[agency]

I don't think even the most hardcore pro-drug advocates would claim that using MDMA multiple times per week is ever safe, but is there any evidence that that kind of abuse is remotely common? On average taking ecstasy is safer than riding a horse [1], and if you really just love to get fucked up and don't care about burning a hole in your brain, why not just graduate to straight-up meth?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt#%22Equasy%22

[mythrwy]

I don't know how common that kind of usage is. This was a group of people I hung with back in the 90's.

The dangers of riding a horse are immediately apparent and it's easy to link cause and effect. Additionally the damage from a bad horse ride (unless you hit your head) are more likely to be physical trauma, a broken leg etc.

The (possible) negative effects of a drug on cognition are more subtle and harder to attribute.

Again, I'm not anti drug at all (especially legally speaking).

It's just, what I saw and I feel I should relate it as a bit of a cautionary tale. I am convinced overuse of MDMA has a negative effects on the kind of cognition that allows a person to plan, link cause and effect, think abstractly and that kind of thing. It's not a scientific study, just what I believe from observation.