It's a whole generation of kids that probably would end up getting lost in a zipped up sleeping bag eventually, so might as well clean out the gene pool sooner.

You probably don't realise this but this is probably the second or third generation of MDMA users going to festivals now. Most of us first and second generation party goers are fully functioning adults with families from a wide range of professions.

The majority of MDMA I took while I served in the ADF thanks to the old work hard/play hard attitude and plenty of time away from home doing courses. Just about anytime we went away on course we'd be dropping E's and spending our weekends in the underground dance scene in Melbourne (I wont drop club names). Even in Canberra it was rife with the stuff, public servants play pretty hard on the weekends too. The decade and a half I spent in the service, half of which I was doing drugs when I wasn't on duty or at work.

I took drugs with cops, ADF officers, comedians, students, paramedics, lawyers, real estate agents, chefs, accountants, bankers, psychologists, door-door salespeople, tradies, it's absolutely crazy the kind of people you meet at festivals or dance clubs. There is a whole world that people like you don't know about and even your peers have had a taste, you just aren't aware of it.

It's amazing that people can justify giving their kids amphetamines for behavioural disorders (Ritalin, Dexamphetamines, adderal), taking amphetamines for weight loss (duramine) or a common cold (Sudafed), but demonise the social use of MDMA, LSD or Psilicybin cubensis. People want to use it responsibly to enhance their entertainment in the same way that people would like to have a few beers or a bottle of red with friends.