Dont tell me what to do please. I will defend Ecstasy if I wish, you are statistically more likely to die if you drink than take Ecstasy. You are also more likely to be a victim or instigator of violence. Nothing is 100% safe but Ecstasy is safer than the legal and deadly drug alcohol. Leah wouldn't have died if she'd known how to take Ecstasy safely. She died because of the ridiculous drug laws and just say no nonsense. Ecstasy is low risk. That's fact.
Lol. I have also been part of the party culture since the late 80s. Ecstasy pills has fucked up a LOT of people I know, including suicide, psychosis, hideous bizarre physical side effects such as body covered in huge water blisters...and wrecking relationships.
you have no idea what those pills are cut with and you know that the seratonin highs and drops can cause horrendous downers. The only people I know who bang on about how completely safe it is are either naive or those who are still in active use and don't want anyone to spoil their buzz.
I remember dropping pills drinking water and saying 'ooh I don't want to go all Leah betts' but it didn't put us off and zammo's just say no campaign certainly didn't put me off using harder drugs just as all the aids campaigning didn't make any of us use condoms
anyone who enjoys drugs or uses drugs to any extent is well versed in the dangers just prefers to downplay them and downplay all the horrible things that can happen as a consequence of taking them.
I have seen beatings, cars blown up, kidnap, so many horrendous things linked to this culture and it still didn't put me off, in fact only the last few years I have really disconnected from it all
I stopped for years to have kids then briefly got drawn back in but seeing all the middle aged ravers in denial put me right off plus all the old creepers going after young girls off their heads.
I will never stop loving the music and have had some amazing mind-blowing times but I'm under no illusions
Just because you love something and take it loads does not make it perfect.
It's like weed smokers saying it's all natural, ergo safe. Weed has barely been natural in this country for probably thirty years.
When people do get the natural stuff they think they've been ripped off. It's hugely enhanced and brings with it a whole new set of issues.