Much of what I am saying as already been said many times before, but I thought I would consolidate my thoughts and see what Bluelight had to say on the matter, if this post is not welcome here, I apologize.
As recreational drug users, this new found ease of availability in research chemicals poses a dilemma. On the surface, one would assume that easily available high purity drugs would be welcomed by all users, both experienced and otherwise. But this massive surge in online vendors seems to be becoming a doubled edged sword.
Like many users, my first steps into the world of research chemicals was abusing Mephedrone in the summer of last year, unlike most many people using it, I understood that it’s long and short term dangers were widely unknown, and understood the risk. But fiends will be fiends.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but before the rise and fall of Mephedrone and the other cathinones, the RC market was generally restricted to either those who had something to contribute, or those lucky enough to have found a reliable source through personal connections. Generally, only experienced psyconauts and rouge chemists delved into the pages of PiHKAL and TiHKAL and experimented with new, previously untested analogs to find a new, legal buzz. This made the whole scene somewhat restricted and elitist, and mostly left alone by the authorities and the media, with a few exceptions like the whole Hive fiasco (although The Hive was called out on its discussion of illegal drugs).
This is probably what kept it alive, here, experienced, relatively responsible users were actively trying not to draw to much attention to them self. Unlike this new generation of vendors who market there stimulants to the masses, plastering the words ‘LEGAL HIGHS’ all over their websites. The words ‘plant food’ as basically become synonymous with party powders and everyone from your 14 year old cousin to your grandma knew that you could buy drone for £14.99 online. Hordes of ill informed and irresponsible people were buying it and taking it in huge quantities and eventually it contributed to a few deaths. Of course this is what caused the media, and by proxy the government to pay attention, inevitably leading to a ban. We got lucky with just a cathinone ban, and not massive draconian blanket ban that basically said ‘anything that isn’t already legal and you can consume to have fun is now illegal’.
This may sound ridiculous, but how do you think the government are going to respond if these drone replacements (which look far nastier in my opinion) that are about to hit the market, or chemicals like chemicals like Phenazepam, sell nearly as well? With all the horror stories associated with them, large scale, irresponsible use would certainly end with some absurd drugs act being passed, if only to silence the just as idiotic and ill informed screaming mothers and busy-body do-gooders. In essence the vendors are putting themselves out of business.
However I do not think they don’t realize that, they know that by mass marketing potentially dangerous, untested narcotics that they provoking extreme response from the powers that be. They also realize that they can make far more money in a short period of time mass marketing these powders to the general public, than they ever could keeping things hush, and restricting use to relatively small group of users who are intelligent and responsible.
I see no solution to this dilemma, I in no way advocate elitism, but I also think the wider public has proved it self too hedonistic and short sited to be trusted to keep the worst case scenario from happening.
Thoughts?
-J
As recreational drug users, this new found ease of availability in research chemicals poses a dilemma. On the surface, one would assume that easily available high purity drugs would be welcomed by all users, both experienced and otherwise. But this massive surge in online vendors seems to be becoming a doubled edged sword.
Like many users, my first steps into the world of research chemicals was abusing Mephedrone in the summer of last year, unlike most many people using it, I understood that it’s long and short term dangers were widely unknown, and understood the risk. But fiends will be fiends.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but before the rise and fall of Mephedrone and the other cathinones, the RC market was generally restricted to either those who had something to contribute, or those lucky enough to have found a reliable source through personal connections. Generally, only experienced psyconauts and rouge chemists delved into the pages of PiHKAL and TiHKAL and experimented with new, previously untested analogs to find a new, legal buzz. This made the whole scene somewhat restricted and elitist, and mostly left alone by the authorities and the media, with a few exceptions like the whole Hive fiasco (although The Hive was called out on its discussion of illegal drugs).
This is probably what kept it alive, here, experienced, relatively responsible users were actively trying not to draw to much attention to them self. Unlike this new generation of vendors who market there stimulants to the masses, plastering the words ‘LEGAL HIGHS’ all over their websites. The words ‘plant food’ as basically become synonymous with party powders and everyone from your 14 year old cousin to your grandma knew that you could buy drone for £14.99 online. Hordes of ill informed and irresponsible people were buying it and taking it in huge quantities and eventually it contributed to a few deaths. Of course this is what caused the media, and by proxy the government to pay attention, inevitably leading to a ban. We got lucky with just a cathinone ban, and not massive draconian blanket ban that basically said ‘anything that isn’t already legal and you can consume to have fun is now illegal’.
This may sound ridiculous, but how do you think the government are going to respond if these drone replacements (which look far nastier in my opinion) that are about to hit the market, or chemicals like chemicals like Phenazepam, sell nearly as well? With all the horror stories associated with them, large scale, irresponsible use would certainly end with some absurd drugs act being passed, if only to silence the just as idiotic and ill informed screaming mothers and busy-body do-gooders. In essence the vendors are putting themselves out of business.
However I do not think they don’t realize that, they know that by mass marketing potentially dangerous, untested narcotics that they provoking extreme response from the powers that be. They also realize that they can make far more money in a short period of time mass marketing these powders to the general public, than they ever could keeping things hush, and restricting use to relatively small group of users who are intelligent and responsible.
I see no solution to this dilemma, I in no way advocate elitism, but I also think the wider public has proved it self too hedonistic and short sited to be trusted to keep the worst case scenario from happening.
Thoughts?
-J
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