Leo Zeff

Leo Zeff was an American psychotherapist in Oakland, California who pioneered the use of ecstasy (MDMA) and other psychoactive drugs in psychotherapy in the 1970s.

In 1977, when Alexander Shulgin introduced Zeff to MDMA, the drug was still legal. Zeff popularized it in the psychotherapeutic community,^[1] dubbing it "Adam" because he believed it returned one to a state of primordial innocence^[2].

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↑ Drake Bennett: Dr. Ecstasy In: New York Times Magazine, 30. Januar 2005. Abgerufen am 1. Juni 2008 "Ann Shulgin remembers a speaker at Zeff's memorial service saying that Zeff had introduced the drug to 'about 4,000' therapists."
↑ Ethan Brown: "Professor X". In: Wired. 10. Jahrgang, Nr. 9, September 2002 (wired.com [abgerufen am 1. Februar 2009]): „Zeff was so enthusiastic about the compound that he postponed his retirement to travel across the country introducing MDMA to hundreds of his fellow therapists. Along the way, he gave the drug its first street name, Adam, because he believed it stripped away neuroses and put users in a primordial state.“

[1] Drake Bennett: Dr. Ecstasy In: New York Times Magazine, 30. Januar 2005. Abgerufen am 1. Juni 2008 "Ann Shulgin remembers a speaker at Zeff's memorial service saying that Zeff had introduced the drug to 'about 4,000' therapists."

[2] Ethan Brown: "Professor X". In: Wired. 10. Jahrgang, Nr. 9, September 2002 (wired.com [abgerufen am 1. Februar 2009]): „Zeff was so enthusiastic about the compound that he postponed his retirement to travel across the country introducing MDMA to hundreds of his fellow therapists. Along the way, he gave the drug its first street name, Adam, because he believed it stripped away neuroses and put users in a primordial state.“

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