sends out the wrong message, don't you think?
i dont think so, just because this evidence suggests ecstasy is safer than you thought or doesnt fit your preconceived notions doesnt mean you should suppress it. the fact is if you go out horse riding today or you were to take an ecstasy pill; you'd have a greater chance of dying, horse riding.
this information isnt anything new:
"Ecstasy is a remarkably safe substance, far safer than aspirin. It is far less dangerous than tobacco or alcohol, both of which are freely available."
Richard Brunstrom, chief constable of North Wales
BBC Horizon did a documentary called 'is alcohol worse than ecstasy?' where they took the 20 most popular intoxicants and rated them in from most dangerous to least dangerous based on the danger to the user, the danger to society and its addictiveness.they listed alcohol, tobacco, marijuana all to be more dangerous than ecstasy.
you can watch it here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6108672696241807159&hl=en
id turn your question on its head, if these multiple studdies show that ecstasy isnt as dangerous as once thought, then why is it a class A substance?
Besides you can wear PPE when riding a horse!
you can act responsibly when taking ecstasy. the vast majority of deaths occur when users either dont drink enough water and dehydrate and die from overheating or when they drink far too much water which induces water poisoning and you die from pressure on the brain. if these two causes where addressed the death level would be much lower.
you also made a reference that we dont know how the drug will affect this generation in the futur. thats simply not tru extasy isnt a new drug there have been longterm studies on its use. if you take extasy today, in 6 months your brain will be indistinguishable from someone who hasnt taken ectasy.
