# Cambodia to End Trade in Key Ecstasy Ingredient

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 7, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410 "2008-03-07T04:02:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/1 "2008-03-07T04:02:56Z")

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Story [here](http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6367555.html).

Bad news for all you party ravers, I guess. 😛

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/2 "2008-03-07T04:04:35Z")

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The Word Of The Day is ‘Cambodia’.

Here, I’ll use it in a sentence:

‘I called up the twins and said, “ **Cambodia** come over?”’

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/3 "2008-03-07T04:06:22Z")

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Ah, I see you’re on the stuff now!

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/4 "2008-03-07T06:10:23Z")

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If I said you have a cam bodia, would you rub it against me periodically?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/5 "2008-03-07T08:01:47Z")

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LOTS of ravers here, I see. 😃

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**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/6 "2008-03-07T15:12:19Z")

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No more E? We’ll have to reschool an entire generation to teach them the new alphabet.

…or should I say…

W’ll hav to rschool an ntir gnration to tach thm th nw alphabt? 🙂

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**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/7 "2008-03-07T18:16:13Z")

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**Siam Sam** , c’mon. Some of us know enough about chemistry that we don’t NEED raw materials shipped from overseas.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/8 "2008-03-07T18:20:00Z")

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Won’t anyone think of the saplings?

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/9 "2008-03-07T18:20:39Z")

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[QUOTE=The Them]  
**Siam Sam** , c’mon. Some of us know enough about chemistry that we don’t NEED raw materials shipped from overseas.  
[/QUOTE]  
Yes, we can just dig up the local sassafras trees.  
It’s not as if Cambodia has a monopoly on safrole.

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**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/10 "2008-03-07T18:56:06Z")

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No more ecstasy from Cambodia  
That’s tough kid but it’s life  
No more ecstasy from Cambodia  
Maybe you should get a life!  
[/DK’s]

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/11 "2008-03-08T01:07:16Z")

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[QUOTE=The Them]  
**Siam Sam** , c’mon. Some of us know enough about chemistry that we don’t NEED raw materials shipped from overseas.  
[/QUOTE]

Phew! That’s a relief.

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**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cambodia-to-end-trade-in-key-ecstasy-ingredient/440410/12 "2008-03-08T04:53:21Z")

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[QUOTE=wheelie]  
No more ecstasy from Cambodia  
That’s tough kid but it’s life  
No more ecstasy from Cambodia  
Maybe you should get a life!  
[/DK’s]  
[/QUOTE]

Woo-hoo! You rock!!
