I was going to post this yesterday, but didn't get round to it. looks rather prescient now.
It has been evident of late that there is going to be another round of very serious incidents involving RC's very soon unless people get more sensible. it is very similar to the time before web tryp where any idiot with a credit card could get anything in Pihkal or Tihkal.
Dying or getting hospitalized due to an RC will simply draw attention to the field get things banned and fuck it up for people who are sensible, I suppose it is also pretty serious for whoever dies or gets fucked up, but there is a darwinian selection argument???
this has all been said many times before, but I will make some points which hopefully people will take to heart.
With a fairly unknown substance follow the Shulgin bioassay method, he has made it mostly intact through 8 decades. I recommend it.
read all the information about the substance, and try to look for related substances which are medically used, look at the reported side effects and toxicology. If serious side effects are noted then do this calculation: is getting high with unknown substance X worth the potential side effects? just because something is technically legal it does not make it safer than the illegal alternatives, quite often the illegal alternative is much safer. It seems that a lot of these newer RC's are coming from people without much of a clue with respect to pharmacology and chemistry, so the fact that it is available does not mean that someone has selected on the basis of safety or effect.
once you have decided it is worth it, and in my opinion a lot of the substances that are out there are not worth it, then work out your personal dose.
get an accurate balance 1-10mg accuracy or better, they are not expensive, a good balance will cost less than 1g of RC.
know what you have. get it analysed if possible or see if someone else has had it analysed. Suppliers have been known to substitute materials, either by accident or deliberately, (it is mostly the latter). there is also limited quality control
test a very small dose, by this I mean 1/10 of the reported active dose. look for sensitivity and other adverse effects. if there are nothing of concern then wait for any tolerance to disappear 2-3 days minimum.
then take a small dose, if there are doses reported then take the lower doses reported. during the initial trials do not combine with other drugs including alcohol. if you want to take two doses or a dose and a booster weigh the material and label it before you take the first dose. (weighing stuff whilst intoxicated is probably the most common fuck up). If possible keep notes of the effects of this low dose, if there are any signs of toxicity, low blood pressure, high blood pressure, rapid pulse, high temperature low temperature, difficulty urinating, head aches shaking, tremors, the aura feeling prior to fitting, etc etc take note.
if the substance shows serious adverse effects at this low dose, throw it away. period. no ifs, no buts, throw it away and move on.
don't go for massive macho doses, it is not a competition. Indeed when I see obscene doses consumed I tend to immediately think: Dangerous Twat rather than intrepid psychonaut.
whether it is positive or negative post your report online, put it in the Trip Reports, you can do this anonymously.
with the inevitable appearance of RC opioids, being sensible becomes even more important, the compounds that would seem likely to appear are exceptionally potent and potentially lethal.
food for thought: 10% give or take of prescription pharmaceuticals are associated with severe adverse effects, and that is for drugs that have been through full trials. look at how many drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to severe side effects which only became obvious later on,also it takes hundreds if not thousands of compounds to be made and tested before one is good enough to make it through to early stage trials and ask why should RC compounds be any different.
be sensible, respect these materials, stay safe, stay alive.
It is very easy to die, very hard to be resurrected once this happens.
it is also very easy to do yourself serious damage.
I know I am shouting in the breeze, and I wonder sometimes why I bother
Vecktor
It has been evident of late that there is going to be another round of very serious incidents involving RC's very soon unless people get more sensible. it is very similar to the time before web tryp where any idiot with a credit card could get anything in Pihkal or Tihkal.
Dying or getting hospitalized due to an RC will simply draw attention to the field get things banned and fuck it up for people who are sensible, I suppose it is also pretty serious for whoever dies or gets fucked up, but there is a darwinian selection argument???
this has all been said many times before, but I will make some points which hopefully people will take to heart.
With a fairly unknown substance follow the Shulgin bioassay method, he has made it mostly intact through 8 decades. I recommend it.
read all the information about the substance, and try to look for related substances which are medically used, look at the reported side effects and toxicology. If serious side effects are noted then do this calculation: is getting high with unknown substance X worth the potential side effects? just because something is technically legal it does not make it safer than the illegal alternatives, quite often the illegal alternative is much safer. It seems that a lot of these newer RC's are coming from people without much of a clue with respect to pharmacology and chemistry, so the fact that it is available does not mean that someone has selected on the basis of safety or effect.
once you have decided it is worth it, and in my opinion a lot of the substances that are out there are not worth it, then work out your personal dose.
get an accurate balance 1-10mg accuracy or better, they are not expensive, a good balance will cost less than 1g of RC.
know what you have. get it analysed if possible or see if someone else has had it analysed. Suppliers have been known to substitute materials, either by accident or deliberately, (it is mostly the latter). there is also limited quality control
test a very small dose, by this I mean 1/10 of the reported active dose. look for sensitivity and other adverse effects. if there are nothing of concern then wait for any tolerance to disappear 2-3 days minimum.
then take a small dose, if there are doses reported then take the lower doses reported. during the initial trials do not combine with other drugs including alcohol. if you want to take two doses or a dose and a booster weigh the material and label it before you take the first dose. (weighing stuff whilst intoxicated is probably the most common fuck up). If possible keep notes of the effects of this low dose, if there are any signs of toxicity, low blood pressure, high blood pressure, rapid pulse, high temperature low temperature, difficulty urinating, head aches shaking, tremors, the aura feeling prior to fitting, etc etc take note.
if the substance shows serious adverse effects at this low dose, throw it away. period. no ifs, no buts, throw it away and move on.
don't go for massive macho doses, it is not a competition. Indeed when I see obscene doses consumed I tend to immediately think: Dangerous Twat rather than intrepid psychonaut.
whether it is positive or negative post your report online, put it in the Trip Reports, you can do this anonymously.
with the inevitable appearance of RC opioids, being sensible becomes even more important, the compounds that would seem likely to appear are exceptionally potent and potentially lethal.
food for thought: 10% give or take of prescription pharmaceuticals are associated with severe adverse effects, and that is for drugs that have been through full trials. look at how many drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to severe side effects which only became obvious later on,also it takes hundreds if not thousands of compounds to be made and tested before one is good enough to make it through to early stage trials and ask why should RC compounds be any different.
be sensible, respect these materials, stay safe, stay alive.
It is very easy to die, very hard to be resurrected once this happens.
it is also very easy to do yourself serious damage.
I know I am shouting in the breeze, and I wonder sometimes why I bother
Vecktor
I only hope people take it to heart.![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
