Editing MDMA (section)

===Economics===
====Europe====
In 2008 the [[European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction]] noted that although there were some reports of tablets being sold for as little as €1, most countries in Europe then reported typical retail prices in the range of €3 to €9 per tablet, typically containing 25–65{{nbsp}}mg of MDMA.<ref>{{cite book |author=European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction |title=Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in Europe |year=2008 |publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |location=Luxembourg |isbn=978-92-9168-324-6 |page=49 |url=http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_64227_EN_EMCDDA_AR08_en.pdf |access-date=1 December 2008 |archive-date=25 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425191815/http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_64227_EN_EMCDDA_AR08_en.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> By 2014 the EMCDDA reported that the range was more usually between €5 and €10 per tablet, typically containing 57–102{{nbsp}}mg of MDMA, although MDMA in powder form was becoming more common.<ref>{{cite book | chapter = Ecstasy: high purity powder available | title = European Drug Report | date = 2014 | page = 26 | publisher = European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) | url = http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_228272_EN_TDAT14001ENN.pdf | isbn = 978-92-9168-694-0 | doi = 10.2810/32306 | author1 = European Monitoring Centre for Drugs Drug Addiction | access-date = 4 June 2014 | archive-date = 7 September 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140907142119/http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_228272_EN_TDAT14001ENN.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

====North America====
The [[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]] stated in its 2014 World Drug Report that US ecstasy retail prices range from US$1 to $70 per pill, or from $15,000 to $32,000 per kilogram.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ecstasy-type substances Retail and wholesale prices* and purity levels, by drug, region and country or territory|url=http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr2014/Statistics/Prices_ATS.xls|publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime|access-date=2 January 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208142205/http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr2014/Statistics/Prices_ATS.xls}}</ref> A new research area named Drug Intelligence aims to automatically monitor distribution networks based on image processing and machine learning techniques, in which an Ecstasy pill picture is analyzed to detect correlations among different production batches.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Camargo J, Esseiva P, González F, Wist J, Patiny L | title = Monitoring of illicit pill distribution networks using an image collection exploration framework | journal = Forensic Science International | volume = 223 | issue = 1–3 | pages = 298–305 | date = November 2012 | pmid = 23107059 | doi = 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.10.004 | url = http://www.fsijournal.org/article/S0379-0738(12)00458-6/abstract | access-date = 9 December 2013 | archive-date = 28 August 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210828153543/http://www.allmallorcahotels.com/fsijournalorg/ | url-status = live }}</ref> These novel techniques allow police scientists to facilitate the monitoring of illicit distribution networks.

{{As of|October 2015}}, most of the MDMA in the United States is produced in British Columbia, Canada and imported by Canada-based Asian [[transnational organized crime|transnational criminal organizations]].<ref name="DEA 2015 assessment">{{cite book | title=2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary | chapter-url=http://www.dea.gov/docs/2015%20NDTA%20Report.pdf | publisher=United States Department of Justice: Drug Enforcement Administration | access-date=10 April 2016 | chapter=MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) | pages=85–88 | date=October 2015 | archive-date=10 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410100038/http://www.dea.gov/docs/2015%20NDTA%20Report.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> The market for MDMA in the United States is relatively small compared to [[methamphetamine]], [[cocaine]], and [[heroin]].<ref name="DEA 2015 assessment" /> In the United States, about 0.9 million people used ecstasy in 2010.<ref name=Drugs2014/>

====Australia====
MDMA is particularly expensive in Australia, costing [[Australian dollar|A$]]15–A$30 per tablet. In terms of purity data for Australian MDMA, the average is around 34%, ranging from less than 1% to about 85%. The majority of tablets contain 70–85{{nbsp}}mg of MDMA. Most MDMA enters Australia from the Netherlands, the UK, Asia, and the US.<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Dillon P | url = http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/dillon.htm | title = 10 years of ecstasy and other party drug use in Australia: What have we done and what is there left to do? | work = Drugtext.org | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120209142314/http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/dillon.htm | archive-date = 9 February 2012 }}</ref>

====Corporate logos on pills====
A number of ecstasy manufacturers brand their pills with a logo, often being the [[corporate logo|logo of an unrelated corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mdma/mdma_images.shtml|title=Erowid MDMA Vault : Images|access-date=3 March 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306030258/https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mdma/mdma_images.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Some pills depict logos of products or media popular with children, such as [[Shaun the Sheep]].<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Cork T | date = 31 July 2015 |url=http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/sick-dealers-peddle-Shaun-Sheep-Ecstasy-tablets/story-27521142-detail/story.html |title=Now sick dealers peddle Shaun the Sheep Ecstasy tablets |work=Western Daily Press|access-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150812022920/http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/sick-dealers-peddle-Shaun-Sheep-Ecstasy-tablets/story-27521142-detail/story.html |archive-date=12 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>