Since its initial synthesis by the German pharmaceutical company Merck in 1912, the drug 3,4-methylenedioxy-methylamphetamine, which is better known as "ecstasy," MDMA, or "Molly," has lived many lives. From its brief time being tested as a top-secret truth drug in US Army trials during the 1950s to its dual uses as a therapeutic tool and party drug throughout the 1960s and 70s, the compound's propensity for making those who take it feel the love has made it one of the most popular substances in modern history. Being banned in governments around the world starting in the mid-1980s didn't put much […]