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'Perfect school girl torn from us by evil drug pusher'
sells more papers than
'Girl dies after falling from horse'
The classic set and setting arguement, which is as valid with MDMA as it was with LSD in the 60's.
the period 88-94 in this country at least, will never get the same reverence ...there is such an undercurrent even among those who never did anything, save for romanticise the 60's, that while acid is bad and naughty, it was alright then because 'we didnt know' or 'it was a period of freedom and exploration'.
we've never been afforded the same luxury with E. I dont have any first hand experience with psychedelics, not that i wouldnt mind, but to be honest im at least glad that i was allowed the experience of E. You're like a kid who just gone throught the gates of Alton Towers on your first E....suddenly the world is this beautiful place, and you are filled with this eager urge to just immerse yourself in the the beauty of everything, because in the back of your mind you know this wont last.
Yeah, im glad i did that :thumb:
the rave scene and E culture was not political, unified or particularly conscious. and the govenment didnt pass a law to ban 'be-ins'. it was a working class thing, still is really.
so i doubt we'll be allowed to romanticise this particular part of history, save for the time when the decent citizens of middle england sorted out those rabble rousing druggies who were perverting our kids in the late 80's early 90's....meanwhile, at the West Ham/Millwall match...
It will be interesting to see where the law goes with MDMA though, there have been so many people using it, many many adults now know its not that dangerous.
In terms of perception Marijuana is seen as a 'herb' and natural and therefore 'better'...there is the issue of exactley how it is ingested...it has a massive culture around it which is waaay beyond E...
E is far more comparable to Acid tbh in terms of how it is viewed, and that is NEVER going to be reclassified...
I think it might move down in the statutes.
The one thing with drug sentancing is that the opinion of the judcial authority over a particular case will bring his own views to the table, i'd argue moreso than some other common crimes.