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Re:There Was Nothing “Wasted” About My Youth Spent Clubbing ... by Throwaway48885 on Saturday January 14, 2023 @06:02AM (#34379243)
MDMA doesn't work the second time you take it the same day, you won't feel practically any effect at all. You have to wait some time. The next day it might work a little but if you try to do it 3 days in a row that's not going to work.
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Re:There Was Nothing “Wasted” About My Youth Spent Clubbing ... by nibbleshifter on Saturday January 14, 2023 @06:28AM (#34379408)
Redosing just makes the comedown/hangover worse, and prolongs the tail end effects which aren't all that great anyway.

Also increases risk of taking too much and ending up doing yourself harm.

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Re:There Was Nothing “Wasted” About My Youth Spent Clubbing ... by junon on Saturday January 14, 2023 @06:13AM (#34379310)
It's also dangerous to do it that often. Minimum time between doses should be 3 months to be as safe as possible. People who drop more than once don't understand how it works and are just setting themselves up for medical emergencies.
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Re:There Was Nothing “Wasted” About My Youth Spent Clubbing ... by nibbleshifter on Saturday January 14, 2023 @06:30AM (#34379422)
3 months seems to be a fairly arbitrary length of time, but yes - its not a drug you want to take too often, and redosing is counterproductive.

Its unfortunate that due to prohibition, a lot of harm reduction advice is based on folk wisdom kind of knowledge as opposed to hard science.

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Re:There Was Nothing “Wasted” About My Youth Spent Clubbing ... by junon on Saturday January 14, 2023 @07:11AM (#34379652)
This is pretty much the consensus and it's my understanding it's based off of studies.
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Re:There Was Nothing “Wasted” About My Youth Spent Clubbing ... by nibbleshifter on Saturday January 14, 2023 @09:08AM (#34380405)
Aye, agreed its the consensus, but I've never been able to find much hard data to back it up with.
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