lone dragon wrote:MEZZANINE wrote:John D. Rockefeller wrote:number of deaths is relative to the number of users of these illegal substances. It is natural to assume that once legalized more would use and more deaths would occur.
Perhaps, but would the extra deaths due to increase in use outweigh the lives saved by purity, regulation & quality control. Also have you seen the rise in people trying so called 'research chemicals', things like MCAT, MDIA, NRG and various other so called MDMA substitutes, how much damage are people doing to themselves with these new untested drugs because they cant get the real thing, or dont want to break the law ?
As you might have guessed being someone who has tried LSD & Alcohol, been addicted to Nicotine, frequently used Amphetamines, MDMA & Cannabis in my past, and am currently addicted to Caffine ( cant function without by cup of tea in the morning ). I am strongly in favor of MDMA & Cannabis being legalised, and think if any drugs should be illegal Tobacco should be top of the list being one of the most harmful and addictive.
DO you realize how much brain damage MDMA does with every hit? Fine its normally a tablet but it instantaneously kills thousands of neurons with every use, I think do what you will in your home but why should others pick up your bill cause you chose Methylenedioxymethamphetamine and cant hardly do anything but splutter anything, the bad side of this is more destructive that you ever wish to see.
The chief constable of North Wales, Richard Brunstrom seems to disagree with the harm you think Es do
Ecstasy is a remarkably safe substance it's far safer than aspirin. If you look at the Government's own research into deaths you'll find that Ecstasy, by comparison to many other substances legal and illegal it is comparably a safe substance
Prof Nutt, the former chairman of the Home Office's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs also seems to disagree with you
Taking ecstasy is no more dangerous than riding a horse, according to the head of the Government's drug advisory body.
MDMA has been used for almost a century, I personally took it from the ages of 16 to 22, for a couple of those party years I took 2 or 3 each weekend, on my week in Ibiza I took 2 every night, yet Im still here, I own my own home ( which I bought at 21 in my clubbing days ), have always worked, rarely get ill ( never anything serious ), never claimed any kind of state benefit in my life, and am physically and mentally fit.
On the other hand, I know people who preferred alcohol and getting drunk, they used to get into lots of fights, drank until they were sick, some are still drinking heavily today and still drink everyday ( although they dont consider themselves addicts ), many dont have jobs, dont own their own homes, and drinking has left them looking very unfit ( dread to think what damage they have done on the inside ).
Frankly MDMA got a bad rep by a sensationalist media who didnt look at the evidence, and many people simply accept the media hype. Anyone who has been there, been or is currently a clubber/raver knows better, as does anyone who looks at the medical evidence.
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