Pill Testing at Ecstasydata.org to close

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Unless funds are found by the end of this week, the pill-testing program
Ecstasydata.org www.ecstasydata.org will be forced to shut down, at least
temporarily. Ecstasydata.org is an independent laboratory program which
allows people to send in pills to be analyzed with a GC/MS test, with the
results posted on the web. The site was born from MAPS' initial small
ecstasy pill-testing project which was greatly expanded by DanceSafe,
and is now co-sponsored by Erowid, Dancesafe, and MAPS. Ecstasy pills
listed on the site commonly contain caffeine, methamphetamine, DXM,
pseudoephedrine, and MDA, as well as or instead of MDMA. The site
aimed to reduce harm for users, and to dispel common myths about
street-ecstasy's contents, in particular, the one about ecstasy containing
heroin. Ironically, after nearly 10 years of proving this rumor false, the
first MDMA/fentanyl combination was recently found, just as funds for
the program were running out (a sign that the program should continue).
Because this is so unheard of, the pill is being retested, because it is
suspected that the outer surface may have contained the opiate residue
from being stored with other drugs. An article in Australia's Hearld Sun
reported that a pill-testing study there found many pills to be counterfeit,
and to contain ingredients such as horse tranquilizers, morphine, speed,
and nerve-numbing agents.

You can donate to the ecstasydata.org at www.dancesafe.org/support

Donations short of the amount needed to restart the program will be
used to search for and write grants to government agencies and large
charitable organizations.

If you have any questions, please e-mail donations@dancesafe.org

Thank you to all the past donors who have supported this important
program over the years. Edited by: Alfa