Came across this the other day
https://dancesafe.org/why-are-ecstasy-pills-so-strong-at-the-moment/
I've chatted to Mike Power before, he's as honest a journalist as we're likely to get on the matter. Interesting thing I thought was the chemist he conversed with says PMK-glycidate is legal. I could agree with everything else it says aswell there is definitely more MDMA around, and cheaper than ever before.
He was on here, asking questions, at one point! I remember. A lot of that information has come from this site.
Had two different lots of MDMA, at a rave, at weekend, with two other mates. I made us a 120mg-ish capsule to start with, and a 50-70mg capsule to top up with, which should have been sufficient, if it was decent stuff. We'd all had speed beforehand, so had plenty of energy. The first capsule didn't seem to do much, but definitely didn't have an unwanted effect. The redose quickly made two of us mongy, but speed turned it into an acceptable high. That particular mate said she didn't even come up, despite being a fairly new user of MDMA. I felt like I was coming up, but it then stopped. Typical Dutch shite. As we'd all had speed before, it didn't ruin our night, but there were a lot of people at this rave that were walking about like zombies, who looked like they'd taken the same sort of stuff. I don't understand how MDMA is even still popular, because I didn't see anyone who looked truly ecstatic. I know I used to walk around a club feeling like I was walking on clouds, and I'd be grinding my teeth immensely, with my eyes rolling about. I didn't see many people who looked like that; in fact, quite a few looked monged-out, antisocial, and like they didn't want to be there. For an event that large, with a lot of people who were likely new to pills/MDMA, it was obvious to see the difference that new stuff has caused. If it'd been ten years ago, the whole place would have been completely different.
When people on MDMA are pushing their way through a dance floor full of people, with no emotion on their face, occasionally muttering 'sorry' to someone that they've banged into, it's obvious there's an issue. Even when I've taken far too many proper pills, I'm still extremely friendly to everyone. When people taking MDMA aren't even gurning, and their eyes are nearly shut, that makes me believe that it's exactly how Sprout has described; extremely serotoninergic and not much else. My pupils always dilate massively on MDMA, even if it's shit, which would back that up. I'm just glad speed seemed to even things out, and made the MDMA passable. That dopamine kick is what shitty MDMA is lacking.
The hunt continues!
Edit: Cheers for that link, Sprout. Even 14 years after I started taking MDMA, the jury is still out on whether it's truly neurotoxic. From my ridiculous use, and others around me, I'd say that it hasn't made a bit of difference. My memory is alarmingly good, despite what I've done in the past, and continue to do. I'm not depressed for no reason, and I feel like MDMA has done me some real favours, without any particularly negative effects, other than comedowns. That's true of mates that also used MDMA/MDA heavily. I've personally never been in a better place, when it comes to learning and getting a career. If MDMA is neurotoxic, it seems to make little to difference, once it's discontinued. If people can abuse meth (definitely neurotoxic, but no one knows to what extent), and recover, then no one using MDMA should be too concerned about it causing damage. If anything, it's going to just worry users, and cause anxiety.
MDMA is at its best at one or 2 doses in a club environment.
