Harry Redknapp
Bluelighter
Sort of related to jmendo's post in this forum:
Do you think that, overall, visiting Bluelight, and other harm reduction/drug education sites has benefited you, or just made your drug use worse?
About three years ago, just after they made Bluelight, I took my first ever ecstasy pill. Obviously I wanted to know more about it, so I logged on to the web, and did a search, coming up with this place, and Erowid. Now, places like this were very helpful, as they were full of useful information, and stopped me from doing a lot of stupid stuff. I learned not to take E while on MAOI's, and to avoid over drinking. I learned all kinds of pre and post loading rituals, and what to do in an emergency. Whilst I couldn't say for certain "Bluelight saved my life", I can definitely say it's saved a few thousand brain cells.
But of course, as I scrolled through the vaults of Erowid, I found trip reports about LSD. I found out how to extract codeine from paracetamol for a cheap and effective smack-like high. I learned about a little known mind blowing herb called salvia, and I learned that I really needed to find some 2-ct-7 (which I did)
So, one could argue that had I stuck to popping E's in blissful ignorance, I never would've known about half these drugs, and consequently, never tried them. But by the same token, I could've quite easily popped 3 pills while I polished off the last of my third bottle of scotch, and died.
So what do you think? Has the internet, and all the information it offers you, been a help or a hinderance?
Do you think that, overall, visiting Bluelight, and other harm reduction/drug education sites has benefited you, or just made your drug use worse?
About three years ago, just after they made Bluelight, I took my first ever ecstasy pill. Obviously I wanted to know more about it, so I logged on to the web, and did a search, coming up with this place, and Erowid. Now, places like this were very helpful, as they were full of useful information, and stopped me from doing a lot of stupid stuff. I learned not to take E while on MAOI's, and to avoid over drinking. I learned all kinds of pre and post loading rituals, and what to do in an emergency. Whilst I couldn't say for certain "Bluelight saved my life", I can definitely say it's saved a few thousand brain cells.
But of course, as I scrolled through the vaults of Erowid, I found trip reports about LSD. I found out how to extract codeine from paracetamol for a cheap and effective smack-like high. I learned about a little known mind blowing herb called salvia, and I learned that I really needed to find some 2-ct-7 (which I did)
So, one could argue that had I stuck to popping E's in blissful ignorance, I never would've known about half these drugs, and consequently, never tried them. But by the same token, I could've quite easily popped 3 pills while I polished off the last of my third bottle of scotch, and died.
So what do you think? Has the internet, and all the information it offers you, been a help or a hinderance?
I never in my life expected to know so much but around here we are surrounded with so many different types of intelligent people (a good amount at least) that pride themselves on knowing the cream of the crop in many different areas- drug information, politics, music etc. It also brought me into a world of people who at least know they should try to moderate. I am always surprised at how much I pick up from everyone on here. If you weren't well rounded before you probably are now 
