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Is it even sure your close friend had MDMA, instead of something similar, but different, like it is common on the black market? I'm still pro legalization of almost anything regarding psychoactive drugs. Not even prespription, just over the counter as I see fit, but with clear labeling of ingredients, dosage, and mandatory quality control to exclude any adulteration. IMO most of the shit that happens results from not knowing exactly what it is, how it has been adulterated, and unknown potency/dosage combined with stupid undergrond lore/disinformation because of criminalization. This is even true for weed, which can be treated with all sorts of nasty stuff, either to make it weigh more, to hide bad quality(make it smell better, feel more sticky, look like good weed), or to make it more potent, and therefore addictive. I mean imagine smoking lead laced(for adding weight) weed, combined with some PCP(to make it hit more). Not to forget the use of pesticides during growth and anti-molding agents for long storage in bags. Many of them are nerve poisons for humans. This has happened, and it will continue to happen again and again as long as it is criminalized. By insisting on carefully trialling for at least 10 years you are just prolonging these uncertainties, and deny the interested users a safe product. All that uncertainty is self-inflicted by prohibition, especially for non-synthetic drugs. Absolute ignorance of looooong usage in many cultures. |
That isn't the case recently if you look at the data. The discovery of new precursors a few years ago drove down the price of MDMA in Europe to the point where it is cheaper and easier to obtain than the possible replacements. Even in the US the flood of methylone and it's cousins is over. Meth is still sold as MDMA when pressed into pills, but those are pretty easy to distinguish.