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POV: Ecstasy and Club Drugs When I was web surfing and hit this page...I wanted to cry. Something just hit me...I wasn't the only one. I have been having nightmares for several months after only having taken ecstasy one time in my life. Oddly enough, it was the best and worse night of my life. And now I can officially say it was the worst. I can't stress enough to anyone who hasn't taken the drug NOT to! The night I had taken it, was great! I had gone to the club, having already been drinking; met up w/ a guy I had just met...and had been drunk to a certain extent when I had accepted his offer for a pill. I popped one at the club, and later ended up hours away at his house having just met him at the club. While at his house, I had taken more, about 2 more...within 4-5 hours. Yes, it was an incredible "feeling", but the next minute you know I'm in the bathroom in death's hands. I never would have thought that a little pill could bring so much joy and disaster to a person. I was completely dehydrated, so while splashing water on my face in the bathroom I had turned to leave but only to see myself in the mirror. I turned around and realized my back spine was completely swollen at each vertebrae. Something was very wrong. Still to this day I'm not exactly sure what, but it dealt w/ my spine, possibly due to a bad reaction of alcohol. My spine was black and blue, reddened an extremely swollen at each knob up and down my back. I tried to calm myself down and not think anything of it, because I was still "rolling." Not too long after I was given a massage by the guy, blood started leaking out of my nose and mouth. Whether it had been the alcohol, the overdose or both, I was scared to death, and I once again ran to the bathroom. I knew at that moment I was going to die one way or the other. I wanted to go to the hospital, but nobody wanted to take me because no one wanted to take the blame for my possible death or whatever might have happened. So I sat in a room w/ this guy who gave me the pill, cocked up on a pillow praying my head off. All I wanted to do was go home, and wished I had never taken the pill. The thought of me dying was clearly in my head, and all I wanted was to at least be home, even if I had to die this way...where my mom knew where I was, what had happened, and I could see my family one last time. It was the scariest thing in my life. I knew if I died then and there, my mom wouldn't have known what had happened. I didn't know these guys well enough to know what they would do with me. If I would have died they honestly could have thrown me in a bag and left me anywhere, just for their own sake of not getting in trouble. It goes to show that you can't trust ANYONE! Another thing I stress on anyone, no matter how old you are. Luckily, I am alive, but I'm left with the days, months, and years after the trauma. I have to deal w/ what it's done to me for my whole life. I'm scared to get a cat scan...but that's in my future agenda. All I know is that I've read everyone's comments about after effects. I've been experiencing everything, you name it. Depression, anxiety, stress, re-occurring nightmares of the night, and bad headaches were a few things that affected me after I took ecstasy. I almost died and I even feel mentally there's something very different about me. I'm scared to know what will happen down the road from now, or how much damage I really caused. It only took one night, a few pills, and drinking alcohol. This drug is very fatal, and I'm so thankful I'm alive. I can't describe how hard it is coping with these nightmares all the time. I wake up in a sweat just thanking God, and being so thankful it's just another nightmare. I pray in time the nightmares will fade away. If there's one
thing I'd like to get out to everyone reading this is that NO
DRUG is worth the roll or high. Be happy with life as it is, thankful to
be alive; there are other ways to enjoy life...you don't have to use drugs
to enhance it. You'll only cut your life short and or kill yourself. In your
life you are only let so much seritonin in your body, which gives you the
"happy drive"...when you take this pill, you lose that. You can't gain it
back, once it is gone, it's gone. Plain and simple, that's what leads to the
depression, and makes life seems so dull. Take my advice: STAY AWAY from
it, and advise others too! Don't let your friends or anyone you know ruin
there life! God bless!!! 
I was always a very level-headed person in high school and I always knew morally what was right and what was wrong. However, for some reason, my life took a turn for the worst and I began looking down on myself and making decisions I'd never make ordinarily. That's when drugs became my friend. I did Exctasy because it made me feel better than I knew anyone else could. I felt warm and happy, something that hadn't happend in a long time. Perhaps my bad experience with it was the best thing that could happen to me. I had a bad trip and experienced horrible nightmares. I couldn't eat or sleep. In fact, I was afraid to sleep, knowing what was lurking in my dreams. I felt horrible for days and began to think that my life was never the same. I definitely took a reality check on myself and realized that life wasn't worth wasting away. I haven't touched X since then, and although that "urge" (that will always be there) sometimes fills up my insides, I remind myself how horrible I felt. I started raving about two months ago. It became a weekly thing. Before that I'd never tried Ecstacy. By my second rave my friends were already encouraging me to try a pill and saying that I'll love it and I'll be fine. I liked it, I liked being on it. I took someone home that night and we ended up arguing because I had led them on while I was experiencing the heightened sexual emotions of the pill. Since then I've had relationship problems. It was over a month until I realized that I'd not gone a period of seven days without taking a pill. And each time I dropped, the next days "come down" was more depressing. It's like you need more of it just to keep you happy. Just to keep the serotonin levels correct that the drug messes up long-term in the first place. My grades dropped quick during the end of the year and I lost my job because I called in sick too often, because I was taking E too often. The more you take it the more you start to see nothing in your future. [It was affecting] my brain and its normal thought patterns. I was losing myself quick and could hardly remember the little things I use to do that made me happy and made me feel comfortable to be me. I was nothing but a drug-addict. I was addicted to Ecstacy.
I have now only been sober for two weeks but this accomplishment only cheers me on for longer. I know that I am an intelligent person who let himself down when I took drugs. This isn't something I learned in rehab, this I something I taught and went through myself when I decided I was no longer happy with myself and I wanted to change it. It is not at all to brag, but I am better than that, I've always known I am an intelligent person with a lot of insight and potential and the proof is that I saved myself, and I did it a lot quicker than most people. I know myself and who I am now better than I ever have and I love myself too much to lose myself again. Because the feeling that you no longer recognize the face in the mirror with bags under his eyes, pale face, and messy hair, is the most hurtful pain I have never imagined. I hope that I have helped some of you readers in educating you and saving you from my experiences. Stay educated and informed and don't buy in or sell out easy. May peace, love, unity reign.
Hi, my name is Jessica. I saw your episode on exstasy and club drugs. I thought it was pretty interesting and pretty scary. I've had a substance abuse problem that started my freshman year in high school. I went through severe depression, I lost a lot of my friends, and I made friends with new people who were basically just people who were interested in getting high. I became promiscuous, and I had completely lost touch with reality. The show you put on was really educational but I think that if we're ever going to help kids understand to stop doing drugs we have to start in middle school, get graphic, have kids come in and talk to them. Basically, I think that if I was more educated on the dangers of exstasy and other drugs when I got into high school I might have made different decisions. Once you become addicted it's real hard to go back. I have been taking Ecstasy for the last four years of my life. It was only just recently that I realized how much I needed to stop it! If you're intereseted in my thoughts then by all means read on, you may learn something! I was about 15 when I dumped my first pill, my best friend at the time and I had been interested in the drug for quite some time as we were just getting sick of the pot we were constantly smoking. We needed alternatives! So together we decided X was the way to go! It was easily accessible as at this point we had begun to hang around some people that were a lot older and more experienced than us! Before we did this though, I began reading everything I could about it! I looked up sites that basically said "If you're gonna do it then do it this way." They were sites that basically gave insight on how to handle bad situations and feelings that may arise as a result of the drug. After being informed of what can happen, we entered a party and half an hour later dumped our first pill. During that first 20 minutes I was so scared about the repercussions of what could happen, then it kicked in. I won't lie...it was one of the most awesome experiences I've ever had in my life. Still, it is because of this experience that the next 4 years of my life would be completely different. Me and my friend would go hard for a few months, then settle down, then go hard for the next 2 years. Then she decided she was over it, it was just getting too much! I however pushed through and kept going! Last year would have had to have been the biggest blur of my life. I was enrolled in Uni but never went, instead I was partying about 5 nights a week, I found a new bunch of friends with a need to take the drug so in those 5 nights people would literally throw pills into my mouth. I've seen many a people tweak, flip out, vomit, be so smashed that they didnt even know who they were! I ended up at people's houses that I didn't even know or maybe had met on the night for recoveries. The friends that I did have were distant and I hardly ever saw them. These days they remind me that when they did see me it was difficult holding a conversation with me coz I'd still be smashed or completely scattered. One day at the end of last year, I finally just snapped out of it and decided to get my ass into gear. The last time I took a pill that year would have been New Year's and since then only twice... but both those times I realized it wasn't something I missed!
The first time I took E was with people I trusted and still to this day trust. I have only tried one other drug and that is pot and the first time I did that, I was scared out of my mind. The first time being offered to take a bean, I didn't think twice about it, I just took it and I loved it. Since that first time about two months ago, I've done it three other times. I can say that only one of my experiences was bad. I freaked out and was sweating and shaking so much it scared me. I couldn't be around anyone and sat in my friend's car for what seemed like 20 minutes and turned out to be two hours. I am not trying to say that it is a good thing to do because I have been researching it and have found out a lot about it, but I will say I am going to think twice about the next time I am offered E.
I can honestly say that I've done X more than 10 times within
a 4 month period. The first time I did it was the very begginning of my
junior year, right after my 16th birthday. My best friend had tried it and she told me I'd absolutely love it, and she was right, I did. The feeling I got all throughout my body was unlike anything else, I can't even explain it. It just feels like you're floating, without a care in the world. I felt awesome. However, after about an hour or so of "rollin", I started drifting in and out of what seemed like sleep, but in reality only lasted a minute or two. I started mumbling things out of nowhere, things that didn't even make any sense. Although I've never experienced any seriously dangerous effects, I have since quit using X and I've been clean for about 4 months now. I plan to stay that way to so that I can savor what I have left of my brain. I encourage everyone out there to do the same. X is a VERY VERY addictive drug, no matter what anyone says.
Yes, I have tried "E". It was a wonderful feeling but I woke up
the next morning feeling sick. I have taken "E" twice since I tried it for the first time. It has screwed my life up and I regret it. I now suffer with depression. To anyone who wants to take "E", I am not saying don't take it, but nor am I saying go out, take it, it's gonna make you feel good. For those who want to take this drug,
do some rearching on this drug before you do it.
I have done ecstasy twice and I can honestly say that is has changed my life forever. A week after the first time, I was admitted to the hospital for severe anxiety and panic attacks. I thought I was going to die. That was followed by depression and cloudy thinking, I was a mess. I felt really strange for about four months, and then the feelings started to subside. My life was finally on track and it felt great. However, one night at a bar someone offered me a pill. I felt fine, so I agreed. I had an awesome time and thought that I would feel okay the next day...I couldn't have been more wrong. When I was going to sleep that night I started babbling to myself, making absolutely no sense and falling in and out of what I thought was sleep. The next day I was afraid to talk and just felt really strange. Two weeks later, I was admitted to an outpatient program in a mental heatlh facility. To this day, I still suffer from anxiety and depression.
I started getting into "X" when I was 15 years old. It all started on Homecoming night. i was supposed to go to the football game and instead i went to a house party witha couple of friends. My best friend and I got offered and I really didn't want to do it, being an athlete and all. But of course being me, always wanting to try something new, I did it. I absolutely loved it! The feeling I got, and just how open I could be. It was great. I would start doing it almost every weekend, or whenever I could get my hands on it. I really didn't think anything could happen to me with it, I'd seen smart people take it, so I thought hey...
One day came and I took a pill that night, only one, and luckily I was with someone I knew VERY well...That night was the worst. I couldn't breathe at all...It took everything to try and breathe. My eyes wouldn't stay open and I would just fall out every once in awhile and wouldn't even know. It was the scariest night of my life, I thought I was going to die. Luckily, my friend was a medic and helped me through. But I must tell you, some of that stuff can do some crazy shit. It doesn't matter if nothing's happened to you before, 'cause it could happen. Just watch out and be careful.
No, I havent tried X yet. One of my closest friends has been doing it for a long time now, and all I hear about every time we talk is how much he loves that drug. I have came really close to doing X before. My friend was gonna buy it for me, he even had my money in his pocket. He was gonna buy it for me the next day. That night I talked to someone that is like a brother to me. He rolls a lot and he knows how addictive it is. He literally begged me not to do it. Before I got off of the phone with him he had me crying. I was really scared because of some of the stories that he told me about X. He didn't want me to get addicted to the stuff like he is. So the next day I called my friend and told him to give me my money back because I didn't want to do it any more. I was really proud of myself for a while. But then that same friend of mine that talked so highly about X before has almost got me talked into it again. When I think about it I feel really dumb because now I know the "bad" side of the drug.
The first time that I ever tried ecstasy, I was about 19. I had met some people at the club, and we all became pretty good friends-- one of them even became my boyfriend. In the begining I would only do one. Then the more I did it, which was every weekend, I would probably take at least three or four in one night. Later down the road, I started to take GHB, and one time I took too much and collapsed at the club. I had to go to the hospital. I was unconcious for a long time, they had to put me on life support, very scary stuff!! So now I haven't touched any of that stuff for more than a year, and never will again. When people come up to me in the clubs and ask random people if they have any ectasy or liquid G, it just makes me so mad because they have no idea what they are getting themselves into. It's really sad.
Yes, I tried Ecstasy at a pretty young age, I guess. I was like 13 or 14, so that was like 4 years ago. I started getting into drugs at a very young age. I was fed a pill by a friend and ate them on and off for about 2 years. Then I started going to "raves" and met kids that told me about the dangers of the drug, and then I saw what kids looked like on the drug and that was the end of my druggie days. How anybody could look at those pathetic kids all e-tarded out and think it's cool is beyond me. I'd really like to see people looking at the other things in the "rave" scene because of these new kids, we're being shut down. This scene has been here longer than I've been alive and our generation destroys it.
I never thought it would be me. I never thought that I would be addicted to "E". I never thought I would end up how I am today...on the verge of manic depression, a disease which changes the way you live forever. I took E so many times I can't even count. I emptied out my bank account and started getting it for free. I did everything for it. I don't know why I did it, but I wish I had a reason. My parents never knew and they still don't. This went on for a year until I realized that something was wrong with me. I lost so much weight and got major kidney problems. I was in the hospital for days. I stopped taking E after my friend was diagnosed with bipolar disease, or manic depression. Drugs may take away the pain you feel inside, but they leave devastation in your body that will haunt you for life. This drug, this CRAZE...it's disastrous and I wish I would have known before I dove head-first into a concrete pool.
I now am left with a chemical imbalance and anxiety disorders. Ecstasy ruined my life. Don't think it won't hurt you, because that is what I thought. THIS IS REAL! E will ruin your life if you do it once or a hundred times. It will change you forever and you'll never be who you were. It is a chemical drug that alters the chemicals in your brain. You're not hurting anyone but yourself. The high wasn't worth what I have to wake up to every day. I have to look in the mirror and realize that I was a drug addict. PLEASE...if you or anyone you know is doing this or any other drugs, help them stop before it's too late. You'll regret never being able to say you did something. This is a serious drug and it's a serious problem. Let's not lose innocent lives to a potent killer.
I remember first trying ecstasy when I was 19, at a rave. It was offered to me for free, so I figured, what the heck, it won't hurt. I took pure MDMA capsules. Pure ecstasy. At first, I felt good. I felt a feeling of openness and love, but then I started getting hot. I was getting dehydrated because of lack of water. Then I ran to the bathroom to throw up. I remember hanging over the toilet thinking, what have I gotten myself into? I felt so sick and alone and ashamed. You would think after that experience I would have never taken ecstasy again. But...I did. People kept reminding me of that feeling that I had experienced, of love and openness. That is what made me do it again. In fact, I started taking ecstasy more frequently, every time I went to raves. I got hooked.
Several times. My boyfriend and I met when we were "rolling buddies". But now I am experiencing horrible side effects from rolling. The worst mistake I ever made with taking ecstasy. Yeah, it feels good, but now I have to deal with a mental disorder, directly related to taking ecstasy. I even attempted suicide during an ecstasy "comedown"! Be educated. Don't make the same mistakes as I did. I hope more networks and causes will educate us about ecstasy before it's too late.
No! I have never tried "E". I won't ever try it, either. I know so many people that are messed up for life from doing ecstasy, and it has been really sad for me to watch people throw their lives away. I also have a major problem with how E makes people do and say things they don't mean.
I as a person do not know where I stand on the war against E. I am a faithful user of the drug as well as being strongly opposed to it. I walked into to the drug with my eyes closed, not knowing when the door would shut and when it would re-open. I love the drug for its wonderful effects but then again, who doesn't? I never really heard a whole lot about club drugs in my community because it was never really around...but when it hit, it hit hard. Everybody had it, everyone was doing it, anyone could get it. It was that easy. I had heard good stuff about E but I had never tried it. Finally, curiosity got the best of me. Ever since the first experience, I've never been the same. You find yourself searching for that very first E experience every weekend. Me and one of my friends went into this together and we have been doing it together ever since, trying somewhat to get out of the life of ecstasy. We never roll without each other. We have rules and regulations for ourselves.
It's not been that long since I was out there running around in the party scene, but ecstasy was not readily available than. I'm sad to say, but it has hit hard recently, and just this last weekend my small rural community was forced to face the reality of this drug. A 17-year-old girl is in a coma at our local hospital from using ecstasy and alcohol. She probably never thought she would be in this situation three days ago, before she popped that pill. There's also a young boy in jail for raping her, plus multiple other young men who are also suspects in the case. It's a horrible tragedy for all parties. Education should not just be limited to places with large populations. This kind of tragedy is not that way to learn about these drugs. For alot of people now, it's already too late to learn.
Yes, at parties, at friends' houses, at a rave, in a hotel.
I have tried "X" more then just a few times in my life. It started out as just a way to have a really good time but ended up being a bigger deal to me then that. I was doing it every weekend for months on end before taking a rest. Then I would only do it once or twice a month. However, at one point I was not working and made every excuse possible to get money from my parents so I could roll. If you think about it, asking for 20 bucks to go out on is not a lot for a parent to wonder about. Especially if they trust you. But I quit about 2 months ago. This is the longest I have gone without taking "X", and to tell you the truth, thinking about it makes me sick to my stomach. It got to a point that even when I felt a little down in life, taking a pill no longer made me happy, even for a few hours like it had before. The biggest thing that made me quit was the last time I took "X"...I got all depressed and was rolling so hard but couldn't quit.
Yes, I have tried ecstasy. I was at a club with a couple of friends and I was offered to try it, so I did. Another time, I was at a rave somewhere in Northeast Ohio and again I was offered "E". I liked it the first time so I decided to do it again.
I would like to share my story about ecstasy. The first time I tried ecstasy was at a club. I absolutely fell in love with it. It was everything I was looking for, for the longest time. The way it made me feel, and the way it was able to numb me and my feelings was amazing to me. I started taking E every once in a while, which then led to every weekend, which unfortunately, slowly, became every day. I was searching for that high that I felt the first time I took an E pill called the "Ex-Factor", but I could never find that high. I found myself needing more and more pills as time progressed. For a long time, I woke up with a triple-stacked pill every morning and would pop anywhere from 3-8 triple stacks, on average, throughout the day. If I didn't have a pill in the morning to go to school, I didn't go at all because I couldn't function right without it. I didn't sleep much or eat much and I never had energy. I then started taking speed. It was prescribed by my doctor so I got as much as I wanted. I went to rehab, got my help, and today I stand tall and proud when I say I have almost 5 months clean coming November 2001, which about 5 months ago would be very hard for me to even have 5 hours sober! I hope sharing my story got through to someone. Yes, it's unbelievably hard for me not to pick up any drugs, but I take it one day at a time, pray to and thank my higher-power, and I always remember where I came to this point from, which I could not imagine going back to. So to anyone that reads this, I'd like to tell you, drugs aren't a joke. They have no brain and no mouth but they can control you, even taken just once. And believe me, when you're the one going through a battle with addiction, please don't say you didn't know what you got yourself into. If you need the help, go to an NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meeting. You'll find the help you need there, and remember: You're not alone!
I am a rave promoter. I do about eight raves a year, but I always stress the dangers of drug use. I myself have never done drugs in my life, but since I do these parties, people think I do them to promote the drugs. No! Like many other drug-free people out there, I do these events because of the music. Don't think for one minute that all people who go to raves do drugs. There is a big population of clubgoers that have a great love and passion for electronic music. I'm one of them!
I am glad to say that I have not tried any types of drugs. Going to clubs, you are always put in a situation where drugs are involved, but I have never let it.
I have tried ecstasy twice at rave. I don't regret going the drug because I liked it and I did it with someone that I trust. Although I don't want to do it again because I do know that it's a hard drug. If you want to try ecstasy or any other drug out there, I will not give you advice like "don't do it" because I've done it myself. But that doesn't mean I encourage it, either. If you do want to do it, make sure you are with people you trust.
I have never tried ecstasy for one reason: I have seen what it has done to some of my friends. Most of my friends seem to be druggies. Some people think just 'cause I hang with them, I do drugs. Ecstasy is an unnatural high and may cause me to have a heart attack. I am only 15, not 51, so why should I die of something that happens to adults? I am only a kid.
I have always stayed away from drugs and alcohol because they've had devastating effects on my family.
I've tried ecstasy five times. The environments that best connect the drug (for me) are in crowded areas around my university. I'm not a dance club type, but I have done it with my friends in bars or parties.
There is a rave coming up in town, I've already bought my ticket. I don't know anyone there but know it wont be hard to meet people. The thing is, one of the people I am meeting there (I've never met them in real life yet) is a big "E-Tard", as she likes to call it. I've studied about "E" for the last day or two and have found tremendous amounts of useful information on it. I'm glad I did, because I feel I might be pressured into using it once I'm there. If I do, I want to know what I'm getting into. I believe if I hadn't had any doubts about E in the first place, I wouldn't have researched the drug. A lot of sites say "Don't do it, 'cause you'll die", but others say "Don't do MUCH of it, 'cause you'll die". Basically, from all the different sites, and POV's I've read from various researchers...it mainly points to this one thing: It won't cause significant damage unless used excessively or numerous times. I don't believe that and think it's just as dangerous the first time if you don't know what you are getting into. In any case, I really don't know what to say. I say don't do it, to anyone that's reading this. But I don't want to end up sounding like a hypocrite. So, all I have to say is...if you are thinking of doing it, RESEARCH IT FIRST. I've found a large amount of information on it, that will help me if I decide to do this drug at the next rave.
I just hope it's enough to keep me smart and clean, but peer pressure is a very powerful enemy.
I have very often thought about experimenting with this drug, but recently have seen or heard about the effects of it, and now I can't even think about or imagine myself using it.
My first time trying it was on New Year's Eve 2001. For me it was the best experience ever in my life, because of the environment. I was at a club where I knew everyone and they all took care of me. Since that night I have done it a couple more times, but it's not a thing that I want to do all the time. I know the effects so I don't do it much. But to anyone wanting to try it, well...I'm not going to tell you not to, but I'm not telling you to either. Just KNOW about the drugs you do!
I've tried ecstasy once, at a party. The only reason I haven't done it again is because it's hard to get and there are so many deadly fakes out there.
I have used ecstasy constantly for about 18 months, and I love it. I realize the effects of the drug, but it is a risk to do any drug. That is just a chance that you are taking. It is like an escape from all the drama.
Yes, I've done X. I didn't want to at first, I knew it was unsafe. But after my friends started doing it a lot, I sort of let myself believe that it would be okay to try. I got busted the first time I did it! Now, I know more than most people. When my parents found out I had done X, they made me write a 5-page researched report on ecstasy. It really helped me choose not to do it again.
Yes, my friends and I were just fooling around.
I've tried it twice. Both times with friends at their house. It was great. It made me feel so good, physically and emotionally. Unfortunately, the hangover the next day was BAD. I just wanted to sleep all day and couldn't do anything. Plus, it's death on the central nervous system. I would not use it regularly.
I do it every weekend.
How much do you know about the physical effects and risks associated with ecstasy? Do you think there's accurate information out there?
I don't know very much. My teachers in school tell me about these drugs, but they don't give us the lowdown on how it really affects the body, and you can really get messed up from it. If i really need information about drugs like ecstasy, I'll have to go and research myself.
It's very hard to explain, because it may cause death. I know it, because I had pals that almost died because of this drug.
I know that ecstasy uses your seretonin, which affects your mood and feelings. After you "roll" you have no seretonin and you tend to feel like sh** and be a little depressed. I do it every Saturday. Sometimes twice a week. The side effects aren't as bad as from other narcotics, but it is annoying walking around all week pissed off.
I know that it can kill you the first time, that it can screw up your jaw, that it can cause permanent brain damage, and that if you use it more than 7 or 8 times, you are far more likely to develop Parkinson's Disease before the age of 24!
There is not enough people recognizing the effects and risks of drugs like ecstasy and all the other less-used drugs. In school, they teach you not to use it because it may cause a sensation that will make you happy. That just makes kids more interested in experimenting! Well, that experimentation may cause deaths and I am not going to be a percentage of those studies. Kids believe we are immortal, thinking because we are young and protected, nothing will go wrong. That right there is stupidity, because we have only one life and one way to live.
I know that morally, it's wrong, and from a religious point of view it's wrong too. Your body is a temple. Why should I use it without respect?
I know enough about the drug that it can kill you the first time you use it. I think the information is out there if people wanna know it. Also, the daily newscasts are filled with evidence that this drug is not safe.
I know all that there is to know about the effects. I've read a lot about it and discussed it in some classes. I think the information is accurate if you look in a valid source.
I know that ecstasy is one of the most potent drugs out there and it's one of the leading drugs to cause insanity. I also know that it makes you feel really good when you take it, but there's a possibility you can rupture something (I can't remember what) if you take more than one hit of it in a certain time frame.
I know enough about ecstasy not to use it. I've seen some scary sh** go down! As a matter of fact, there is not enough information readily available for teens to get their hands on, and even if they get their hands on it, they won't realize until they're the ones being hurt of even hying in their death beds for a couple of hours of a high. The use of drugs among teens is always going to be there. Anti-drug groups can publish all the info they want, but if you aren't being heard it's like talking to a brick wall and expecting answers. The fact of the matter is that you can educate teens on why not to use drugs, but the ultimate decision is made by that person!
I know a lot, actually. I am currently enrolled in a substance abuse class, so I have learned a great deal about how drugs and alcohol impact society.
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