lamanogaucha
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Although I don't support the idea of posting warnings on every new thread regarding NBOMe's (as one poster suggested elsewhere), I would support a clearly visible sticky in PD, BDD and whatever other forums the moderators deem necessary. Such a sticky could be called "WARNING: NBOMe and Related Compounds" or something similar. It is obvious that these compounds are dangerous. I see no justifiable reason to not post such a sticky. Regardless of what exactly caused the deaths of these people, some facts must be considered:
* The dosages required to achieve full effects are extremely small. "Safely" ingesting these chemicals requires proper equipment and accurate measurement techniques. It is clear that most (probably all) of the people that have died after ingesting an NBOMe had neither of these.
* Readymade tabs can be unreliable (e.g. they can contain more of the substance than that stated by the vendor/dealer; they can contain a different chemical from that stated by the vendor/dealer).
* Street tabs are often passed off as LSD, which can (and often does) mislead people into consuming doses that are far too high to be considered "safe".
* Some people don't know the difference between an NBOMe and a 2C-x. An individual might think that 2C-C-NBOMe (a.k.a. 25C-NBOMe to informed aficionados of psychedelics) is essentially the same as 2C-C, proceed to snort 30mg of 2C-C-NBOMe, and die a horrible death. (I think that insufflating such a dose of the dry chemical will still cause great harm or kill, but if I'm wrong please post about it.)
* The brain receptor affinities of these drugs are extremely high. This, in and of itself, warrants an NBOMe warning, imo.
* In contrast to the 2C-x, DOx and tryptamine series/families of compounds, NBOMe's have yielded very little pharmacological data (i.e. we know almost nothing about them).
In sum, lay "research" of NBOMe's is very dangerous territory. I think that it is BL's duty to more explicitly warn readers of the potential dangers related to these chemicals. A well-written sticky is in order, even rather overdue.
* The dosages required to achieve full effects are extremely small. "Safely" ingesting these chemicals requires proper equipment and accurate measurement techniques. It is clear that most (probably all) of the people that have died after ingesting an NBOMe had neither of these.
* Readymade tabs can be unreliable (e.g. they can contain more of the substance than that stated by the vendor/dealer; they can contain a different chemical from that stated by the vendor/dealer).
* Street tabs are often passed off as LSD, which can (and often does) mislead people into consuming doses that are far too high to be considered "safe".
* Some people don't know the difference between an NBOMe and a 2C-x. An individual might think that 2C-C-NBOMe (a.k.a. 25C-NBOMe to informed aficionados of psychedelics) is essentially the same as 2C-C, proceed to snort 30mg of 2C-C-NBOMe, and die a horrible death. (I think that insufflating such a dose of the dry chemical will still cause great harm or kill, but if I'm wrong please post about it.)
* The brain receptor affinities of these drugs are extremely high. This, in and of itself, warrants an NBOMe warning, imo.
* In contrast to the 2C-x, DOx and tryptamine series/families of compounds, NBOMe's have yielded very little pharmacological data (i.e. we know almost nothing about them).
In sum, lay "research" of NBOMe's is very dangerous territory. I think that it is BL's duty to more explicitly warn readers of the potential dangers related to these chemicals. A well-written sticky is in order, even rather overdue.
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