You’re not wrong, MDMA cannot be pressed into a pill, it falls apart, so any pressed pill with MDMA has to have a binding agent, and usually some other drug to potentiate the experience.

All that being said reagent testing isn’t difficult nor expensive and anyone wishing to dabble should definitely look up their pills and test them if possible.

I raved for a few years, took ecstasy perhaps too often, but with experience you learn what to look out for, even the consistency of the pill can let you know its quality or if it is actually full of piperazine which is a anthelmintic which is not a fun experience when you’re expecting a solid clean roll.

I stick to tested MDMA nowadays and my preferred route of administration is intravenous, something which you should NEVER do with pressed pills, but is quite good with more pure MDMA in its crystalline form.