There is absolutely no difference between a Research Chemical and a traditional drug, other than the fact that one has a longer history of human use. Like thenightwatch pointed out, at one point LSD-25 was an RC too.
As said above, people like you are missing my point. Research Chemicals of nowadays are different from Research Chemicals in say the 1940s. Back then research chemicals weren't seen as a means of profit by Chinese labs and you couldn't go online and order a custom synth of a kilo like people these days are doing, there was catalogues but it definitely wasn't to this scale. It's called modernisation. I'm not just talking about the title, I'm talking about the entire process, if RCs were the same back then as they were now why don't we have all these analogues already - albeit they were discovered, but nobody was making them on this sortve scale. People are more inclined to try research chemicals after the likes of Tihkal/Pihkal as we learnt a lot from Shulgin and discovered that they were probably a lot safer than made out to be. Back then you didn't have the Internet to go and discuss your experiences with others. If RCs were the same back then as they are now, they wouldn't have just brought in these RC laws.
You are all so defensive of your research chemicals without considering what I'm saying. Go onto a Research Chemical website, look at the amount of random stimulants, etc we have these days, to be honest and while some of you may not agree all these random stimulants are pretty much shit and they keep appearing. I'm reading all these threads of people trying all these new research chemicals, bombing say 200mg of something and reporting a buzz similar to caffeine.
I'm talking about the actual chemicals that are defined as RCs we have at the moment, the majority aren't even worth wasting your time with if you can just get an alternative chemical that is in most cases just not the analogue. You guys might enjoy splashing all your money out on these chemicals and trying them, but that is of no interest to me, I'd rather spend my money on something that will be enjoyable rather than be a 'guinea pig' (and no I'm not saying you're all gonah have 3rd arms).
The idea behind research chemicals is extremely interesting and I love it, after all we've discovered some really nice ones such as Etziolam/nBOME as of late. But there is a lot of shit to sift through to find the good ones, but then again that appeals to some and doesn't to me.
For example, people compare 2c-i to Acid and MDMA. Why not just take acid and MDMA? I find it a much cleaner experience.
I think a lot of people are so fond of research chemicals because they are legal in their country or easier to get than an illegal alternative, the 2cs for example have a high reputation in America because -e/-i were legal if I'm correct until a few weeks ago? That and the fact they are much cheaper than drugs in the same category (say psychedelics) highly appeals to people.
Definitely. 2C-E gave me really interesting perceptual phenomena that acid never had in the slightest. For instance, 2C-E's visuals blow acid's visuals out of the water. 2C-E even has some vivid auditory stuff going on, and other effects that I can't even describe.
2C-E visuals are naff if you ask me. They are visuals made up of repetitive loops and cycles, I could spend a day looking at a wall on acid and watch an amazing scene unfold. On 2c-e, all I see is the same things repeating themselves over and over. Say you're looking at a brick wall, on acid this brick wall can change colour and melt into some crazy landscape filled with themes of religious symbolism, etc. On 2c-e the bricks come out, move a bit, fall into place and repeat the same cycle - I only realized this was the reason I wasn't enjoying 2c-e too much after a few trips on it, so this was something I realized myself and wasn't influenced.
For auditory stuff, this comes out with acid at higher doses so that may be why you're not feeling it. I find even ~150ug is enough to get them in and believe me they are fantastic if you like the 2c-e ones you should find acids waaay cleaner and less 'disturbing'. I understand what you mean, possibly say on the comeup of 2c-e, but personally it was all just uncomfortable echoing.
With 2c-b, I'm not too
By productive I just mean posting here (and not taking 10 minutes per sentence). I'm thinking the time for me to trip is approaching once again, I still have a dose or three of 2c-e available. I really wanna get into some moderately high dose tryptamine experiences again, but the time isn't right yet I feel, some day it will be though.