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source: www.inthemix.com.au

Some collect stamps, others collect… ecstasy pills. A man living in the town of Eerbeek, 90 kilometres east of Amsterdam in Holland, has reported the theft of 2,400 ecstasy pills to Dutch police after a supposed break-in to his home on Thursday.

The man had been accumulating the pills – of all colours, shapes and sizes – over the past 20 years, and it’s thought they carried a street value of about 11,000 Euros. Insisting he is neither a drug user or dealer, the man explained to daily newspaper De Volkskrant that his real passion “comes from the varied collection of colours, shapes and logos that are printed on the pills… I’ve tried it (ecstasy) before but I didn’t like it.”

Turning to the police for help may seem a little counter intuitive, but the man is worried that someone might end up dead if they swallowed one of the 40 red and white pills in the collection, as he says they’re poisonous. Although it remains unclear exactly why these pills in particular would be dangerous. Police spokeswoman Esther Naber said she believes the collector, because really, “Why would you make something like this up?”

MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine or Ecstasy) is a psychoactive amphetamine drug with entactogenic, psychedelic, and stimulant effects.
MDMA is considered unusual for its tendency to induce a sense of intimacy with others and diminished feelings of fear and anxiety. These effects have led some to suggest it might have therapeutic benefits in certain individuals. Before it was made a controlled substance, MDMA was used as an augmentation to psychotherapy, often couples therapy, and to help treat clinical depression as well as anxiety disorders. Clinical trials are now testing the therapeutic potential of MDMA for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety associated with terminal cancer.
MDMA is criminalized in most countries in the world under a United Nations (U.N.) agreement, and its possession, manufacture, or sale may result in criminal prosecution, although some limited exceptions exist for scientific and medical research. MDMA is one of the most widely used recreational drugs in the world and is taken in a variety of contexts far removed from its roots in psychotherapeutic settings. It is commonly associated with dance parties (or "raves") and "electronic dance music."
There have been debates within scientific, health care, and drug policy circles about the risks of MDMA, specifically the possibility of neurotoxic damage to the central nervous system (CNS). Regulatory authorities in several locations around the world have approved scientific studies administering MDMA to humans to examine its therapeutic potential and its effects.