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Only 34.7% of Pills Sold in the U.S. Contain MDMA

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A new study by American Addiction Centers has revealed that only 34.7% of ecstasy pills in circulation in the United States contain MDMA.

The study is an important one as far as drug safety concerns go, as explained by the AAC in their introduction:

“Pure ecstasy includes a single ingredient: MDMA. Anything else has been modified to include other, sometimes deadly, chemical components. To understand how the purity of ecstasy has changed over the years, we analyzed more than 25,700 test reports of ecstasy from around the world to see how often these pills are cut with other substances.”

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The RAVE Act: What You Need To Know And Why It’s Still a Weight on Our Industry

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In the fight against illegal drugs in the United States, one of the most significant measures that was put forward in recent years is the Reducing Americans’ Vulnerability to Ecstasy (RAVE) Act. It is also quite a controversial piece of legislation, as the bill itself did not manage to pass Congress until it was retooled as the Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act of 2003.

Even after the passage, if you can call it that, the RAVE Act has been eliciting strong reactions from both sides of the spectrum until today. In particular, the sentiments against it have been strong and vocal as it is being criticized for its ineffectiveness in the illegal drug campaign, oftentimes touted as one of the causes for the lack of drug safety in today’s electronic music scene.

So what has made the RAVE Act a contentious law? Today, we look more closely at the RAVE Act, its provisions and the controversies surrounding it.

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Water and MDMA: The Truth

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How much water should you drink if you’ve taken MDMA?

At first glance the question seems more loaded than it really should be. Why are we discussing taking MDMA (also referred to as ‘ecstasy’, ‘e’ or ‘molly’) and why is there an advised amount of water to drink while on the substance? The simple answer is that while we advocate for safe partying, we also believe that drug safety includes education as one of its most important and fundamental pillars. 

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