NEW ORLEANS — Dawn was approaching when the underground wizard stepped center stage at the State Palace Theatre to survey his electronic wonderland. Laser lights strafed the grand old chandeliers ...

SAN ANTONIO — The Houston Forensic Science Lab, one of the largest labs in the country, is seeing a new chemical in clandestine pills popping up at rave parties... and the new chemical can prove ...

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This story first appeared in the March 14, 2001, edition of WW. While this story contains speculation about the role of MDMA, or Ecstasy, in the death of Melissa Flaherty, later reporting by the same ...

The results of rodent studies by a Stanford University School of Medicine-led research team have shown that the abuse potential of the illicit street drug, ecstasy—(±)3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine ...

At least some recreational users of illegal drugs may choose not to take them if tests show the pills are adulterated or fake, shows data collected over five years by volunteers who tested pills free ...

A 24-year-old man died and 18 others were transported to emergency rooms after taking Ecstasy at an all night New Year’s Eve rave at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, according to a report released ...