Legal Alternative to Replace Ecstasy

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Stargate International, an organisation committed to minimising harm associated with illegal drug use, is currently running a private, small-scale trial of safer, non-therapeutic legal alternatives to ecstasy.

The trial product, called Ease, is being trialed as a legal alternative to ecstasy, without the serious adverse side effects associated with street ecstasy. It is not available in any shops, is restricted to people over 21 and is being trialed only as a safer alternative for people who might otherwise use street ecstasy.

Stargate International Founder, Matt Bowden, said since a member of his family was one of the few New Zealanders to die as a result of taking ecstasy, that he was committed to developing safer, legal alternatives to prevent further drug-related deaths.

“Human beings have taken substances that affect the way they feel since the beginning of time, and they always will. The challenge we all face is to make this behaviour as safe as possible, and this is what this trial is all about.”

Mr Bowden said New Zealanders were becoming more realistic about drug use with the realisation that it was widespread across all sectors of society. He said the public was becoming less interested in harsh punishment of recreational drug users and more concerned with ensuring their safety.

“Recreational drug use in New Zealand is however becoming a public health issue. The community is much less interested now in seeing people imprisoned, punished or stigmatized for recreational drug use, and no longer judges people for it,” he said.

“The challenge for us all now is on how to keep people safe. You could take the approach of trying to ban everything that people might choose to use and enjoy but never, anywhere in the world, has this been successful at stopping the use of banned substances, or at reducing their harm,” he said.

Mr Bowden said “Ecstasy has a number of neuro-toxic properties which can damage the brain, however animal studies suggest that Ease does not share the mechanism by which brain damage and addictive effects are thought to be produced, so Ease should have considerably less potential for harm than ecstasy.”

“Through our designerpills.com website and selected events Stargate is offering this new product on a clinical trial basis to people who might otherwise use ecstasy. It is tightly controlled, is under patent, cannot be sold in any shops, is restricted to people over the age of 21 and is designed as a ‘gateway off’ ecstasy use. Participants in the trial are assessed for further treatment needs.

“We have taken advice on the legality of these trials, and are strictly enforcing best practice safety procedures.”

“This is an innovative, yet commonsense approach to minimising the harm of illegal drug use. While this is just a trial, I believe it has real potential to save lives and keep people safe,” said Mr Bowden.


“If we can develop safer, legal alternatives to these drugs then we are keeping people safe and alive, and dealing a blow to organized crime.

“This is what this trial is all about. I expect it to be well supported by people with the best interests of the community at heart.”


Matt Bowden
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"Human beings have taken substances that affect the way they feel since the beginning of time, and they always will."

and this doesn't apply to under 21's? :p
 
the only legal alternative to ecstasy is simply not taking it at all i cant think of anyway u could possibly replicate an ecstasy experience without taking mdma

its like replacing a trip to the beach with a sandpit and a bucket of water
 
bigmac74 said:
"Human beings have taken substances that affect the way they feel since the beginning of time, and they always will."

and this doesn't apply to under 21's? :p
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I think that is more for legal reasons than anything else. It shows they are being responsible i suppose.
 
What substance is used in "ease" as an alternative and does it do the same thing as MDMA?
 
Also, how can a drug called "Ease" become compared to something as stimulating as "Ecstacy" hehe. It sounds like the complete opposite. Ease sounds more like an opiate/benzo type deal ( obviously not). Ecstacy well, only you can decide on what that means to you.
 
methylone?

Hmmm, they haven't said what's in this EASE, assuming it's going to be something different from BZP as they mentioned patents etc (+that would be pointless as they are already selling lots of it), maybe it is methylone.

Seeing as methylone has little evidence of neurotoxicity (Correct me if i'm wrong but this would simply be because it's so new) they might be going along that route???

Sound possible?

- RB

Methylone does also feel like a step down from mdma + would be a very effective harm minimisation simply by being sold as a pure reliable substance. There was also little bad news coverage or comments on anyone having bad reactions to 'explosion' when it was sold.
 
PureLife said:
Also, how can a drug called "Ease" become compared to something as stimulating as "Ecstacy" hehe. It sounds like the complete opposite. Ease sounds more like an opiate/benzo type deal ( obviously not). Ecstacy well, only you can decide on what that means to you.
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^yup
 
Well, this rings about a 9 on my bullshit meter, but if they can get ANY recreational drug (even a half-assed analogue) publicly and legally accepted, more power to 'em. The goal is to try to train the broader public to accept that recreational use of drugs other than alcohol can be a reasonable and responsible activity.
 
Anyone constructing an add for a drug without even saying what it contains is a vendor of snake oil in my mind. It's easy to give an idealistic rant about the implications of legal drugs, but there's no basis in reality to support it.

I don't expect to hear much about this one in the future.
 
The goal is to try to train the broader public to accept that recreational use of drugs other than alcohol can be a reasonable and responsible activity.
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I wish they'd become successful in this goal.
 
doesn't bzp have more health risks than mdma?

seems like some kind of ephedrine to me.(the legal ecstacy here before it got banned)
 
Its definaltey BZP thats what we get down here in new zealand , its no substitute for MDMA and yeah it probabley has the same if not more side affects.
 
^BZP is already available in New Zealand though... correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't this substance be "new" and "innovative" to the market as they said? (unless, of course... it's false advertising)
BZP, hmmm... I haven't heard much good feedback from this stuff, apparantly yeh, it does energise you and give you some slight Opened Eye Visuals, but the euphoria is very minimal and the bodyload and comedown is apparantly almost unbearable.
Also, I am sure that the New Zealand Government were thinking of taking BZP off the market due to a few people misusing the substance earlier this year ( a couple of overdoses) could be wrong though.

edit: BTW don't even bother becoming a member of designerpills.com the website doesn't even let you become one anyways. Or incomplete? I just wasted 10mins of my life.
 
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