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I know it's not the point of the article. I'm just picking up on these bits:
MDMA is good for a very specific purpose: dancing to loud music in dark rooms. Outside of that context, I'm not sure many people advocate choosing it over alcohol.
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It's not really a fair comparison anyway since alcohol doesn't come in pill form with a dosage high enough to instantly get someone drunk. Although I agree with the sentiment.
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EDIT: To be more specific, this article paints a very rosy picture of the drug by only discussing the positives and completely avoiding any mention of the negatives. Taking MDMA multiple times in a week causes absolute carnage to your day-to-day life.
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Very few people actually show such behaviour, exactly because it requires such a big energy investment. Since it has little in the way of physically addictive properties most people wouldn't use it if they don't feel up to it. Also the setting is important, a party is probably one of the worst places to use it in terms of physical strain and risk management. Basically the highest-risk group is already using it.
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I think it's probably a good thing that it remains a limited, special occasion drug. Unleash it upon a wider public without restrictions of price, access and fear of criminal repercussions and you just know there's a large demographic of consumptive, excessive people who'd probably go nuts and ruin their lives in record timing. |
Ideological garbage IMO. Overall usage is probably far more related to culture then availability.
The Netherlands is a good indication, even though marijuana is freely available the actual usage here is far lower then any of the neighbouring countries and just about half of the USA's. It's simply not part of our culture, which is still largely a drinking one.
Also I repeat the notion that this demographic you speak of is already there, I now very few users who haven't used it incredibly irresponsibly for at least some period in their lives. Usually when they're students. Same with alcohol, the vast majority of lives aren't ruined even though they reasonably should be. People tend to have more sense in them then studies give them credit for, they do actually learn.
Besides, XTC isn't even that popular any more with club culture losing it's communal roots in favour of macho individualism. It is no longer cool to look like you're fucked up which makes cocaine a far more hip thing to use these days. But I'm rambling now.
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