Okay from what I've been told here and MOST other places I've been to, pure JWH-018 is supposed to be white and odorless. Like I said in a previous post in this thread, I recieved a sample of what was supposed to be JWH-018 but it was the color/constistency of beach sand and it had a strong mothball-like smell to it, even before I opened the package it came in. I figured this was a bad sign so I asked here and I was told it was, so I didn't mess with any of it then.
I made some posts at a few other sites about the smell mainly, and I got a variety of answers ranging from "that's a good thing, it's an indole smell meaning it came from the correct synthesis" to "get rid of that stuff as quick as you can, that's naphthalene, indicating a bad synthesis and it could be dangerous to your health!". One person told me that it's probably JWH-073 and to just put a tiny bit of the powder on some foil and heat it up and see what happens... Well, I did that, and it puddled up like I was told it should, but the mothball smell became so strong I felt I had to vent the room.
Since then, I've e-mailed some places asking questions about the color and smell of their products, and I've recieved the same type of answers. Almost every place says that the JWH-018 is pure white, but a few places says that it's tan. Then, about half of the places said their stuff was odorless, and the other half said that it could have a mothball smell depending on the batch.
I mean in all honesty, it just seems practical that JWH-018 is and should be pure white and odorless when it's pure. The original place I got the sample from only had JWH-018 and didn't offer any of the others, so I thought the chances that it was JWH-073 were slim. I looked up some pictures of JWH-073, however, and it looks a lot like what I recieved. Just can't seem to find a lot of information about the strong mothball smell. I know from personal experience that AMT and DMT (smoke) smell this way, but naphthalene is known for the mothball smell and there's been so much talk about the carcinogenic properties of it and risks associated with it and the JWH chemicals... That worries me. What would be more likely to cause this type of smell in a JWH chemical, indole properties or naphthalene properties?
I'm not going to be testing this sample that I got because of the smell and look of course, but I'm still curious about it since I'm planning on getting some from another source that seems more reliable. I'll definitely be aiming toward the white and odorless product, but I'm still hoping to hear more about the mothball smell and what's likely to be causing it.
