TEK Tonic;326983 wrote:
“The fatigued cynicism of veterans suddenly surrounded by johnny-come-latelys in the first flush of E’d up enthusiasm. ‘Even at that stage,’ says Hills of late 1988, ‘people were saying “E’s aren’t as good as they were.” People like Terry Farley were complaining “clubs are just full of kids now”. All the cliches that you’ve heard every year since were uttered at that time!’ But, as even Boy’s Own fan Barry Ashworth admits, ‘All the things that acid teds did, the Boy’s Own types would have been doing themselves a few months before.'”
much of that is simply tolerance to chemicals – this can arrive very quickly for those what cane it every weekend.. people caning 1980/early 90s strength/quality MDMA very soon found themslves sectioned (usually depression/psychotic illnesses) and spent time in the NHS’s finest mental care institutions or private clinics.
Back then the stuff was way expensive and these were often rich middle / upper class kids much of this was swept under the carpet, although others self-medicated with benzos and opiates or chased a better buzz from cocaine which is what kicked off the anti-rave backlash so many years ago..
for normal families in somewhere like East Anglia if you speak to them they are anti-raves/drugs not because of the media hype but because they personally know people what have had really bad experiences from getting into drugs in the 90s…
for me the concept and atmosphere at parties aren’t any worse than 18 years ago and in many cases better…
