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