Damn I hate being sober, I’m a smoker
Fredo a drinker, Tadoe off molly water
- Chief Keef “Hate Bein’ Sober”
I’m the life
of the party
Let’s get these
hoes on that molly
- French
Montana and Rick Ross “Pop That”
- Tyga “Molly”
The club drug molly has become a fixture in the rap and electronic music communities over the
past decade. Countless references to the drug are tossed around in songs all
over the Internet and airwaves. The glamorization of molly by artists may lead
many to believe that the drug is all fun and games.
That couldn’t
be further from the truth.
What is “molly”?
Molly is the
street name for MDMA or ecstasy. It is one of the purest forms of the drug and
is used by the ‘rave community’ and often associated with electronic dance
music.
Despite the
information presented to us by 21st century philosophers such as
Chief Keef, molly is not something to mess around with. In fact, the drug has
serious adverse affects on the body. The drug interferes with users heart
rates, blood pressure, and body temperature. It also causes immense sweating
and speeds up the dehydration process.
The use of
molly has skyrocketed in recent years, so much so that the DEA has taken
notice. Operation X-Out was put into motion by the federal government to combat
the club drug movement by increasing education and enforcement. While it is
certainly a step in the right direction, the movement has done little to negate
the widespread use of the drug.
According to
the Drug Abuse Warning Network, the number of visits to United States emergency
rooms involving MDMA have increased an amazing 123% since 2004. What is even
more alarming is that in 2011 there were over 22,000 such visits.
Unfortunately,
the danger does not end at hospital visits. MDMA overdoses have become more and
more common with each passing year. We need to educate today's youth about the
risk of club drugs, and specifically molly, before its too late.
Your link to the Boston Globe article requires registration, so I was not able to read it. And you could easily have spiffed up your post by embedding the jpg of Chief Keef and Tyga's video.
ReplyDeleteWhile you describe a problem, you do not propose anything new. Your closing advice ("We need to educate today's youth") is exactly what you describe the DEA doing earlier in the post with Operation X-Out ("increasing education").
Do you have anything else to offer?
It is crazy how much something bad can be presented as great. That is the power of framing. People can advertise and promote how great something is, or even how bad something is and not show the whole picture. Your explanation of the effects of molly could have been a bit more intense sounding, such as mentioning why people go to the hospital and what happens in the hospital, but other than that, you were clear right to the point and your concern is strong.
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