The show consisted of a one-hour debate, interspersed with explanations of brain-chemistry using a giant luminous brain, footage of a veteran raver taking ecstasy and dancing until 5 am, and interviews with three students.
[1] Curran and Nutt oversaw research at Imperial College London in which volunteers took part in a double blind study in which some took 83 mg of MDMA, some took vitamin C, and others a placebo.
The show consisted of journalists Jon Snow, Mattew Parris and Jennie Bond taking part in what channel four dubbed "a groundbreaking scientific trial".
Jon Snow reported being "overwhelmingly frightened" while Matthew Paris stated that "Smoking skunk wasn't cool".
Jenny Bond, on the other hand, stated: "The fact that I was perhaps hallucinating slightly was quite nice really, it was a very floaty feeling.