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=== DrugsData / EcstasyData ===
Erowid also runs DrugsData (formerly EcstasyData), an independent laboratory [[drug checking]] program co-sponsored by IsomerDesign and [[DanceSafe]].

Launched in July 2001 under the name EcstasyData, its purpose was to collect ecstasy pill samples sent anonymously by the public, in order to manage, review, and publicly report laboratory test results from a variety of organizations<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.ecstasydata.org/about.php |title=About EcstasyData.org |publisher=EcstasyData |access-date=2010-02-08 |archive-date=2015-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116045912/http://www.ecstasydata.org/about.php |url-status=live }}</ref> As the site evolved into DrugsData, the service expanded to testing samples of most recreational drugs, and publicly report the sample's chemical composition as well as what it was sold as.

As of April 10, 2024, DrugsData's service is on administrative pause until further notice, by order of the [[DEA]]. DrugsData has published test results for over 20,000 samples throughout its 23 years of service.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.drugsdata.org/ |title=DrugsData.org |publisher=DrugsData |access-date=2025-01-27}}</ref>

Testing costs have sometimes been covered by project funding (when available) and at other times are covered by those who submit tablets for testing. Multiple published studies use EcstasyData.org as a primary source of data.<ref>[https://erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?ID=6995 Tanner-Smith EE. "Pharmacological content of tablets sold as 'ecstasy': results from an online testing service".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322082739/https://erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?ID=6995 |date=2019-03-22 }} Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006;83(3):247–54.</ref><ref>[https://erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?ID=7152 Tanner-Smith EE. "Corrigendum to 'Pharmacological content of tablets sold as 'ecstasy': Results from an online testing service'".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418074319/https://erowid.org/references/refs_view.php?ID=7152 |date=2019-04-18 }} Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008;93(1-2):190.</ref>

Tablets of street ecstasy can be anonymously submitted to a DEA licensed laboratory for testing and then photos of the tablets and GC/MS test results are published on the project's website.