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This is misleading - a bit like saying "ethanol is metabolized to acetaldehyde". Technically true, but you can't just take acetaldehyde and expect the same effe
by acchow 9y ago
This is misleading - a bit like saying "ethanol is metabolized to acetaldehyde". Technically true, but you can't just take acetaldehyde and expect the same effect as alcohol. Alcohol itself is bioactive. You also don't want to injest acetaldehyde directly since you don't want high concentrations of it in your blood (its quite a bit more toxic than alcohol).
MDMA is itself bioactive/psychoactive, and MDA is more neurotoxic.
- wcarron 9y agoFair point and good analogy. While I can't comment on the neurotoxicity, I will definitely say MDA itself has a more LSD like effect than MDMA does and contributes significantly to differing effects.