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Re:Adult-Use Cannabis Delivers $15B in Tax Revenues by sidewndr46 on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:19AM (#35788883)
I'm familiar with the meaning of MDMA, but is XTC some new street name for "ecstasy"
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Re:Adult-Use Cannabis Delivers $15B in Tax Revenues by lwn on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:34AM (#35789176)
Ecstasy is usually shortened as "XTC", "E" or "X"
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Re:Adult-Use Cannabis Delivers $15B in Tax Revenues by johnnyjeans on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:21AM (#35788923)
not new at all
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Re:Adult-Use Cannabis Delivers $15B in Tax Revenues by whimsicalism on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:23AM (#35788968)
Maybe not new, but not very common in the US. And further confusing given that MDMA & XTC are synonyms then.
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Re:Adult-Use Cannabis Delivers $15B in Tax Revenues by mason55 on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:35AM (#35789188)
The term "XTC" was a lot more common in the 90s rave scene.

As far as being synonyms, people generally differentiate between "ecstasy"/"E" as MDMA in pill form and "molly" as MDMA in powder form.

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Re:Adult-Use Cannabis Delivers $15B in Tax Revenues by whimsicalism on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:36AM (#35789212)
Fascinating, I just call it all molly.

But maybe that's because I grew up in a time where you can send stuff to a lab to confirm what it is.

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Re:Adult-Use Cannabis Delivers $15B in Tax Revenues by m4jor on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @12:16PM (#35789888)
molly is pure MDMA

XTC aka ecstacy is MDMA + additives like speed or caffeine/whatever.

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Re:Adult-Use Cannabis Delivers $15B in Tax Revenues by madhato on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @12:18PM (#35789925)
I've always heard that MDMA refers to pure MDMA, while E refers to MDMA that has been cut with something. Must be a colloquial thing.
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