My immediate thoughts- yes I believe, Molly was the socially adopted slang term for MDMA.
Now Exstacy actually from inception and origin, is a label for MDMA specifically and only.
Which is crazy in my mind from some angle.
I was privvy to the thriving UK 90's scene. Now, as far as we considered from off, young kids, way pre internet until 2005 really for me, these mindblowing Doves, Dolphins, Elephants, Mitsubishis etc, were "Exstacy" pills.
And hence confidently reported them as such.
We knew about MDE which was plentiful, and MDA. Very distinguishable, but the best presses may have been a muddying mixture at times.
Because from the early 90's, even the legendary original White Doves were almost equally MDE to MDMA, tyoically 120-175 mg's total.
Same for many,
And then, later by 2000, much more predominantly MDMA, just flooded the country.
Crystal and powder came massively onto the scene. Again, spectacular stuff always.
But MDA pills and combos were still around up to 2005. Maybe just more batches solely MDMA, littered MDA/E/mixed.
Unlike the early to late 90's where the high quality Exstacy pill market was like a random, varying pool of all three, MDE almost if not as common as MDMA.
Not many people I knew ever spoke of MDMA back then to use that word until powder and Crystal came onto the scene.
We were all believing we were taking ecstasy when in reality we were not by definition.
I'm glad we didn't know because it was so much easier to tell my neighbours upon returning from a rave at 8 am after 9 1/2 e's that "I have taken ecstasy because instead I would have needed to say I think it might have been MDE actually so it's not technically ecstasy but they could've had some MDA in it as well. Enjoy your Sinday Mr..."
So much easier.
So there is that through the meaning and implications in my mind to how it has been misused throughout time in that sense for myself included and everybody I grew up with in England, and Wales.
Mandy! MDA.
Molly- MDMA
I like musing. Guess which is by far the most popular term overall although there is an obvious reason for that?
