I was bored so I dug up this thread and decided to make a pro-powder rant. I wish MDMA was just sold as powder.
The problem with pills:
*Pills are shitty to snort, yet many people like to snort MDMA/MDxx
*Because it's the only recreational drug that is expected in this form, bunk pills are easy to pass of as the real thing
*With powder, you won't accidentally have too much, as you know 100mg's has at most 100mg's of MDMA, ie. you can measure your dose
*though debatable, I think that you would be much less likely to end up with a drug other than MDxx (when you consider that smack, speed, K etc. is hardly ever cut with
active substances)
*Pills require relatively large amounts of fillers/binders/dyes, making them harder to identify than powder as MDxx by reagent reaction or taste (I know taste test isn't perfect, but it's served me well for years when a tester hasn't been available)
*I don't want or need a bunch of chalk and/or whatever else is required to make a tablet
*Most other drugs are sold as a powder/crystal, so why the fuck shouldn't MDxx be?
*Copycat pills make for easy money for dodgy dealers
*Pills are harder to conceal and transport, given the volume used up by fillers/binders
Powder is easy to cut which is bad, but given the amount of dodgy pills that go around, I don't think the situation would end up any worse.
I've had people say that pills are good because you can recognise the logo and know what they are like, but that's often bullshit, shitty copycat pills are commonplace.
IMO, providing you have a reliable dealer the quality of powder is likely to stay reasonably consistent as any cuts that may be present are likely to be at consistent ratio and with an inert substance, as with other powders.
If it started to get sold as crystal, (like what happened with meth) you'd get the best of both worlds, all the benefits of powder while being uncuttable by your average Joe. (and we could smoke it with our meth
)
I just don't see why it should be in pills, it makes no sense to me. Heaps of people snort it, and I'd bet a whole lot more would were it not in tablet form. I don't see any compelling reason why it should be in a different form than meth, given that I've seen all the same methods of administration used for MDMA in the lovely periods that I've had access to powder. The high from powder has always seemed better too, possible reasons for this are discussed thoroughly in the thread, so I won't bother commenting.
You may argue that the reason it is sold as a tablet is that most people like to eat it, but perhaps most people like to eat it because it's sold as a tablet
You can eat powder anyway, so bring on the molly!