The country with the highest MDMA usage in the world...

paleoperson · 27-05-2017 05:30PM #1

Ireland has the world’s highest usage of the party drug MDMA, with 39.7 percent of respondents to a global survey admitting to taking the drug in pill or powder form in the last year, findings from the Global Drugs Survey 2017 (GDS) reveal.

The GDS is “an independent global drug use data exchange hub that conducts university ethics approved, anonymous online surveys,” according to its website. Results of the survey were announced on Wednesday with data submitted by 115,000 participants from 50 countries.

Overall, the study revealed several interesting findings about recreational drug use around the world, with some surprising results. The party drug MDMA featured heavily throughout the global survey, finding Ireland as the biggest user per capita.

The figure is an improvement, however, on the whopping 58 percent of Irish respondents who reported taking the drug in Ireland in 2016.

Despite MDMA’s popularity in Ireland, cannabis still reigns supreme as the drug of choice for young people on the island, with 73.5 percent of respondents saying they had smoked weed in the past year.

https://www.rt.com/viral/389920-worlds-biggest-mdma-user/

Why are young Irish people taking so much MDMA, that is confirmed to permanently damage health?

Is it the fault of parents, the education system, law enforcement or gang influence?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 27-05-2017 05:33PM

They are just surveying the wrong people.

OldMrBrennan83 · 27-05-2017 05:35PM

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Collie D · 27-05-2017 05:35PM

Who did they interview?

40% of people at a rave, yeah I'd happily believe that.

General population...doubtful

Collie D · 27-05-2017 05:35PM

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Should be a test for it. Fall and college/job gone.

Why?

hefferboi · 27-05-2017 05:37PM

The majority of university students in Ireland will take mdma at least once throughout their 4 years, into. It's shocking the amount of drugs being used in colleges.

OldMrBrennan83 · 27-05-2017 05:37PM

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steviebg · 27-05-2017 05:40PM

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Stupid comment.

OldMrBrennan83 · 27-05-2017 05:41PM

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Collie D · 27-05-2017 05:41PM

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To deter degenerates.

Right. That's it? Open/shut case? How old are you if I may ask? 37/38 based on username? I guarantee someone you know has used MDMA. Might be someone you're very friendly with. Fire the degenerate?

OldMrBrennan83 · 27-05-2017 05:43PM

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Collie D · 27-05-2017 05:44PM

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Yep. They are degenerates. As are the people i know that do coke etc.

I'd lock them up but that might be a bit harsh and expensive.

And if you have young adult kids who're tempted to dabble?

steviebg · 27-05-2017 05:45PM

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Or just one a close minded person (or MDMA user) disagrees with.[/quote]
Yeah make someone loose their livelihood for taking a recreational drug! And I'm the one with a closed mind

Fred Swanson · 27-05-2017 05:46PM

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OldMrBrennan83 · 27-05-2017 05:47PM

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OldMrBrennan83 · 27-05-2017 05:49PM

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silverharp · 27-05-2017 05:49PM

you have to be a bit damaged to put this crap in your body when you have no idea how or where it was made.

gctest50 · 27-05-2017 05:50PM

They did a survey with 500 people here

Waste of time

Be listening to this out of every inbred for years to come.

And how they should all be picking up rubbish and climbing some hillock

ED E · 27-05-2017 05:52PM

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Showing your ignorance there really Pat.

MDMA is closer to caffeine than coke. Not addictive and normally non harmful to the body. Heroin "junkies" are a thing, you might call them degenerates. Like alcoholics. People dont become MDMA addicts. AFAIK you cant even build up a dependency like caffeine. Alcohol is empirically more harmful but you are unlikely calling for anyone who has a pint to be thrown in the joy are you?

OldMrBrennan83 · 27-05-2017 05:54PM

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Burial. · 27-05-2017 05:54PM

Any yokes nah?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 27-05-2017 05:57PM

Surely taking their lives from them will make them more liable to do even harder drugs? Have never done mdma myself.

mzungu · 27-05-2017 05:58PM

According to the authors of the survey....

Our recruitment strategy is an example of non-purposive sampling. We acknowledge that this has significant limitations, most notably with respect to response bias. It is more likely that individuals will respond to surveys if they see topics or items that are of interest to them, and thus by definition will differ from those who do not participate.

https://www.globaldrugsurvey.com/wp-content/themes/globaldrugsurvey/results/GDS2017_key-findings-report_final.pdf

That would go some way to explaining those ridiculously high usage figures.

Westernyelp · 27-05-2017 06:00PM

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It's sharing the world with people who think like you that would drive someone to drugs

OldMrBrennan83 · 27-05-2017 06:03PM

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Dr Crayfish · 27-05-2017 06:10PM

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Narrow minded idiot. You haven't a f**king clue what you're talking about. Why should someone get to tell me whether I can take MDMA or not? Get out and live a little and meet people.

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OldMrBrennan83 · 27-05-2017 06:12PM

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freshpopcorn · 27-05-2017 06:14PM

hefferboi wrote: »

The majority of university students in Ireland will take mdma at least once throughout their 4 years, into. It's shocking the amount of drugs being used in colleges.

When I was in secondary school hardly anybody used drugs. It was a small country town. When I went to college at the start I thought drug use was high but after a few weeks I figured out it was only really certain people and it was still easy to go on nights out and avoid drugs if you wanted to.

Digital Solitude · 27-05-2017 06:15PM

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Because you're not supposed to and you're a degenerate if you do. So laws should be there to control that you can't take it. Nothing personal against mdma, same for all illegal drugs.

I also don't want to meet anyone off their tits on drugs and wouldn't call it 'living a little'.

Surely you're big enough to make your own mind up on things like this, instead of "government told me it was bad, ergo its bad"

Dr Crayfish · 27-05-2017 06:15PM

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Are you trolling? It's hard to believe someone could be so narrow minded.
I doubt you've ever broken a law have you? Clown.

OldMrBrennan83 · 27-05-2017 06:17PM

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