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Contrary to popular belief, ecstasy doesn't produce "extreme thirst", nor dehydrate you especially. It heats your body up a fair bit and this, in combination with dancing in a kind of blissed out trance state for a couple hours, can unsurprisingly lead to dehydration. However, ecstasy also stimulates release of something called ADH, anti-diuretic hormone. The effect of this is that while you're on E you don't piss. That, combined with hysterical media reports about dehydration, has led to several deaths here and overseas from a condition called hyponatremia, or water intoxication (most publicised was the very attractive Sydney 15 year old Anna Wood - that must be getting close to ten years ago now. She drank some stupid amount of water, 12 or 15 litres or something). The chupa chups, are largely about giving the mouth something to do. Amphetamines promote a lot of jaw muscle activity and you end up taking a chunk out of your tongue or lip if you aren't careful. Some ravers even used to bring dummies (pacifiers) to raves, although that was also an expression of a streak of childishness running through the scene (dummies are now considered about the most embarrassing accessory possible). As for the point of the whole exercise, if you really want to know that you'll need to take ecstasy. I could just as well ask you what the "point" of getting laid is, but I know what it is and if you'd taken ecstasy you'd know what the point of raves are. Raves are about the worst possible place you could go to pick up. Ecstasy is a drug that promotes intimacy, but it's also pretty desexualising - you're just as likely to hug your bloke friends as the girls, and sex usually doesn't enter your head during the whole experience. Cap that off with the fact that ecstasy causes temporary impotence in the majority of males. Not really a recipe for any between-the-sheets action.
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