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MDMA is not a stimulant and should not be listed in this article as one[edit]

MDMA is a psychedelic which means it is between stimulant and hallucinogen. It's inclusion in the stimulants list is inappropriate. If we are including MDMA as a pure stimulant we would also have to include LSD, DMT, DPT ect which all have a very significant stimulating effect on humans. Boilingorangejuice (talk) 20:06, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a source for this definition of psychedelic drug? It doesn't seem to match our article. Sizeofint (talk) 20:21, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also MDMA has reliable sources stating it is a stimulant. Sizeofint (talk) 22:00, 29 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, given that reasoning I will be adding LSD and psilocybin to the stimulants list given that while they are mainly known for their hallucinogenic effects they are also stimulating. Boilingorangejuice (talk) 07:42, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If you find WP:MEDRS sources stating LSD and psilocybin are stimulants then do so. I have not seen any however. Sizeofint (talk) 09:21, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

MDMA is an amphetamine, why separete it?[edit]

In the introductory section MDMA is listed as separeted from the amphetamines: It is estimated that the percent of the population that has abused amphetamines, cocaine and MDMA combined is between .8% and 2.1%; Because MDMA is an amphetamine I'll edit this phrase to: It is estimated that the combined percentage of the population that has abused amphetamines or cocaine is between 0.8% and 2.1%.". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gottliber (talk • contribs) 22:30, 13 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fair point.

Fixed it. Seppi333 (Insert 2¢) 03:32, 14 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence, in its original form as well as in its new form, is not easily verified from the cited source. The closest I found was a table on page 149 which provides estimated annual prevalence (not lifetime or necessarily abuse) of Cocaine, "Amphetamines and prescription stimulants" and Ecstasy. Adding the global prevalences of Cocaine and "Amphetamines and prescription stimulants" gives a range of 0.6-1.5 %. Also including Ecstasy, however, results in the cited 0.8-2.1 %. Hm, I will try to fix it now. Elias (talk) 11:34, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I realized now that adding the prevalences is simply wrong, since there will be (I would expect large) overlaps between the users of each compound/category. The statistics must be cited individually. I think one can drop the confidence intervals and just use the point estimates, though. I will try to fix it now.Elias (talk) 12:11, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Phenatine" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Phenatine. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Hairy Dude (talk) 14:25, 30 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

NB--the above discussion is now closed. Decision was delete. --D Anthony Patriarche, BSc (talk) 18:51, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Recreational use and issues of abuse[edit]

So, I am interested in the contents of the table, cited as [126]. I have had access to the original article and said table is not present there. It would seem it made of some data taken from a larger table, but if that is the case, the numbers do not correspond. Also, there doesn't seem to be methamphetamine in the table of the cited article. Where was the data in (and) the table taken from? I believe either the data is wrong or this is not cited correctly. Also, I'm interested in the source of the table. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.29.135.123 (talk) 14:07, 28 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The source is in the references, but the numbering is all messed up. It's at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60464-4. The methamphetamine entry wasn't there, so I removed it. Sonic The Holoprosencephalous (talk) 15:52, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]