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Why has Ecstasy 'produced a recreational drug culture on a scale bigger than any in Britain this century'?
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The Political Economy of Drugs, Essay David Templeman - k0111935 Question Seven: Why has Ecstasy 'produced a recreational drug culture on a scale bigger than any in Britain this century'? In the summer of 1985, a small minority of people working in the exclusive fashion, pop and media industries were playing the introductory role in what was to be the beginning of a recreational drug revolution. Although they may not have realised at the time, the new drug that they were importing from the United States was to become a drug culture in itself. However, the widespread use of this drug was not started by the extremely small imports of these people, indeed they were only bringing back to the United Kingdom enough for their own personal use. These small amounts did find themselves in the experimental hands of London music DJ's though, and it was through this channel that MDMA, or ecstasy...
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