Erowid.org: Erowid Reference 6162 : Retraction : Ricaurte GA, Yuan J, Hatzidimitriou G, Cord BJ, McCann UD

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Ricaurte GA, Yuan J, Hatzidimitriou G, Cord BJ, McCann UD. “Retraction”. Science. 2003;301(5639).
Texts Abstract (this page) Full Text - English (47 K) Press Release - English (52 K) Show Articles by Ricaurte GA Yuan J Hatzidimitriou G Cord BJ McCann UD Article IDs Erowid RefID: 6162 PubMedID: unknown Collections Hofmann Collection MDMA Collection All References	Abstract No abstract: Authors issue retraction for their previous publication in Science (Ricaurte et al. 2002) - Severe dopaminergic neurotoxicity in primates after a common recreational dose regimen of MDMA ("Ecstasy"). Methamphetamine was administered to all but one animal rather than MDMA.
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# earth Jan 21, 2005	The Ricaurte Error This ended up being a firestorm inside NIDA and in the wider world of drug-abuse-ology. It is one of the worst examples of rushing to publication and skewed science that has characterized the Drug War Science over the last 50 years and the worst in the last 10. See Major Error in Ecstasy Research from Sep 2003. See also The (Pseudo-) Science of the War on Drugs.