the last few music festivals ive been to my crew was testing peoples shit the whole weekend. around 80% of the "molly" we tested was no good. the vast majority was methylone/butylone. a good bit was meth with just a touch of MDxx to try to fool the n00bs, and some was just bunk. the few rolls we tested had more MDxx by percentage but i didnt take any so i cant comment on the quality.
i have met people who are newer to ecstasy and cannot tell the difference between legit molly and methylone. maybe they have never had the real deal but i see neophytes falling for this stuff all the time. it bums me out because a good, clean MDMA experience is amazing and beautiful and cannot be replaced by RCs. i dont know about everyone else, but methylone just doesnt do it for me. i feel kinda good for about an hour then i start coming down and the comedown/hangover is twice as bad as the real deal. with legit MDMA/MDA its overwhelmingly euphoric--and the mood lift is off the charts compared to BK.
it is probably much more dangerous because kids most likely chase the MDMA high when they dont even have MDMA, taking way more than they would if they had the real deal. just getting cracked out, not having a beautiful empathic ecstasy experience. its sad.
MDMA is CERTAINLY still around. lately ive found more MDA than ever, which is awesome for me because i prefer it to MDMA. if you have done enough, you can kind of tell the difference between MDMA/MDA crystal to methylone/butylone. MDxx has a very sparkly shimmer thats hard to fake, almost like good coke. most BK is powdery although it can be rocked up. when it is in rocks, it isnt as translucent as MDMA, it has a cloud appearance. if you taste it IMO it has that bitter, chemical taste but its not nearly as bad as the legit stuff. for what its worth i think the brown/purple gooey "sass" that goes around is shitty-synthed MDMA/MDA. chemists have said that a poorly synthesized MDMA/MDA batch can turn out like that if it isnt cleaned up. in my experience most of that stuff is the real deal but it isnt very strong.
obviously the best way to judge it is with a test kit. i hope this garbage stops circulating as ecstasy but the demand is so high i dont see it happening, and now with the younger users not knowing the difference i dont see it going away any time soon. i just hope chemists keep on cranking out the real MDMA/MDA. i am not the biggest ecstasy user these days, but when i do it i dont wanna be bummed out by some sub-par methylone garbage.