It may have been legal yesterday, but
not anymore warnings that
MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy,
may cause brain damage has prompted
the federal government to outlaw its use.
The DEA in Dallas is worried about a
loophole in the law which can allow the
legal sale of a drug similar to ecstasy
just by changing some of the chemicals
inside of the individuals change
a molecule on the MDMA.
We're back to square one.
The Drug Enforcement Administration says
its top drug priorities will remain
heroin, cocaine and speed of
the agency says now it will take a hard
look at ecstasy.
In fact, the DEA is lobbying for
legislation that will prohibit the sale
of so-called designer drugs no matter
which chemicals are used, so that when
these clandestine manufacturers
or these chemists are experimenting
and creating new drugs, we will be
able to deal with them.
Club owners have maintained all along
it's difficult to know when somebody is
using ecstasy and when they're not.
That's one reason why the DEA wants
to stop the manufacture of ecstasy
derivatives before they, too
become popular, perhaps.
Legal Channel 5 News, Dallas.