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Today a small but vociferous group of psychiatrists, psychologists and scientists contend that MDMA has enormous therapeutic potential. Says James Bakalar of the Harvard Medical School: "I think the DEA's decision is precipitate. It's difficult to make a case that this is a serious threat to the nation's health or safety. They should wait until the research is in." MDMA boosters cite case histories to argue that Ecstasy can act as a catalyst in therapy by neutralizing emotional defenses. MDMA has been used to treat patients ranging from a painter with "artist's block" to abused children...
...Democrats have to contend with their own throng of special interests. Hundreds of lobbyists who failed to win concessions from the White House began lining up three hours early for the first congressional hearing on Reagan's proposal. "I'm walking in an egg field," frets Rostenkowski, a master of malapropism. He knows that a concession to one interest group risks antagonizing others...
...Democrats have to contend with their own throng of special interests. Hundreds of lobbyists who failed to win concessions from the White House began lining up three hours early for the first congressional hearing on Reagan's proposal. "I'm walking in an egg field," frets Rostenkowski, a master of malapropism. He knows that a concession to one interest group risks antagonizing others...
Many law-enforcement officials contend that giving corporate criminals the benefit of a double standard is destructive to society. Asks Rudolph Giuliani, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who has prosecuted some of the largest tax-fraud cases: "If executives who make healthy salaries can't abide by the law, how do we expect the disadvantaged not to break the law?" Says Anton Valukas, the U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois: "I guess what bothers me is that we are talking about privileged people, people with the best educations who seem to have the basest motives...
Police supporters of the stun guns contend that they solve an old problem: how to avoid serious harm while capturing suspects who are a danger more to themselves than to others. The Houston officers who serve commitment warrants on the mentally disturbed use Tasers regularly and gratefully; injuries are down. The XR-5000, says Police Chief Conrad Teller of Southampton, N.Y., "sets them on their fanny nice and quiet. So far as we can see, it's the most humane way to do it." There are police complaints, however. The devices do not always work. Large and aggressive suspects sometimes...