While cocaine can be found in Australia, substitutes are much more common. If you expect to feel close and intimate with those around you, because you have heard that that is what ecstasy does, then chances are that is what you will feel, even if you have taken speed. Even if you do get what you have paid for, there is very little chance that you have got only what you paid for. Unless the user is a diabetic this causes no problem. Occasionally however, non-inert substances are used to 'cut' drugs.
Regular users are fairly good at guessing how much they can take without over-dosing.
If one user waits a few minutes while their friend uses, it will be soon apparent if the drug they are using is of greater than usual strength, at which point they can call an ambulance, if not then they can use themselves. Safety in numbers. Our apologies to the people who were confused to receive the Summer edition of the newsletter last Spring. In preparing the last edition we got our banners mixed up and sent out some Spring editions with the wrong season printed on them. We also apologise for the use of the word 'disease' in our article on cannabis, in relation to the condition schizophrenia, which would be better described as a 'disorder'.