phase_dancer
Bluelight Crew
While it's no guarantee, a tiny piece of a tablet placed under the tongue should in most cases be sufficient to indicate whether or not the person may be prone to having an allergic reaction to the drug. In fact, for those who are new to the drug and are intent on taking it regardless of what is said, my suggestion has always been to at least first test for a possible allergy. A negative (no apparent reaction) should then be followed by ingesting a small amount only, and waiting for effects of the drug to manifest before deciding it's safe to take a regular dose.
In all my years working in HM, I have only seen one allergic type reaction to the tongue test. This was with a 30 something yo lady who had a nasty immune related disorder. She was also on other medication and had indicated that meth and some steroid medications had reacted very badly with her. Needless to say, after the hot flushes, blotchy skin and dizziness, she didn't take any more MDMA.
HR practices like this are nothing new, but were probably more widely adopted a few years ago, when newbees tended to be more careful in their approach to the drug. However, getting the message to users these days seems much more difficult, as coercive friends are often the only ones consulted.
MDMA does kill some people. But with a low-med dose this number is quite low when compared to many OTC pharmaceuticals. But IMO that doesn't necessarily mean that overall it is always less harmful. There are many predisposing conditions that can significantly alter the risk factor of most sympathomimetics, and MDMA is no exception. A friend of mine died after consuming MDMA. He had a heart problem which he knew about, but had taken MDMA on many occasions without any problem. However, combined with a bit of alcohol and lots of sex, it all was too much for his weak heart. Perhaps he would have died anyway - perhaps not. But there's no denying the risk was substantially increased by consuming something that raised his blood pressure, body temperature and heart rate.
What would be interesting is to discover what percentage of deaths were from the "first pill" compared to deaths of experienced MDMA users. Then there's the deaths reported as being caused by ecstasy that were in fact the result of another drug or E substitute such as PMA. In reality, with an illicit substance which, as we all know, varies so much between tablets, such a detailed account of user history and drug specifics would be near impossible to accurately register.
What's worse as I see it, and likely to become more common as time goes on, is substitution with other substances that can also be produced in a clandestine environment. Available precursors and starting materials for MDMA are quickly becoming a rarity. So, will anise, nutmeg and other off the shelf raw materials be the future starting materials for *Ecstasy like [sic] substances*? My bet is that it's already happening.
One then has to ask: In such a scenario, will MDMA be wrongfully associated with deaths related to these tablets; tablets bought and sold as Ecstasy?
In all my years working in HM, I have only seen one allergic type reaction to the tongue test. This was with a 30 something yo lady who had a nasty immune related disorder. She was also on other medication and had indicated that meth and some steroid medications had reacted very badly with her. Needless to say, after the hot flushes, blotchy skin and dizziness, she didn't take any more MDMA.
HR practices like this are nothing new, but were probably more widely adopted a few years ago, when newbees tended to be more careful in their approach to the drug. However, getting the message to users these days seems much more difficult, as coercive friends are often the only ones consulted.
MDMA does kill some people. But with a low-med dose this number is quite low when compared to many OTC pharmaceuticals. But IMO that doesn't necessarily mean that overall it is always less harmful. There are many predisposing conditions that can significantly alter the risk factor of most sympathomimetics, and MDMA is no exception. A friend of mine died after consuming MDMA. He had a heart problem which he knew about, but had taken MDMA on many occasions without any problem. However, combined with a bit of alcohol and lots of sex, it all was too much for his weak heart. Perhaps he would have died anyway - perhaps not. But there's no denying the risk was substantially increased by consuming something that raised his blood pressure, body temperature and heart rate.
What would be interesting is to discover what percentage of deaths were from the "first pill" compared to deaths of experienced MDMA users. Then there's the deaths reported as being caused by ecstasy that were in fact the result of another drug or E substitute such as PMA. In reality, with an illicit substance which, as we all know, varies so much between tablets, such a detailed account of user history and drug specifics would be near impossible to accurately register.
What's worse as I see it, and likely to become more common as time goes on, is substitution with other substances that can also be produced in a clandestine environment. Available precursors and starting materials for MDMA are quickly becoming a rarity. So, will anise, nutmeg and other off the shelf raw materials be the future starting materials for *Ecstasy like [sic] substances*? My bet is that it's already happening.
One then has to ask: In such a scenario, will MDMA be wrongfully associated with deaths related to these tablets; tablets bought and sold as Ecstasy?
