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What one field would allow a person to legitimately pursue the following:
- Research psychoactive chemicals
- Isolate and extract psychoactive compounds / alkaloids from plants.
- Learn how to properly (safety first) synthesize, combine or modify psychoactive chemicals.
- Identify and diminish negative effects from psychoactive chemicals.
- Increase the medicinal/therapeutic properties of substances.
- Understand how psychoactive chemicals interact with the body, brain, and mind.
- Explore the structure of the brain to discover what is or might be possible in the future.
Shulgin is possibly my biggest influence. I'm not looking to do exactly what he did, but what I want to do is quite close to what he's done. I want to understand the process behind how psychoactives work in the body. I want to understand the theory so I can invent and innovate.
Unfortunately, there are many options you can take and I don't know how or how much they overlap: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Neuro/Psycho/pharmacology, Botany and Medicine!
My reasoning is that you can study certain fields on your own, but there are other fields that require a degree if you want to conduct any serious research. I believe that I could major in Organic/Biochemistry and explore the other fields as needed, but I'm not sure.
It's been said that Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry differ in approach/perspective more than they differ in content. Is that so?
If I become an Organic/Biochemist, will I be able to do all I listed above? Shouldn't I be able to study any of the other fields without being inconvenienced? With a degree in Organic/Biochemistry I'd have the most important credential and the all the access that comes with it. As long as I am legally allowed access to the lab and any chemicals and equipment I choose, I should be able to experiment in the other fields without any problems.
I can't see this freedom going the other way. To get access to a lab as a non-chemist would be difficult, I think. It wouldn't be as exclusive. You'd need assistance for certain operations as well. Whereas, from the perspective of a chemist, you can ask for assistance in theory for the other fields and then execute the chemical operations with ease (if I'm mistaken, please correct me).
The one problem I can see is if, in fact, one needs credentials to do research in some non-chemical fields. Maybe I might be able to get my hands on chemicals that a pharmacologist wouldn't be able to get, but then I might not be able to get my hands on chemicals that a pharmacologist would be able to get. I seriously doubt this, but I don't have full knowledge so I can't say for sure.
What path would give me the freedoms/privileges I've described here? I'm asking ADD because this is definitely a more technical, post-education concern.
- Research psychoactive chemicals
- Isolate and extract psychoactive compounds / alkaloids from plants.
- Learn how to properly (safety first) synthesize, combine or modify psychoactive chemicals.
- Identify and diminish negative effects from psychoactive chemicals.
- Increase the medicinal/therapeutic properties of substances.
- Understand how psychoactive chemicals interact with the body, brain, and mind.
- Explore the structure of the brain to discover what is or might be possible in the future.
Shulgin is possibly my biggest influence. I'm not looking to do exactly what he did, but what I want to do is quite close to what he's done. I want to understand the process behind how psychoactives work in the body. I want to understand the theory so I can invent and innovate.
Unfortunately, there are many options you can take and I don't know how or how much they overlap: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Neuro/Psycho/pharmacology, Botany and Medicine!
My reasoning is that you can study certain fields on your own, but there are other fields that require a degree if you want to conduct any serious research. I believe that I could major in Organic/Biochemistry and explore the other fields as needed, but I'm not sure.
It's been said that Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry differ in approach/perspective more than they differ in content. Is that so?
If I become an Organic/Biochemist, will I be able to do all I listed above? Shouldn't I be able to study any of the other fields without being inconvenienced? With a degree in Organic/Biochemistry I'd have the most important credential and the all the access that comes with it. As long as I am legally allowed access to the lab and any chemicals and equipment I choose, I should be able to experiment in the other fields without any problems.
I can't see this freedom going the other way. To get access to a lab as a non-chemist would be difficult, I think. It wouldn't be as exclusive. You'd need assistance for certain operations as well. Whereas, from the perspective of a chemist, you can ask for assistance in theory for the other fields and then execute the chemical operations with ease (if I'm mistaken, please correct me).
The one problem I can see is if, in fact, one needs credentials to do research in some non-chemical fields. Maybe I might be able to get my hands on chemicals that a pharmacologist wouldn't be able to get, but then I might not be able to get my hands on chemicals that a pharmacologist would be able to get. I seriously doubt this, but I don't have full knowledge so I can't say for sure.
What path would give me the freedoms/privileges I've described here? I'm asking ADD because this is definitely a more technical, post-education concern.