Survey - Would YOu Make MDMA Legal Or Illegal if you Could ?

[Trentonian]

I would keep it illegal. It's illegal now and we all still get it, do it and have fun. Legalizing it would only cause problems imo.( If I could it make it legal for Medicinal Use. E works wonders for therapists.)

 

[purplefirefly]

I would keep it illegal. It's illegal now and we all still get it, do it and have fun. Legalizing it would only cause problems imo.( If I could it make it legal for Medicinal Use. E works wonders for therapists.)

Yeah we get it...but for those who do not or are not able to test each time you really take a gamble on what you are actually getting. Pills are cut to shit with DXM, Meth, K, or any other household stubstance. Wouldn't it be nice to be to able to go pick something up that you knew for sure beyond the shadow of a doubt was MDMA?????

 

[Kkool]

What did you think the response would be to this question on this specific message board? 8)

Anyway, I'm for legalizing the possession of ALL drugs, but distribution is a whole other topic. The government will never regulate the drug market because regulating it implies that it respects the right of these drugs to exist, and that implies that using drugs is socially acceptable and expected. I don't think America could come to terms with legalizing any drug because of all of the internal dissention about drugs. Therefore, distribution could never be made legal in my opinion.

The only thing I could forsee working is to make possession a lesser crime similar to a traffic ticket to clear up our jails. Let's face it, possession charges are costing the United States a lot of money in court prosecution and jailing costs.

In an idealistic world, however, yea of course legalize all drugs totally.. my body my choice. And all that jazz %)

 

[syymphonatic]

^^[edit]^^wow i didn't even read yours before i posted but you, in my opinion, on the money! same idea that i was trying to say (pardon me i'm a tad intoxicated).

i would not legalize it or regulate it for the public. i think that it's pretty idealogical to think that it would have a public market big enough to make it worthwhile to the powers that be to carry through with. plus part of the fun, at least for me, is that it's NOT really a mainstream and common experience... i wouldn't want it to get that way!!
i'd maybe reschedule it and make it available as a theraputic drug for doctors to use. and still let us have our own fun behind their backs %)

 

[Sleaze]

Too many Ecstasy users have a lack of respect when it comes to the drug. If it was made legal, then the potential of these people abusing it even more would increase.

Maybe if the Government provided us with facts, instead of just scare tatics, there wouldn't be so many people out there, walking around with no fucking idea. Until those people are sorted, there'll be no chance of it ever being legalised.

 

[GrOwThSpUrT]

Legal because it would improve the information people receive. But I would have it regulated to make it harder for people to go absolutely crazy with it.

It would also be better, because then people would be taking mdma when they want to instead of XTC which could contain any number of drugs. At least here in Holland you can get them tested for free, so you know what you're putting into your body and in what quantities.

I don't like mdma myself, I think it's definitely not good for people, but I strongly believe in the right to choose. And even now with mdma illegal all over the world people are popping them like crazy. It'd just be better to make it legal and in doing so improve safety and let people be aware of what they're doing.

 

[Im_a_zero]

lol @ anyone who said to legalize it

 

[RaverRack]

i would make it legal for medical use at first. then, depending on how things go, eventually legalize for personal use by adults 21+. i feel 18 is too young as most people are still growing and just out of high school and therefore the maturity level isn't where it needs to be to use MDMA responsibly. granted, there are some adults that abuse MDMA but for the most part, i think they can handle it.

I pretty much agree with this one.

Initially i would promote legalization for medical and theraputic uses. I would promote extensive long / term study during this phase. It would be critical this research is conducted by numerous unaffiliated private research firms. In time depending on outcomes of said research combined with case studies where it's been used clinically I would then move to promote it's legalization for ADULTS. I agree with the 21+ age limit. There is PLENTY of data out there that suggests legalization REDUCES use, and I think it would be hard for ANYONE to aruge that legal "e" (MDMA) would ensure it's safer for consumption by eliminating the risk of getting harmful adulterants (or even an entirely different substance) in your pills.

 

[SmC]

i'd have to go with illegal because, although there are alot of people who use drugs 'wisely' (i won't launch into discussion about exactly how one can use drugs wisely, but you know what i'm saying), there will always be just as many if not more people who use drugs just as an excuse to get 'so fucked up'.

So why should the ones who use E wisely get punished because of those who don't use it wisely? It is punishing us responible users by keeping them illegal.

i think that the current lack of sufficient education concerning drugs would ensure a sharp rise in drug related illnesses, accidents and deaths, should certain psychoactives be made legal (therefor removing any remainding taboo).

That's why there should be more education made available to the public on E/ other drugs if they became legal.

on the other hand, bagera tomorrow makes a very good point. legalising ecstacy could rid us of the hassles of adulterated pills, etc.

overall i think i would rather it just stay illegal, and those who seek education shall find, and those who seek enlightenment shall find, regardless of any rules and regulations. freedom comes from within.

So we should just keep E illegal which will no doubt result in more innocent drug users ending up in prison? I really can't understand your logic. By keeping E illegal you are saying we should not be able to do what we want with our bodies. It's my body, my right, I should be able to take drugs without the fear of being arrested.

(P.S. btw I agree with the point that there should be a certain age limit, either 18 or 21 sounds good to me)

 

[SmC]

lol @ anyone who said to legalize it

Why LOL @ us? 8)

 

[Kkool]

i would make it legal for medical use at first. then, depending on how things go, eventually legalize for personal use by adults 21+. i feel 18 is too young as most people are still growing and just out of high school and therefore the maturity level isn't where it needs to be to use MDMA responsibly. granted, there are some adults that abuse MDMA but for the most part, i think they can handle it.

In America, 18 is the legal age of an adult. Technically, there should be no difference between an 18 year old and a 49 year old, but these laws that keep the drinking age at 21 and other laws in some states that raised the minimum age to purchase cigarettes to over 18 are ludicrous.

It's essentially discrimination based on age. If there is such a difference between age 21 and age 18, the legal age of adulthood should be changed to 21 as a federal law, making 21 also the minimum age to enroll in the armed forces. Until then, I don't think they should be allowed to make any laws that restrict purchase of legal items at the legal adult age of 18.

I still don't think any "hard" drug would be legalized and regulated though realistically.. too much of a cultural taboo on it.

 

[~*geNeRaTiOn E*~]

as i said, the reason 18 is the legal age of "adulthood" is because most are just out of high school and are making LIFE decisions. you're choosing a career path or choosing what college you want to attend and if you're not labeled as an "adult" you won't have a choice in the matter.

i know that at 18 i was mature but definitely not as mature as i am now at 21. 3 years really DOES make a difference. i'm more experienced, have more knowledge and am able to make more rational decisions based on the experience/knowledge i have acquired over those 3 years. it has been proven that teenagers do not have the ability to process things rationally like their older counterparts do. that's just my reasoning

 

[Kkool]

So where do you draw the line? Why not 22? or 23? People often get wiser as they get older... so why not 30?

My point is, the age of adulthood is already arbitrary. If you're going to set the age at 18, give them all of the rights of adults and stick to it. If you're going to restrict certain items until 21, make the legal age of adulthood 21.

 

[~*geNeRaTiOn E*~]

you make good points. but this is about legalizing MDMA, not the legal age of adulthood. my apologies for getting off track.

if you'd like to continue this privately, i'm available via PM.

 

[djshibbs]

illegal.... i wouldnt make as much $ if it were legal....

and then everybody would be E-TARDED

 

[liquid arcadia]

if it were legal we'd have a world full of etards instead of a select population of drug users who use them. not everyone realizes alchohol is a drug

 

[Diacetylus]

Too many Ecstasy users have a lack of respect when it comes to the drug. If it was made legal, then the potential of these people abusing it even more would increase.

Maybe if the Government provided us with facts, instead of just scare tatics, there wouldn't be so many people out there, walking around with no fucking idea. Until those people are sorted, there'll be no chance of it ever being legalised.

I scanned both pages, but the first sentences in your post caught my eye and I have to totally agree with you there.
The problem with MDMA and other related compounds is that, if abused over a short-term (say a month), there are long-term consequences such as memory-loss, depression, HPPD, anxiety and so-forth.
Legalising it will most certainly make the Government and Health Departments liable for the increase in misuse of the drug and the widespread negative long-term side-effects.

I personally think that it should be quasi-legal. Maybe, a mandatory course on MDMA should have to be completed (for those who want to use it) and a license issued upon completion. This license could offer those who want to use MDMA access to the drug under stringent and monitored conditions.
Example: There are only so many MDMA pills that will be issued to the user per year. Let us just pretend, 2, 100milligram pills per person that must be consumed on the premises of the venue. 3-4 times a year maximum, or something.

They could have small booths (like the mini-pharmacies in S.E.A.) on the street near well-known social venues, etc...

Of course, none of this is really realistic and will probably never happen in my lifetime. But, you never know. Some day, maybe.

 

[djshibbs]

"They could have small booths (like the mini-pharmacies in S.E.A.) on the street near well-known social venues, etc..."



hehe if they had ecstasy that shit would be getting robbed daily on the hour.

 

[Hedonist9]

legalize and control. age limit, yes. perscription, probably not. Tax, heavily.

 

[indelibleface]

I don't think any drug should be regulated. It's against basic individual rights.

Regardless if some people are uneducated and hurt themselves with drugs -- it should be and is an inalienable right to be able to ingest any drug whatsoever if it is yours. It is completely, one-hundred percent irrelevant that some people might kill themselves with drugs. Many people hurt themselves with knives, power tools, sudden cliffs, automobiles, drinking, and aspirin every year. And none of these are illegal. We shouldn't even have a mandatory class on MDMA, as one person suggested. Nothing like that should be mandatory. That's just the government playing the national babysitter again. Individual rights are the most important rights we have, and no power should have control over that.

I think if all drugs were made legal tomorrow, we'd have a bit of a national crisis with the way our society is currently based. I think that if it was more of a gradual process, we'd have more time to adjust our society from a nearly religious based moral structure to a free-thinking, individual rights centric, libertarian based society. This is how I think it will happen in the end, albeit very gradually. So gradually, in fact, that it won't happen in our lifetime, especially in this country.

Education should be increased in this case, if all drugs were legalized. The focus should change from abstinence teaching to harm reduction. In time, people would learn. Perhaps drug related deaths would temporarily increase at first, but the numbers would drop greatly with time as the truths become known and people become able to discern fact from fiction.

Yes, regulation might prevent some deaths, but regulation is just another foothold that people who favor anti-personal-rights legislation can latch onto. I agree that non-regulation probably won't work in our current US society, the way our attitudes are. This is why I think a gradual change is necessary to get everyone on the same wavelength as the people on Bluelight, and of course, this could take an eternity.

Sorry for the unfocused rant, I'm a bit tired!