Thread: Equinox: Rave New World

EQUINOX examines the rave experience from the technological point of view; the music, the lighting, the new video technology and the neuroscience of ecstasy, the drug that is an integral part of the rave scene. A technological view of the rave scene. Looks at American research on the longterm effects of ecstasy (MDMA) on the brain neurotransmitter serotonin. Dr Charles Grob of UCLA studies its use in therapy. Alexander Shulgin, the `father of ecstasy' creates psychoactive drugs in his garden-shed lab. Charts the evolution of rave and its technology. Moves from 3000 teenagers in an aircraft hangar in Kent, via an Orbital show in Amsterdam to 1000 techno-hippies in the Nevada desert. Examines the science and technology of the rave experience, considering the effects of the music, the lighting, new video technology and the neuroscience of the drug ecstasy. Features Dr. Charles Grob of UCLA, Alexander Shulgin, a pharmacologist, and ambient techno musicians the Future Sound of London.

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quality post. got to laugh at 20:43. i remember watching this when it was broadcast, one of my childhood heroes Mr T Baker narrating!

Ecstasy along with its euphoria, especially Stimulates the 1B receptor in the brain, the part of the brain that effects repetitive behavior, and so is a perfect accompaniment to dance [music] . But sadly it also has a darker more dangerous side as it will effect the body's metabolism and switches off the body's warning systems which can lead to overheating and dehydration and ultimately heart failure and brain seizure.

Long term it will damage your brain functioning permanently, although effects will vary between people, the subject in the film Julie Brown says she has calmed later in life through the effects of ecstasy but I would say that she may have just grown-up a little.

Many people I have known that have used the drug are now later in life experiencing emotional problems, in that they have trouble feeling natural euphoria.

yeah I've known a few 'casualties' along the way, some have made decent lives for themselves and others......well, let's just leave it there. I suppose it all depends on whether one's consumption was excessive and, more importantly one's chemical make up before the consumption started. the true extent of the problem will probably never be known as no-one really wants to admit to having taken drugs to their GP's do they?