Trail of Blood Leads Police to Major San Francisco Ecstasy Drug Bust

[Jesus Malverde]

Source: NBC

A trail of blood led San Francisco police detectives to make one of the biggest drug busts in the department's history, seizing more than $1.5 million worth of MDMA powder and pills.

MDMA is the active ingredient in ecstasy.

The discovery, which came by pure luck, was found the same weekend as the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in Golden Gate Park, prompting investigators to wonder whether the drugs were meant to supply concertgoers.

"We're happy if it is just a coincidence," Police Chief Greg Suhr said at a Tuesday news conference. "If it's not, we're very happy that none of this found its way out to the Polo Fields."


Read more: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/SFPD-Trail-of-Blood-Leads-to-Major-MDMA-Drug-Bust-219468781.html

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23 kilograms of MDMA powder and more than 30,000 pills of the drug.

[Arctic Dave]

1. Bummer.

Dayglo light makers are going to feel the pinch.

[Mnemosyne]

2. MDMA should never have been made illegal, the benefit to those with PTSD were amazing. nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. The research on MDMA AND PTSD is inconclusive

If you read the details of the studies, they were done with a very small (under 20) sample size, and with strictly controlled dosages.

I have seen first hand the damage done by street ecstasy, whether its pure "Molly" or adulterated with piperazines or other crap. Over time, MDMA depletes your brain's natural supply of dopamine and serotonin, causing long lasting effects.

I'm all for research, but as with other potential medicines, lets not overstate the benefits and understate the risks.

[Mnemosyne]

4. I am using anecdotal evidence, my daughter and a friend, both brutally gang raped. It was a

godsend to them and in very small doses in a short period of time.

I do agree, more studies needed, but they will not study it as long as it is illegal.

[duhneece]

6. Agreed. We need lots more research on lots more drugs...

I heard a woman at the last International Drug Policy Reform Conference speak on her daughter's using Ecstacy when she was dying from colon cancer. It helped her daughter face her impending death with less fear and anxiety. I want it available to me, for my loved ones as an option.

[NoOneMan]

7. That is precisely where LSD/psilocybin shine

Though, they are pretty effective for just normal people in normal life as well

[snooper2]

5. I know! and we would have more people making love to trees

[wordpix]

8. what she's on is needed for marriage therapy and Egypt

Work it out beneath the sheets and hand it out to both sides in warring countries