---
title: "Dangerous Tesla-Branded Ecstasy Pills Are Showing Up at Raves"
description: "Orange pills pack twice the usual dose of MDMA."
date: "2016-09-06"
modified: "2019-06-22"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5107/dangerous-tesla-branded-ecstasy-pills-are-showing-up-at-raves"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Drugs"
  - "ecstasy"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "Tesla"
---

# Dangerous Tesla-Branded Ecstasy Pills Are Showing Up at Raves

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We’re willing to bet Elon Musk didn’t come up with this cross-promotion. Anti-drug organizations are cautioning people on the party circuit to be on the lookout for [ecstasy pills branded with the Tesla name and logo](<https://mixmag.net/read/warning-orange-tesla-pills-contain-very-high-mdma-content-news>), as the orange capsules have around twice the amount of MDMA usually needed for a user to get high.

Earlier this summer, testing of the orange, shield-shaped Tesla pills by drug research organization Safer Party in Zurich, Germany Switzerland, revealed they contained [more than 230 milligrams of the mood-altering substance](<https://saferparty.ch/tl_files/images/download/file/Warnungen_PDF_2016/MDMA_extrem_hoch_August_2016_Tesla_2.pdf>) formally known as 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine—MDMA or ecstasy, to us non-Walter Whites of the world. [As MDMA is illegal in most nations](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMA>), few official guidelines exist in regards to a “correct” dosage, but a traditional dose of the party drug clocks in around 100–120 mg, based on *The Drive*’s research.

\[*Using **Google**, Mom. -Ed*\]

Since then, drug safety advocates such as Great Britain-based The Loop have taken to sharing the image and details of the pills on social media, in order to encourage people to be wary of the Tesla-branded ecstasy.

According to EDM Tunes, who we assume know what they're talking about,[ MDMA pills imprinted with the Tesla logo have been common](<https://www.edmtunes.com/2016/09/potent-tesla-ecstasy-pills/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>) for some time now. The new, super-strong batch, however, has reportedly only started showing up this year, and is purportedly common at the Eletric Daisy Carnival, or [EDC](<https://www.tacpack.com/web-shop/>), series of festivals.

In addition to the clearly-recognizable Tesla logo and badge imprinted on each orange pill, the MDMA lozenges in question also reportedly glow under a blacklight. Presumably to make them easier to find when dropped on the floor in a rave. Or something. We don’t party like that at *The Drive...*at least, not anymore.

***Update**: This post has been updated to reflect the fact that Zurich is in Switzerland, not Germany. But it does lie in the German-speaking part of the country, so...y'know.*

https://twitter.com/_/status/772169450363691008

*The Drive* has reached out to Tesla for comment, and will update this post if and when we hear back. Obviously, however, we assume the carmaker has nothing to do with these [ecstasy pills](<https://thefixfix.com/about-us/>). If it did, we're guessing [Musk's "Master Plan, Part Deux"](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/4507/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-reveals-master-plan-part-deux>) would have involved [a lot fewer electric mini-buses](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/4718/tesla-semi-truck-and-minibus-will-debut-in-2017-elon-musk-says>) and a lot more hearty partying.

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

### Author social links  
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[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/willscourtney>)