num_pages: 320
description: When Ecstasy was first mixed with house music sometime during the 1980s, the reaction triggered a diverse youth movement. It affected music, fashion, the law, government policy and other areas of public and private life. This work trails the drug from California, through New York and onwards in the history of Ecstasy and the culture and politics that surround it.
language: English
title: Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House
titlecomplete: Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House
genres: Music, History, Cultural, Sociology, Pop Culture, Nonfiction, Cultural Studies
ratings_count: 438
publisher: Serpent's Tail