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Going further to the idea of legalizing drugs like MDMA for everyday use is where I, and most people, seem to become conflicted.  I understand and support Marissa's argument that it's possible that legalization and subsequent regulation of the production of these drugs will lead to "cleaner" or even "safer" products that may not have quite so large of a possibility for bad hallucinogenic experiences.  I definitely think, that given the qualifications for a schedule I drug (i.e. a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use in treatment), that drugs like MDMA should be reclassified.  It makes no logical sense that MDMA should be more highly controlled than cocaine, methamphetamine, or other highly addictive drugs, given its seemingly much less addictive properties (you can find a list of drugs and their classifications here: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/scheduling.html).  A big part of me, for whatever reason (maybe it's DARE and all of those "this is your brain on drugs" commercials when we were little) still isn't ok with the idea of just legalizing MDMA altogether.  My hesitation is definitely something I'll continue to think about; if there's no logical reason for my opinion, I'll have to do some reevaluation.