My initial take from reading the headline was: no shit this is what mdma is for…

Tangentially, The etymology nerd in me has been taunted by the current article thats been on the front page for the as of now last 19 hours[1] which conveniently has the origin of the term linked to in the first sentence! [2]… which @suprisetalk also links to in the article description!…

So now I’m wondering why mdma has got the street name molly… and if they're not perhaps related?

As in molly (aka mdma) has got the name as its used as a guard against these ailments specifically…

[1] https://unsung.aresluna.org/molly-guard-in-reverse/

[2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/molly-guard