It seems everyone discussing in here have made your minds about that MDMA today is simply different than it was before. I have an incredibly, INCREDIBLY, hard time believing this, but you all seem to done some research. I'd love a summary of whats been truly discovered through this thread's discussion, what the reasoning, what is the evidence (NO anecdotes). I'm legitimately curious to learn, and if whats been discussed/discovered in this thread is so important to this topic, why not have the progress synthesized is a more meaningful way than having people just sift through pages of messages?
But here is what I have to say: Reading a lot of the recounted experiences in this thread from people who are positive that MDMA has changed since they began rolling many, many years ago, the listed effects sound just that of someone who either A.) rolled too much and now it doesn't feel the same. or B.) No longer have access to good MDMA as they once did (just because you don't have access to it doesn't mean it has ceased to exist).
I see stuff along the lines of "now the come-up isn't very intense". Anecdote versus anecdote here, but I've been rolling for ~8 years now. I've done a shit ton of drugs over the past 8 years (which may not be a lot compared to some of you), but to this day the most intense come-up of any drug for me, is still 100mg of good MDMA. I cannot fathom how that is just somehow nothing compared to how it used to be. Absolutely beautiful, potent and perfectly clean MDMA.
A couple of times I have had the misfortune of taking MDMA that was weak, adulterated or simply another chemical entirely. These other chemicals are
nothing to what MDMA is, they can poorly mimic the style of effects, but its black and white entirely, you know in an instant whether you've taken MDMA or not. It's an absolutely disgusting (even scary) feeling, its described perfectly right here:
just a fucked up carnival like sideshow buzz. A mere shell of its former self.
There is NOTHING that can come close to the deep, burning, almost god-like pure MDMA. Where I live we get large crystals of licorice smelling MDMA that 100mg of will absolutely knock you on your face. It has the power to break down each and every emotional wall within you, it unleashes everything that you've been scared to express before or felt you should keep deep down inside. It's pure empathy and love. I've never had a "comedown" from MDMA in the hundreds of time I've rolled on good MDMA, I basically feel like I'm in heaven until I easily drift off to sleep that night. It's incredibly therapeutic and I learn something new about myself every time, and as someone who has always struggled with expressing themselves emotionally, I become more connected and in touch with my emotions every time I roll. And it exists, right here in 2018, and depending on where you live, its not rare, at all.
As well, a lot of the anecdotes seem to fall for the same thing as all drug related anecdotes do; lack of accounting for set and setting. I can take the SAME LSD many months apart, and have 2 completely different experiences due to the infinite amount of variables at work; Which time was I more tired? Which time was a happier? Did I eat better one time? Was I more stressed one of the times? Etc. it could go on forever. It doesn't suggest any sort of inconsistency between the substance. I too have experienced "sleepy rolls", but how does that point to that the drug is different if I can't account for whether I was just more tired that day, my environment, my physical/mental state, etc.
One occasion I rolled after finals week(s) at university in which I had been up incredibly late with little sleep, poor diet, stressed, etc. I rolled at a show to celebrate the end of finals, and I was exhausted during the roll. I felt amazing, it was perfectly good MDMA, but at the show I just wanted to sit, roll, and cuddle. I felt cold otherwise. This was entirely due to the how worn out I was. I know this for fact, since 2 months later when I was well rested, stress-free, exercising and eating well I took the exact same MDMA in the exact same dose and danced my ass of all night.
Double blind study with identical doses of pure MDMA from "back in the day" and pure MDMA produced today is really the only way to prove anything here. Theres just so much bias everywhere I try to read in this thread. Every single account of how the "good ol' MDMA" is, is pretty identical to my experience today with good, pure MDMA. And every account of how bad MDMA is today, is identical to my experiences with shite/fake MDMA.
I'm incredibly surprised the availability of MDMA from the DN hasn't set this thread straight.
EDIT: Jesus, and half this discussion is comparing fucking pressed pills. How are you supposed to keep anything consistent when the only points of reference are their hue which cartoon character they resemble