Ibiza macht ihrem Namen als Partyinsel alle Ehre. Nach einer Studie des Gesundheitsministeriums kommen 68 Prozent der Touristen nur wegen des ausschweifenden Nachtlebens auf die Insel. Um den Partymarathon auch durchzuhalten greift fast jeder Fünfte zu illegalen Drogen wie Ecstasy oder Kokain.

comprendes-mallorca.de

40,000 pills are sold on the island every day during the summer

Ibiza has been dubbed ‘Ecstasy Island’ with the revelation that 40,000 ecstasy pills are sold there every day.

20 Minutos reports that British mafias based in Liverpool and Manchester control the sale of pills on the island which has the highest demand of anywhere in Europe.

typicallyspanish.com

Ich liebe Alexander Shulgin. Ich habe ihn vom ersten Moment an geliebt, da ich über ihn las. Er ist mein Idol, mein Held, meine Sonne, mein O2. Ich liebe jede einzelne der 978 Seiten seines Phenethylamin-Magnum-Opus PiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known and Loved) und jedes Milligramm seines 1,13 Kilo schweren Tryptamin-Traktats TiHKAL (Tryptamines I Have Known and Loved). Über meinem Bett hängt ein großes Bild von Shulgin, auf dem er mit seiner Frau Ann kuschelt. Ich schlafe oft mit einer Kopie von PiHKAL, nicht unter meinem Kopfkissen, sondern als mein Kopfkissen. Er ist der Großvater von Ecstasy, der Molekularmagier, der atomare Konquistador. Im Laufe von 50 Jahren hat er mehr psychedelische Drogen geschaffen als der amazonische Dschungel Zeit seines Bestehens. Er hat mehr von einer mythologischen Kreatur, einem chemischem Centaur, denn von einer echten Person. Aber er existiert wirklich, wie ich im Folgenden bezeugen werde.

viceland.com

A University of Arizona professor has been given a $1.7 million grant to study the long-term effects of the drug Ecstasy, also known as the "hug drug."

The National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded the grant to Terrence Monks, head of the university's Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology.

kold.com

Even if you're not going to be attending SXSW, I'd recommend watching the trailer for Etienne Sauret's film below, as it looks to be a bittersweet examination of one man's life and work; a man who is an underground hero to an entire culture of people (some call him "The Godfather of Psychedelics") and a drug-making villain to others.

cinematical.com

AN AUSTRALIAN man arrested in Bali and wanted in NSW to face trial over a $30 million ecstasy bust will face an extradition hearing within weeks after his case was handed to prosecutors in Bali.

Timothy Geoffrey Lee, who was arrested in Bali at the request of Australian police in early January, made no comment as he was escorted from his jail cell at the Denpasar Police headquarters to the prosecutor’s office for the formal handover

dailytelegraph.com.au

AN imprisoned Padstow man was one of two men charged over a $540 million ecstasy haul - the largest seizure of the drug in Australia’s history.

Pak Lam Li (also known as Patrick), 45, and Singaporean national, Keng Chuan Koh, 30, were jailed after being arrested in Geelong in December 2006 by Victorian police over a $51 million liquid ecstasy haul.

express.whereilive.com.au

At the end of Phoenix's sold-out show at the Fillmore on Tuesday, lead singer Thomas Mars decided the audience was having so much fun he should join it. So as a triumphant version of the group's hit "1901" crashed to a close, the svelte front man leaped off the stage and raced to the back of the room, where he finished the song to a sea of raised arms and gaping mouths.

sfgate.com