There are some interesting documentaries about the criminalisation and decriminalisation of party drugs and how some countries like the netherlands have clinics where you can check the purity and substances of drugs such as ecstasy, coke etc.
It is a big wake up call for us as a nation where party drugs are rampant amongst teens and adults who choose to take these substances in social situations. Now the reason why i choose the words social situations is because recently the lead singer of the amity affliction has come forward and spoken about his own personal fight against social anxiety and his use of drugs to combat those feelings. His story was not a pleasant one, with him knowing full well that drugs were only exasperating his circumstances and would have a detrimental affect on his mental well being in the long run. But! there are those who have found comfort in illegal drugs to overcome their mental instability.
For the partiers, one of the main benefits of these clinics are that unknowing people like you and i can take our drugs into these clinics and get them checked for potency and other substances, then are cross referenced to body mass, mental health etc to be able to have a clear understanding on where our 'safe' high is. The deaths in regards to illegal drugs in the netherlands have dropped dramatically since the introduction of these clinics, and yet developed nations like ours choose to neglect these facts and figures and choose to continue our losing war on drugs.
I am not saying drugs are good, i know full well they can be extremely harmful and cause death amongst our teens, but at the end of the day, saying NO just isn't working and we need to find other avenues to be able to come along side the next generation of drug takers and find out the reasons as to why they are taking them and the affects they have on their mental well being.