What do ecstasy users say?
“I only used ecstasy occasionally at festivals and special occasions and I loved the ‘clean’ high it gave me,” says Emma, 24. “After my first 12 months using, pills had become so cheap I began to choose ecstasy over alcohol on a weekly basis. After a couple of months the mid-week blues were so crippling I felt suicidal and couldn’t lift myself out of these moods without drugs. It was like living in an eternal comedown.” 22 year-old Sam had a completely different experience, however. “I didn’t really experience bad comedowns when I used to take ecstasy, just those chilled duvet days where I lazed and recovered but felt pretty nice,” he says.
