Nonsensical paragraph=== 
 I removed the paragraph below per the above comments. I do not have access to the references to make sensible corrections so if someone does they can make the corrections and add it back. 
 *In 2001, responding to a mandate from the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, resulted in an increase in the penalties for MDMA by nearly 3,000%.Gullo, Karen. (21 March 2001)SF Gate News 21 March 2001. Erowid.org. Retrieved on 11 June 2011. The increase in penalties was opposed by the Federation of American Scientists.FAS MDMA Sentencing Stmt2. (PDF) . Retrieved on 11 June 2011.The increase makes 1 gram of MDMA (four pills at 250 mg per pill's total weight regardless of purity, standard for Federal charges) equivalent to 1 gram of heroin (approximately fifty doses) or  of cannabis for sentencing purposes at the federal level.U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines (2007) See also the RAVE Act of 2003.    

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