Reader Response

February, 1993

Andrew Sullivan, writing in The New Republic, offers an explanation of why the drug ecstasy is so popular with both gay and heterosexual clubgoers: "The obvious explanation is that it's cheap and fun. But it's also, I think, the latest wrinkle in plague psychology. As an antidote to anxiety, the drug has finally found its perfect market. Ecstasy seems to be able to provide instant intimacy, intimacy without fear, either of disease or commitment. It acts as a depressant of sexual desire, acc...