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The Rise and Fall of Ecstasy
The UK is similar to the US in that they have this like sort of Puritan culture where like pleasure is bad. So with ecstasy, it's literally just like young kids going out to have a good time and realize their own pleasure. The authorities really tried to stamp brave culture out from there. It spread though to other places in Europe and also back to the United States. And then the US started with their own raves, which I guess you and I grew up hearing about.
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