Ecstasy And The Rave Culture

Ecstasy And The Rave Culture

Society today is at its most technologically advanced state with very

modernized ways of living, and no doubt these technological advances

will continue to grow. As a result drugs and chemicals are far more

readily available than ever before in history, especially those of

illegal drugs (J.Davies & N.Coggans (1991) P.6). This has led to an

increase in recreational drug use (drug taking for pleasure). This

clearly has implications for health issues as drugs don't only create

physical health issues but can cause emotional problems, tension,

destruction of families, financial difficulties, no-go areas of crime

and so on, these alone can become health problems as stress and fear

often develops.

Within the last ten years, there have been many problems associated

with recreational use of illegal drugs (J.Davies & N.Coggans (1991)

P.3). A major problem with illegal drugs is that they hold immediate

risks because they're made, distributed and sold by criminals and so

quality control of these drugs is very low (P.Robson (1999) P.20).

Another problem comes from D.Emmett & G.Nice who noted that the

biggest single cause of death for American males under the age of

twenty-five is being shot in a drug-related murder.

There have been fears that a whole generation may be wiped out and a

society destroyed due to chemical dependence within drugs (Woodiwiss,

1988; Trebach, 1987), and therefore this is clearly an health issue as

drugs can cause both death and disaster.

There are many types of drugs, one particular group of drugs are those

of designer drugs. A designer drug is a copy of a controlled

substance; ...

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