PMA (para-methoxyamphetamine, p-methoxyamphetamine or 4-methoxyamphetamine)'s a synthetic phenethylamine drug, psychostimulant and hallucinogen. It's sometimes known by the street names of "death" or "Dr Death". It's, however, been more commonly encountered when it's been sold as "ecstasy", even though PMA and MDMA, the principal ingredient of ecstasy, are distinctly different chemicals. PMA's often synthesized from anethole, the flavor compound of anise and fennel, mainly because the starting… (More on Paramethoxyamphetamine)