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The Guardian is running a great article about the slagging popularity of ecstasy in England. I was extremely surprised to find out that the price of a pill of MDMA has dropped from about £25 to £2.50. I remember when my friends and I were into ecstasy a few years ago here in the States and it was running about $25 a pop, which was often prohibitively expensive.

Some of the people in the article claim that the pills are also getting less potent (which makes sense at that price). One man who was quoted had consumed 4 pills that evening and said “It’s a nice feeling, but that’s about it. I could probably get this feeling by reading the News of the World in front of the fire.” That is not the ecstasy I knew. The feeling was overwhelming, powerful. One good pill would do this to you. This guy either has a tolerance the size the great isle itself or he swallowed four pills worth of talc.

The article also mentions that cocaine is becoming the drug of choice in Britain, its price also falling.

[via The Morning News]

Posted at 11:38 am.