Posted by sk on January 02, 1999 at 09:03:29 AM EST:
In Reply to: Re: ecstacy posted by core^dump on March 26, 1998 at 08:09:50 AM EST:
Nate,
I was amused to see you are not for all drugs only E. Of course it won't hurt you like speed or acid or mesc. It is a "safe" drug. bullshit. I have done all of the above and the effects of the "bomb" is just that. Do you understand what serotonin is and what effect is has on your system. The long term effects of serotonin suppression on your body are well documented. Yeh, it probably won't kill you but living with the long term effects of chronic depression may make you wish that you did. I have watched my friends become addicts of E. I tried it oncc, recognized the effects on my body and will not do it again. I am not a kid, I am 42 years old, lived thru the acid generation and wonder if the depression I suffer from sproadically now not to mention other serotonin induced problems aren't due to the "safe" drugs I did in my early twenties. I believe each person should be free to choose their own poison but should do so in a resposible informed manner. If you think E is safe, stay straight one night and watch your friends take more and more of the drug to get high. Addiction is addiction. You can get addicted to a feeling as much as a drug. If you decide that the long term effects on your body are worth a nights worth of feeling, go for it. I for one know that it isn't, from experience.