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Ecstasy: commodity or disease?

Michael Agar1, Heather Schacht Reisinger

  • 1Friends Social Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. magar@anth.umd.edu

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
|September 17, 2004
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The late 1990s saw a significant rise in Ecstasy use, necessitating a broader epidemic theory. This study examines historical trends, marketing, and societal factors to explain this drug use surge.

Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Public Health
  • Drug Policy

Background:

  • Compares the Ecstasy (MDMA) epidemic of the late 1990s with previous heroin and crack cocaine epidemics.
  • Reviews historical trends in Ecstasy use and associated subcultures from the 1960s onwards.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To broaden the theory of epidemics by incorporating longer historical waves of change.
  • To analyze the Ecstasy market using a marketing framework, examining product characteristics and consumer needs.

Main Methods:

  • Historical analysis of drug epidemics and social trends.
  • Review of post-World War II social disconnection and consumerism.
  • Marketing analysis of the Ecstasy "product" and its appeal.
  • Application of a narrative mechanism to explain use patterns.

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Main Results:

  • Demonstrates a dramatic increase in Ecstasy use in the late 1990s.
  • Identifies social disconnection and consumerism as relevant factors in drug epidemic theory.
  • Highlights the role of marketing and product characteristics in driving Ecstasy use.

Conclusions:

  • The Ecstasy epidemic necessitates a revised epidemic theory accounting for historical waves and marketing dynamics.
  • Globalization and normalization of drug use are key contexts for understanding contemporary illicit drug use patterns.