One doctor’s idea: Allow ecstasy to be bought OTC in pharmacies
It won't stop deaths but it will reduce them, the drug reform advocate claims
Fewer people would die from drug overdoses if MDMA (ecstasy) was available over-the-counter, a Sydney doctor and drug reform advocate claims.
Regulating ecstasy and distributing it through pharmacies would reduce the number of deaths from impurities and uncertain doses, Dr Alex Wodak, the head of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation told the Today show.
Appropriately trained and supervised staff could manufacture ecstasy using “proper” processes, he told the show.
The products could be regularly tested, and harm-reduction information could be supplied when the drug was dispensed.
