The life of a typical tablet found in the U.S. begins somewhere along the Dutch-Belgian border, a quiet region of pig farmers. The setting is rural but not far from the Brussels airport. Manufacturers convert abandoned barns or garden sheds into e factories, which can be filthy. They are drawn by the profits. After setup the marginal cost of each pill is maybe 10 cents .
Mobsters have the distribution networks to move millions of pills.
Users can ask dealers for a good brand by name. Officials in the Low Countries are cracking down on e factories but warn that production is cropping up in central Europe and Spain. Today we no longer find coke or heroin among the young. It's always ecstasy. Ecstasy was banned in the North America and in Europe in the mid-80s, just at around the time that the rave movement started in Britain.