Harvard seeks to test ecstasy drug on the dying

By Raja Mishra

Globe Staff / February 23, 2005

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Harvard researchers are preparing for the first time in three decades to conduct human experiments using a psychedelic drug, a study that would seek to harness the mind-altering effects of the drug ecstasy to help ease the crushing psychic burdens faced by dying cancer patients. (Full article: 1362 words)