''E for Ecstasy'' is a book written by
Nicholas Saunders and published in May 1993. The book describes in detail the psychoactive substance
MDMA
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy (tablet form), and molly (crystal form), is an empathogen–entactogenic drug with stimulant and minor Psychedelic drug, psychedelic properties. In studies, it has been used ...
(ecstasy), the people that use it and the law concerning it, all enhanced through the lens of the author's personal experience.
Subsequent revised versions were renamed ''Ecstasy and the Dance Culture'' (1995) and ''Ecstasy Reconsidered'' (1997). The book is available online for free.
The book was banned in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
in 1994.
See also
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List of psychedelic literature
This is a list of psychedelic literature, works related to psychedelic drugs and the psychedelic experience. Psychedelic literature has also been defined as textual works that arose from the proliferation of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic rese ...
References
External links
Online version of ''E for Ectasy''
Drug culture
Psychedelic literature
1993 non-fiction books
Counterculture of the 1990s
Non-fiction books about MDMA
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