It started as one but after it found broad use as a recreational drug it was made illegal. It's Schedule I in the US and illegal in most countries (source: wiki

It started as one but after it found broad use as a recreational drug it was made illegal. It's Schedule I in the US and illegal in most countries (source: wikipedia). Which is a shame because holy crap the one time I had MDMA sure broke me out of a major depression I'd been in for a couple decades.