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...researcher at Boston's Children's Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, received the highest scientific award given by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) earlier this month...

Author: By Nik I. Kovac, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS' Kunkel Wins Award For Muscular Dystrophy Reserach | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...telethon in Los Angeles, Lewis thanked Kunkel on behalf of the MDA...

Author: By Nik I. Kovac, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS' Kunkel Wins Award For Muscular Dystrophy Reserach | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...upset them. An article on house music makes popping MDMA (ECSTASY) and thrashing all night to music that clocks 120 beats per minute sound like an experience no red-blooded teenager would want to miss. After describing in detail the erotic effects of massive doses of L-dopa, MDA and deprenyl, the entry on aphrodisiacs adds as an afterthought that in some combinations these drugs can be fatal. Essays praising the beneficial effects of psychedelics and smart drugs on the "information processing" power of the brain sit alongside RANTS that declare, among other things, that "safe sex is boring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyberpunk! | 2/8/1993 | See Source »

...April 24-30 issue of The Crimson's weekly magazine, The What is To Be Done, the acronym for the drug 3,4 methylenedioxy-methamphetin was identified incorrectly as MDA. The correct acronym for the drug commonly known as ecstasy is MDMA, a less powerful hallucinogen than MDA. CORRECTION...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRECTION | 4/25/1986 | See Source »

...Deputy Administrator Gene Haislip says that research at the University of Chicago has found brain damage resulting from a single dose of MDA, a hallucinogenic nutmeg derivative related to Ecstasy; the two drugs "are believed to affect the brain in a similar manner," Haislip said. Federal officials say that drug-treatment programs around the country have reported "psychotic episodes" among MDMA users. Even the drug's most avid supporters concede that there should be some limits on MDMA. They hope to persuade the Government to place Ecstasy in a Schedule III classification, joining restricted drugs like codeine. Says Harvard Psychiatrist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Crackdown on Ecstasy | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

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