Rachel Nuwer's "I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World"
LA Review of Books
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The Rise of MDMA and the Underground Culture
MDMA was in the US at least it was pushed by this group of producers and MDMA sellers who they are like your typical like narcos type people, stereotypical people you think of selling drugs. They really proliferated the use of MDMA recreationally in centers in the US like New York City and San Francisco but also places you wouldn't necessarily expect like Dallas. It spread all over the UK because clubs at the time would close at like 1 or 2 a.m. This led to the creation of raves which ultimately led to thecreation of the multi-billion dollar electronic dance music industry that we know today. So yeah I mean MDMA's proliferation and the recreational scene really changed the world in a
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