Illustration - A nonspecific human figure is shown in front of a psychedelic background, about to consume a pill. Part of their body is removed to show internal organs like the heart, liver, stomach, intestines and bloodstream.

MDMA has been around for over a hundred years.

Today, it's best known as a party drug because it can cause feelings of empathy and sociability, but it's also being studied as a possible treatment for a host of different illnesses, like anxiety and alcohol-use disorder.