A doctor has revealed controversial drug MDMA is actually 'not that dangerous' when taken in 'pure form.'
Specialist GP David Charles Thomas weighed in on Australia's pill testing debate on Thursday.
The real danger, he said, lies in the fact that the drug is illegal making it impossible for users to tell what's in it.
'If it was in the pure form, and you're a healthy person ... it's probably not that dangerous,' he told the Australian Radio Network.
A doctor has said MDMA isn't too dangerous if used properly
'But it's still not a sensible thing to do, to take things with no information about where it's been made, how pure it is, what else has been added to it.'
In a podcast titled Triggered, by Deborah Clay, the GP explained the way MDMA works to heighten excitement on users but also limits their ability to self-regulate temperature.
'It can make them feel like they have a lot more energy, but it also decouples their temperature regulation and their perception to the extent of any warning signs,' he said.
Combined with the heat, dancing and general exertion of music festivals, users could easily overheat, he said.
Debates over pill testing continues to rage in New South Wales and Victoria in the wake of recent drug-related deaths at music festivals.
In NSW, pill testing has become a hot topic ahead of the March 23 election.
Five people died after taking drugs at festivals in the state between September 2018 and January 2019, prompting a public outcry for pill testing trials.
But the NSW government remains firmly opposed.
The podcast, broadcast late last week, comes as former federal senator David Leyonhjelm called the government's opposition 'stupid'.
Debates over pill testing continues to rage in New South Wales and Victoria in the wake of recent drug-related deaths at music festivals. The GP revealed users
