Can anyone explain how ectasy can kill you? Can ya'll talk about all the possible ways including heart conditions and what now, and how you can avoid things when doing X that could possibly kill you. Thanks. stvt32
http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/76852/Primetime_Ecstasy_Rising.html Also visit www.maps.org as they have some nifty pdfs that talk about X. Please note that I am not all that experienced with the actual use of X so this information is what I have researched. Me: Used two times at approx. 150mg each time (This is with the ignorant assumption that it was pure and only 150mg in each pill) Possible common reasons: 1. Stupidity. 2. Overheating (hyperthermia). 3. Severe dehydration I would imagine. 4. H2o overdose (Hyponatremia). 5. Taking MDMA that is mixed with other naughty drugs that you were not even aware of swallowing (I believe the term is MDMA cut with blah). 6. Taking MDMA whilst on prescription MAOIs. 7. If you have a weak heart perhaps a heart attack (My thought is that if you can't jog at least a mile you shouldn't be taking it ) I think there was another 'in theory' possible way of dying from X. Overall it appears that the primary reason, which I stated, is stupidity and lack of respect for X (which carries over to any drug). This translates into 2-7 overall.
Stupidity? Elaborate please. And how can you not respect the drug? Examples? I'm not trying to be a smart ass here, I would really like to know.
Dont take E then go for a jog. Dont take E then down 10 Gatorades to stay Hydrated. Dont take 3 pills your first time (Some people die first time cause their bodies just reject it --very rare though--) Dont be a moron and Mix with with other substances or alcohol. Other then that not much else to say id imagine.
In the last 10 years, only 2 people have died in britten from taking E, They both danced too much and then drank like 2 gallons of water and died from internal drouning. Pure of 1lt of water and drink only that. e doesnt make you dehidratred it just mixes up signals in your brain so you dont know when you are over hydrated. if you stick to just 1lt you will never have a problem. You can take as much as you want the first time, if you are alergic you are going to die weather you take one or 25, Show me one case of e rejection in the last 20 years and i will give you €100 dont worrie, its always dounting the first time, if you are paraniod take a crumb first, then 15 later take a half then 15 min later take the other. and most of all, have a good time, its all mood dependent.
"Dont be a moron and Mix with with other substances or alcohol." hahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha ur kidding right?
Whoops. I intended to have stupidity as the primary reason and then list off those below. Due to the era we are in with such easy access to large amounts of information about said topics I consider it pretty darn stupid to die from common problems that are usually easy to avoid. I tend to type shit up and post with very little editing else I'd rewrite over and over Simply put not respecting a drug is by the over use of it as my primary way of defining the lack of respect. Just as taking too much acetaminophen (Tylenol) may lead to death. I believe another possible way of looking at respect would be knowing what you are and are not able to do whilst on this drug (or any drug). Just as it's a no-no to drink and drive; X and some activities should not be engaged under the influence of the drug. Another "respect" would be the understanding that if you aren't semi fit you shouldn't be poppin multiple pills. Your out of shape heart ain't use to that much stimuli. These are all the things that I think of when my mind thinks of "common sense." It's nice of you to state you aren't trying to be an ass. While I didn't see your questions as such it can be difficult to tell. Also: http://ecstasy.org/books/e4x/e4x.ch.06.html haha I love it when they provide these types of stats to remove the hype of "YOU WILL DIE FROM ONE PILL" I was rather elated to see recent disccussion on MAPS in regards to what may be considered a safe dosage that will not lead to long term damage. They wouldn't swear to it of course, as it's only a high probability that it's true and not proven utterly. "7 in a million" -- not so scary when you put it in these terms... and if people were just a hair more careful... The number of people in the UK who take Ecstasy has been discussed in Chapter 5. An educated guess is that the number lies between one and five million. How often users take the drug is also open to guesswork. A London survey showed that a third of users took Ecstasy at least once a week, while a minority binged on 10-20 over a weekend. This would imply that average usage among this sample was somewhere in the region of 25 a year, although this may not be typical. Taking the worst figure of seven deaths in 1991 and assuming there were only 1 million users, the risk of dying from using Ecstasy would have been 7 in a million or 1 in 143,000 per year. If users take an average of 25 Es a year, then the risk of death on each occasion is 7 in 25 million or 1 in 3.6 million. To put this into perspective, if you take five rides at a fun fair you run a risk of 1 in 3.2 million of being killed through an accident.(83) Some sports are obviously dangerous, such as parachuting which kills 3 in 1000 participants per year. Even skiing in Switzerland is risky - 1 in 500,000 are killed.(84) If you play soccer, every year you run a risk of 1 in 25,000 of being killed. But if you stay at home instead of going out you still aren't safe, since the risk of being killed through an accident at home is 1 in 26,000 a year!(16) Hmm. I've never had any desire to mix drugs together.
