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“Peter Jennings Reporting: Ecstasy Rising”
Airs Thursday, April 1st, on ABC at 10PM EST
ABC NEWS TO AIR ONE-HOUR SPECIAL REPORT ON
TODAY’S DRUG OF CHOICE -- ECSTASY
The rise of Ecstasy is a major event in drug history. If current trends continue, 1.8 million Americans will try Ecstasy for the first time in 2004; only marijuana will attract more new users. Overwhelming, positive word of mouth has made Ecstasy a nightmare for drug controllers. On a special edition of “Primetime Thursday,” Peter Jennings tells the epic story of Ecstasy that has never been heard. “Peter Jennings Reporting: Ecstasy Rising” airs THURSDAY, APRIL 1st at 10pm EST on the ABC Television Network.
In the 1990s, Ecstasy seemed to come out of nowhere to join marijuana, cocaine and heroin as one of the four most widely used illegal drugs in the country. No other drug has ever spread so fast.
To halt its spread, the U.S. Government has spent millions of dollars making a dramatic case against Ecstasy as a dangerous drug. The headline of this campaign has been that Ecstasy causes massive brain damage. But this is a claim based on flawed science, and many Ecstasy users now feel their government has no credibility.
What do we know about the real risks of Ecstasy? Has the government been its own worst enemy in the fight to stop the drug’s use?
“Peter Jennings Reporting: Ecstasy Rising” takes viewers through the seminal events in this story and introduces all the major players -- from Alexander Shulgin, the famous chemist who was the first person to report the effects of Ecstasy, to Michael Clegg, the Dallas businessman who gave Ecstasy its name and turned it into a recreational drug, to the drug enforcement officer who led the fight to make Ecstasy illegal, to the DJ who brought Rave to America. This special tells the definitive story of how an obscure compound, discovered in 1912 and all but forgotten for over 60 years, became the drug of choice for a generation. |
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| vtec junkie |
| Cant wait...i love these shows. |
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| nchs09 |
| drugs are bad... mmmmmmmmmmkay:o :p |
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| TranCyn |
| quote: | Originally posted by mets4012
“Peter Jennings Reporting: Ecstasy Rising”
“Peter Jennings Reporting: Ecstasy Rising” takes viewers through the seminal events in this story and introduces all the major players -- from Alexander Shulgin, the famous chemist who was the first person to report the effects of Ecstasy, to Michael Clegg, the Dallas businessman who gave Ecstasy its name and turned it into a recreational drug, to the drug enforcement officer who led the fight to make Ecstasy illegal, to the DJ who brought Rave to America. This special tells the definitive story of how an obscure compound, discovered in 1912 and all but forgotten for over 60 years, became the drug of choice for a generation. |
hmmmmmm WHO is "the DJ who brought Rave to America" |
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| sandstorm03 |
| yea i saw that and posted it in cor |
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| bubbleravegirl |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranCyn
hmmmmmm WHO is "the DJ who brought Rave to America" |
ahha we'll have to wait n see LOL
DRUGS are badddd...ALCOHOL ishhh baddd mmmkay...oh man -=P
newaiz imma be flipping back and forth between this and SMACKDOWN LOL |
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| Zewad |
| good thing this airs at 10 otherwise it might have interfered with Survivor :D |
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| DR.ur2evil |
| yes....but it does interfere with all new South Park and ChAppelle's SHow.....so i'll be doin a fare share of channel flippin!!!!! |
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| Galapidate |
| When will the government stop telling us what's bad for us and just let it happen? |
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| PVD_S11DJ |
| yeah these things are always fun for a good laugh - mabye they'll tell us again about that chick with huge holes in her brain from rolling too much lol |
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| IamNotM2 |
| the DJ is frankie bones...(one of my alltime faves) |
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