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I heard something in rehab the other that sounded bogus. Is it true that ecstasy can be coke-based, meth-based, or acid-based? |
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These days, the term "ecstasy" is used to describe just about anything sold in pill form at raves with a logo on it. Traditionally it was used to describe the chemical MDMA, which was often sold in the form of logo-bearing tablets. But as MDMA was made illegal in the mid-1980's and the demand for it increased, many different substances started to be packaged in this same form ... all of them still called "ecstasy".
I would argue that the term "ecstasy" is still most often (and most properly) used to mean MDMA. In this case, no, there is no such thing as "meth based", "coke based", or "acid based" ecstasy. MDMA is a single chemical. MDMA is MDMA. There is no methamphetamine, cocaine, or acid (lsd) in MDMA.
But there is adulterated ecstasy. Tablets which are sold as "ecstasy" to people who are expecting MDMA, but which don't actually contain MDMA. Amphetamine or methamphetamine is a farily common substance which is pressed into tablets and passed off as MDMA/ecstasy. We have been doing laboratory anaylsis of street ecstasy tablets in the United States for several years now and in 500 tested tablets have only come across 4 which contained any cocaine. Cocaine is an extremely rare adulterant in ecstasy. As for "acid" or lsd, there is also no reason to believe that lsd is a common adulterant in ecstasy tablets.
So, I would say that the statement you heard in rehab is misleading and does not represent the facts very well, though it makes a little sense from a person who doesn't quite understand what they're talking about.
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