Looking into the stigmatisation of ecstasy, while other drugs go unscathed

VICE Media tested 50 MDMA samples across 8 major Australian cities

When Michael Sun and Siobhan Ryan entered student politics, they were met with nostalgic tales of the “party days”, raucous parties from a generation of the broad left merely a couple of elections older than themselves. They spoke to those who lived them. Illustrations by Ann Ding.

Dan Thomas reflects on the time he nearly watched his friend die