MDA
Timeline
| 1910 | MDA first synthesized by G. Mannish and W. Jacobson 1 | |
| 1939 | Animal tests are first performed with MDA. 1 | |
| 1941 | First human trials with MDA as part of an exploration of possible therapies for Parkinsonism. 2 | |
| 1949-1957 | MDA studied as a potential antidepressant and/or anorexic agent by Smith, Klein & French. More than 500 people were given MDA during the course of this investigation. | |
| Jan 8, 1953 | Harold Blauer dies of an overdose of MDA (code name EA-1298) during an army-sponsored drug experiment. The army was working to develop new "truth serums" or incapacitating agents and injected Blauer with 500 mg MDA IV. 3 [Details] [More Info] | |
| 1957 | Gordon Alles describes the MDA experience at a conference in Princeton New Jersey, sponsored by the Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation. The proceedings of the conference were published two years later (1959) in Neuropharmacology: Transactions of the 4th Conference. 1 | |
| 1958-1961 | MDA is patented by several different groups...as a cough suppressant by H.D. Brown (1958), as an ataractic by Smith, Kline, and French, Co. (1960), and as an appetite suppressant under the trade name "Amphedoxamine" (1961). 2 | |
| 1963-1964 | MDA begins showing up in the counterculture. 1 | |
| Oct 27, 1970 | The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act is passed. Part II of this is the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) which defines a scheduling system for drugs. It places most of the known hallucinogens (LSD, psilocybin, psilocin, mescaline, peyote, cannabis, & MDA) in Schedule I. It places coca, cocaine and injectable methamphetamine in Schedule II. Other amphetamines and stimulants, including non-injectable methamphetamine are placed in Schedule III. | |
| 1980-2000 | MDA continues to be used recreational, often sold in tablet form as 'ecstasy'. |
References
- Stafford P. Psychedelics Encyclopedia. Ronin, 1992.
- Pentney AR. "An Exploration of the History and Controversies Surrounding MDMA and MDA". J Psychoactive Drugs. Jul-Sep 2001;Vol 33(3).
- Lee MA, Shlain B. Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion. Grove, 1985.