Declining salience of the 'drug abuse problem'. Since 1985, the proportion of Americans citing drug abuse as the number one problem has declined steadily. This means that it would be difficult to open up another front in the war on drugs. To wage war on MDMA will require that public outrage be whipped up once again, . . . Low incidence of adverse reactions.
Millions of uses result in only a handful of serious problems being reported.
The dearth of MDMA horror stories leaves opponents without the ammunition needed for a campaign of suppression. Unlike users of heroin or 'crack', many MDMA users are from the educated middle class who go on to obtain high qualifications and influential jobs. They will provide strong opposition to suppression. Harm prevention campaigns. These will further reduce the number of mishaps, and thus the number of horror stories.