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Why is ecstasy being downgraded, yet shrooms remain a class A?

wtf is that about?

So the goverment's becoming leniant about all these dangerous man made chemicals. Yet shrooms and weed both completely natural are at A and B???

What about putting chemicals and using prescription drugs that actually kill people (when they overdose aswell as the long term side effects)? . It’s obvious they kill people.

Edible herbs don’t kill people. They don’t

Reply 1

Indievertigo

Ecstasy isn't being downgraded.

Reply 2

L i b

Indievertigo

Ecstasy isn't being downgraded.

^ Sense.

Reply 3

bessle

I heard ecstasy was being downgraded aswell.
Apparently it's not as dangerous as everyones making out.

Reply 4

Jono404

Darkly

So the goverment's becoming leniant about all these dangerous man made chemicals. Yet shrooms and weed both completely natural are at A and B???

There's more evidence for weed damaging your health than there is for MDMA, studies have never found any conclusive evidence MD damages your health, everyone just thinks it's uber dangerous because of the sensationalist news stories in the early-mid nineties.

Also, chief ingredient in ecstasy is Safrole, which is extracted from sassafras plants, so one could argue it's pretty natural.

Reply 5

majikthise

As stated, ecstasy is not being downgraded. What's been in the news recently is the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs advising the downgrading to class B, but they also advocate downgrading many other drugs (including shrooms) so the only double standards are those of the government.

Reply 6

sdt

Jono404

It deteriorates your cognitive abilities and ability to handle stress for some time after. That's just pure MDMA, let alone the toxic ***** out there.

Reply 7

a_t

Well its not, and it's not that dangerous

The majority of people who suffer problems after taking it is because they have had too little water while dancing for several hours, or they panic when they take it and drink too much water and die from hyponatremia

Shrooms aren't safe though, give people serious delusions, they're getting rid of them in Amsterdam after some school girl jumped off a building while tripping

Reply 8

randdom

Well firstly as other people have said ecstasy isn't being down graded.

Secondly I suspect the potential mental health implications of taking mushrooms are why they are as high as they are, however I can't be sure.

Reply 9

tazzz

Natural and 'organic' do not always mean safe, think of all the poisonous animals out there. Their all natura lol. :P

Reply 10

sdt

a_t

Shrooms aren't safe though, give people serious delusions

Things like "I love the world for the next 6 hours", "I love this person I've never seen before who I'm talking to now, from the bottom of my heart" and so?

:getmecoat:

Reply 11

a_t

sdt

Things like "I love the world for the next 6 hours", "I love this person I've never seen before who I'm talking to now, from the bottom of my heart" and so?

:getmecoat:

I love how you deleted the rest of my post from the quote you chose

I wish this link wasn't from fox news but http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301381,00.html

Reply 12

sdt

a_t

I love how you deleted the rest of my post from the quote you chose

I wish this link wasn't from fox news but http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301381,00.html

Doesn't change anything, I was responding to that segment alone. I iz well aware of the potential damage shrooms can do, blud.

Reply 13

aidanftw

An 'expert' in the field claimed that one was more likely to be killed in a horse related death then through ecstasy and suggested it be lowered. However the government flatly refused to downgrade it.

Learn the facts before slating the gov.

Reply 14

Indievertigo

aidanftw

You have basically contradicted yourself.

Reply 15

quadruple_twist

Scientists have proven that ecstasy is one of the safest recreational drugs out there. Government won't downgrade it though, because they fear it'll send out the wrong message: that it's ok to take. To be honest though, if it was legalised it would be even less dangerous as I believe much of the harm/deaths that have resulted are due to the impurity of illegal pills. However, the same could be said in favour of the legalisation of heroin, so whatever.

Oh, and fresh magic mushrooms were legal until 2005, when the government in all their wisdom decided to make it one of the highest regulated drugs out there. Again, scientists have proven the active ingredient is actually fairly safe: