bright and shiny happiness.

]]> By: ahmacrom http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195212 ahmacrom Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195212 'GULP' too late, hey it's for SCIENCE.. ‘GULP’ too late, hey it’s for SCIENCE..

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195202 Lobster Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195202 Been keeping an eye on this since I could really use a little right about now. Also looking forward to the sh*tstorm when they try to legalize it for medical use. Been keeping an eye on this since I could really use a little right about now.

Also looking forward to the sh*tstorm when they try to legalize it for medical use.

]]> By: GreenJello http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195196 GreenJello Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195196 If it's modified, it's not really ecstasy is it? If it’s modified, it’s not really ecstasy is it?

]]> By: Charles Milner http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195191 Charles Milner Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195191 Bleach will also kill cancer cells in a test tube. And everything else. Bleach will also kill cancer cells in a test tube. And everything else.

]]> By: bbonyx http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195184 bbonyx Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195184 I like that when I look at the stock pics accompanying articles such as this I can honestly think "I remember those... I remember those... oooh, those were good!" etc. etc. Heh. And then I often think "Damn, I wish the hand holding all of that were mine". Good times. Really good times. I like that when I look at the stock pics accompanying articles such as this I can honestly think “I remember those… I remember those… oooh, those were good!” etc. etc. Heh.

And then I often think “Damn, I wish the hand holding all of that were mine”. Good times. Really good times.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/08/22/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy.html#comment-1195176 Brainspore Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114722#comment-1195176 Have you ever witnessed anyone die of leukemia during a rave? <em>SCIENCE!</em> Have you ever witnessed anyone die of leukemia during a rave? SCIENCE!

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