The Banning Of E For Ecstasy By Nicholas Saunders

The Banning of "E for Ecstasy" by Nicholas Saunders


     The book entitled E for Ecstasy, by Nicholas Saunders, is a book of

history, information, and stories about the illegal drug ecstasy.  The author

presents a vast amount of information about many aspects of the drug such as the

history of the invention of the drug, information about how the drug effects

people in different ways, positive reasons to use the drug, side effects and

negative reasons to use the drug, and an overview of how the drug has been

accepted into various societal groups.

     A shipment of this book, which was published in England in 1994, was

ceased by Australian customs agents in the spring of 1994 and has been banned in

Australia ever since.  The ban on this book is currently still in place and

being upheld by the Australian government due to the way the book portrays the

drug ecstasy in a primarily positive way.  According to the author of the book,

even anti-drug groups are opposed to the ban because they believe both sides of

the story should be heard.

     As I read this book, at first I felt a temptation to try ecstasy due to

the positive way in which the drug was described.  After reading further into

the text, however, much more detailed informaThis is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!


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