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In the months after criminalization, some of these entrepreneurs retired with their millions but many of them continued making and selling Ecstasy illegally. The lure of millions of dollars in profits was not so easy to give up after all. Drug profits have always been able to dazzle, from the smallest of small-time back-alley dealers to the biggest of international traffickers. Many have said that the pull of drug money is sometimes stronger than the pull of the drug itself. Despite all the prohibitive laws and the vigorous activities of police and customs officers, drugs remain easily accessible to anyone who desires them only because illicit drug manufacturers are willing to run the gauntlet and take the risks involved, as they know that the potential rewards are far greater than the risks.

The next morning I woke feeling liberated, like I'd opened Pandora's pillbox and found the meaning of life. " Boy George was famously anti-drugs, until he got caught up in a drugs spiral after moving to New York. Following a successful battle against addiction, George cleaned up his act and plugged into the new club culture buzzing around him. For a long while, he stayed away from clubs and other night-spots for fear of being tempted to take drugs again. Now, he is one of the few pop acts who has managed to cross from the stage to the club floor where he has become a much loved and eagerly sought after club DJ.

Rave, according to one female commentator, allowed "young women to occupy their social space with confidence". Many of the clubbers she spoke to reported a sense of joy and belonging and of feeling free of sexual threats. This fact also obliged many workers in the drug field to abandon the tired old stereotype of young women caught up in a male-dominated drug-taking world and becoming either victims or sexual deviants. " ECSTASY EVANGELISM For those intent upon spreading the word about Ecstasy, the next obvious step was to make music that overtly eulogized and encouraged the use of the drug.

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