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I hate to say it, but we're drug nerds

yeah. drugs are fascinating and we are fascinated.

why bother postig it anywhere else? one of the few places where i feel quite normal. . . in the BL family I consider myself as a sort of conservative drug user wo watches the frequency with which he doses and the doses themselves as well . . . explain to a straight person that you consider yourself conservative in your drug use :D HAHA! I am so glad BL is there. Massive respect to those making it happen.
 
Even if you don't have a future in pharmacology/medicine/science, it doesn't hurt to know what you're using, what to watch for, and how to take care of yourself. I'm definitely a drug nerd, no where near as knowledgable as many of the users on here, but a drug nerd none-the-less. Anyway, knowledge is power. Even if it wasn't related to drugs, it's still beneficial.
 
I consider myself a "drug nerd" too -- i am simply fascinated by them! I'll bring them up in random conversations, and love to ask people what they tried, how they felt, etc... i get a lot of random wierd looks from my non-user friends. I'm like you guys JUST DON'T GET IT. I am by no means a heavy user, but i love to learn about it -- there has only been one drug i tried that i did not research heavily on bl or erowid before ingesting...and trust me, after i took it, i did plenty of research, and said what was i thinking? lol.

Anyway, this fall at college i'm taking "the psychopharmacology of abused drugs" -- i can't wait! I just hope it is not to chemistry-based...yuck!

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Soccer fans are soccer nerds, a professional tennis player is a tennis nerd, Dr. Dre is a producer nerd.

If nerd equals "knowing more than average about a subject" everyone are nerds. So what does it matter? Are there actually some people that have no interests and just know a little bit of everything? That sounds boring...
 
Wow, I can totally relate to this thread. One of the biggest bummers of drug culture that I've seen is just how amazingly uneducated most users are about their drugs. Just the other day I heard a kid telling me, "Dude, don't do acid, it will stay in your spinal cord forever and you will never be able to get a professional job." Then he went on this speel (sp?) about how when he does ecstasy it's only once every two weeks so he doesn't put holes in his brain. I was going to say something about the NIDA-5 and Olney's Lesions, but I figured I didn't care enough to argue. Haha, at some point you just have to let people huff computer cleaner and think it's nitrous oxide.
 
ok then redeemer maybe we are drug fans. the word fan stims from the word fanatic. the reason why sports admirers are called fans and not nerds is because they acquire knowledge through their participation, and its a subject everyone has a little bit of knowledge in. we are drug nerds because we acquire knowledge about drugs for the purpose of participating in drug use. Actually the reason we are nerds is because we have extensive knowedge about an esoteric subject. to most people, when we talk about drugs it sounds like greek to them. god if only a had a nickel for every time someone didn't want to hear about what a neurotransmitter is.

plus we talk about chemistry over the internet, kinda has a nerdy ring to it.

500th post, finally Im on the DRUG NERD ALL STAR TEAM!!!!
 
a nerd speaks out

...a higher state of human evolution ...

is the incorporation of knowledge on a global scale

Invention, use, and advancement in drugs ...
being one of the most interesting evolutionary events
we've yet to scratch the surface of.

our minds, body's and souls and perhaps technology
...being a few of our other evolutionary endevours.

at this rate
...i guess i was just born a little too early
...in the wrong century :\

Kudos to our pioneers :|
 
THE WOOD said:
yeah i think everyone i know calls me asap whenever they have a urinalysis to pass. its hysterical.
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I hadnt noticed this comment before but it struck a chord with me because, haha, I've had at least fifteen calls in the past year or two asking how long drugs stay in one's system, does flushing with water and antioxidants really work, will they still hair test if the person shaves their head bald, what supplements to take, does cranberry juice really clean out the urinary tract, is excercise a viable option.... oftentimes, I feel like a fucking psychiatrist or pharmacologist.

I suppose it's really not so bad, though, considering the fact that I'll never need to ask others the same questions.

As other people have pointed out, being a "drug nerd" sounds just stupid. In a society where self-induced inebriation is a crime, self-experimentation becomes a hobby of sorts. Hobbyists (is that a word?) that enjoy building model airplaines, working on cars, helping the poor and homeless, are certainly not considered nerds. We are a rather scientific community, but our science relies not on mathetmatics and other activities commonly associated with "nerdiness"... we explore the depths of human conciiousness, we explore the finity of our human bodies via overdose reports, and we learn about our own physical, physiological and biochemical makeups that make us who we are.

In general, I believe a healthy fixation with drugs, case studies, clinical pharmacology, and general common sense with regards to drug use not only makes us more confident and self-aware human beings, but distances us even further from oft-thrown about term "Nerd". It appears our passion has a purpose. Try making that comparision with someone who obsessively builds model rockets, collects sports memorabilia, or collects cars. Sure, you know about inorganic construction, but in the universal sense that we pursue our minds in hope of expanding them, I believe nerdiness does not apply to us "recreational drug scientists", a term I'd much rather take than "drug nerd".

....my 2, 3, or 4 cents.... apologies for the tangent.
Alprazolam and red wine work synergistically on the GABA release in the human brain, leading my thoughts to flow more openly and with, I feel, more clarity.
...whoops, I'm beginning to sound like a drug nerd again8)

=D Fuck it. At least I know myself, my capabilities, and my limits.

And with those words, I bid you all farewell, for another glass of fine 1996 merlot awaits my gastrointestinal tract=D
 
I remarked to a friend of mine that I was a nerd. He told me I was too much of an angry punk to be a nerd. So I showed him the latest stuff I was reading on Erowid (something about MDMA neurotoxicity), then I put on an episode of Star Trek, commented on the theory behind warp drives before proceeding to launch into a diatribe on why I, Robot didn't would've pissed off Isaac Asimov. He walked out mumbling something about nerds under his breath, but I heard from him later that night, something to the tune of "I just drank a bottle of liquor, do you think I should take a couple oxycontin?" Yeah, I'm a nerd, and a lot of people are still alive thanks to the countless hours I've spent reading about drugs. Just because I'm a nerd doesn't mean I can't be a tattoo freak or a drunk, a rugby player, or any other number of things that most people think just aren't very nerdy. On the other hand, my scifi obsession might mean I'm also a dork.
 
wastedwalrus said:
What would Dr. Shulgin's job be? Because whatever that is..... I want it!
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Shulgin's job is being a genius at chemistry and organic chemistry. And even being a genius, it took him years of study and several years of working for a chem/pharmaceutical company before he was able to really do the work he loved.

You have to be absurdly dedicated and intelligent to do what Shulgin does. There are many years of discipline and sobriety that come before the times when you get to sample your new batch of 2C-D or whatever. He has also probably made huge monetary sacrafices. It's not like he can sell the stuff he creates.
 
I'm glad i'm a bit of a drug nerd otherwise i would of taken PMA without knowing that it was easily overdosed AND that it takes longer than MDMA to kick in (so i would of probably dropped another) AND i also take an antibiotic that is broken down by the same enzyme as PMA, so i was very lucky i knew this info before instead of after, or there might not have even been an after.
 
Sometimes I even describe my moods by the chemicals that are in my brain. For instance, sometimes I'll say "Ahhh... that got my dopamine flowing," or "I can feel the serotonin."
 
Great topic! and love the article at Erowid. Yeah, I realized I was a drug geek the night I was watching mmmmwas it ...20/20? when they did the special on Sasha. When they showed him walking out of his lab and I got all giddy like a school girl and I think I even clapped my hands and had a goofy grin as I saw those overgrown steps that lead to it, as he describes in Pikhal. I was like "look baby, it's his lab" (to my husband)

Don't worry, I am cooler now. :o
 
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