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N-Iso cut is a myth. Check it: https://erowid.org/columns/crew/2022/08/drugsdata-meth-and-the-n-iso-boogeyman/

I think the "cut" these days is mostly unresolved l-isomer meth. Makes the shards crumbly, tastes funky & causes tachycardia.


Yeah I've questioned that, too, or sometimes I suspect someone added some RC stimulant to a batch of otherwise normal meth, I guess to stretch it out, or maybe as a pharmacological "experiment", who knows? But if this is so, I would say there's only a minor percent of it in there, and I could be totally wrong, too.
Good ol ero wid . So my follow up , are you on quora at all? I’m gonna mention another forum a guy from quora just created over the summer , guy seems very knowledgeable, he’s got the lingo as far as I know , cook13.org he claims N -iso is real thing . And he has written full articles on it . I’m not educated on these subject at all to read your article and judge it accordingly , same as this cook13 guy . I tend to just skim to the conclusion and summarizes the finding . Science was never a good subject I excelled In . Thank you bro i appreciate it
 
you in the 48? N.E for me , the big apple.
It just seems to strange to me, setting aside my knowledge of how tolerance works, that 90% of the stuff I’ve been getting seems to do absolutely nothing. I’d say I developed my tolerance pretty quick, but before the last 3-4 months the meth at least felt like I was on meth. My appetite was still suppressed to some degree, I could sleep but it took some work, me and my girl were still fucking every open opportunity we had and my house was still spotless. And if I did enough at once I would still feel at least a small rush and euphoria.

The stuff from the last few months lacks all of those characteristics and seems to be getting worse, like I’ve built a tolerance to something else entirely. I can smoke the fattest bowl mankind has ever seen and lay down and take a nap for 5 hours. I eat 2-3 full meals a day with snacks and sometimes other small meals in between and usually I’m still fuckin hungry lol. I have almost no ambition to do anything but sit there and do shit that’s completely unproductive(video games, typing shit on my phone, anything that doesn’t require me to move). Sex is still sex and is great, but it’s definitely not meth sex. Me and my girl still can’t keep our hands off each other cause that’s just how we are, but we’re not having daily hours long, earth shattering, the neighbors heard everything but who cares wild sex like we were. Pretty much everything that made up the meth high is gone, including the high itself and I don’t think it’s tolerance.

Every once and a while we’ll get a bag that as soon as I take the first hit I can tell that it’s not the shit stuff we’ve been getting, and I’m almost instantly high as fuck like I haven’t smoked in months. That’s the main, and pretty much sole reason I don’t believe that tolerance has any factor into my lack of high and that it’s a different substance entirely that we’ve been getting regularly. And when we do get real shit, I don’t have the constant urge to re dose because I’m so fucking high I’m paranoid I’ll die if I smoke again. With the other stuff I’ll sit there and smoke literally all day long despite trying to tell myself to chill out cause I’m just burning up the stash for no reason.

Like I said in my previous post, even if it was poor quality or cut all to hell, wouldn’t it eventually do something after doing it all day long, or doing enough at once? And even if it was just shitty meth, would my tolerance really be that low that 1-2 hits of quality shit would have me completely blown for 2 days?

I know it’s impossible to ID stuff online and there’s a lot of paranoia in the meth world, but I legitimately don’t think most of what I’ve been getting is meth at all because, well, it doesn’t do what meth does. If it was always exactly the same I might be able to boil it down to tolerance, but the fact that I still get stuff sometimes that has me climbing the walls and grinding my teeth for days on end from minimal use tells me that the shitty meth isn’t meth at all. Or it contains so little that there’s zero noticeable effect from it.
are you in the 48? I’m in the big apple , for me the drop began in September, disgusting smooth sided , burnt brown immediately. No high just tightness in chest . Stayed the same until about early December it got a little better. .the last week or 2 seems to be the best it’s been in this time . Thing is I feel the same as you . Buzzed but not like smacked . I also had to quit mainlining this year my veins died. Smoking is new to me . Idk if it’s tolerant or not
 
Good ol ero wid . So my follow up , are you on quora at all? I’m gonna mention another forum a guy from quora just created over the summer , guy seems very knowledgeable, he’s got the lingo as far as I know , cook13.org he claims N -iso is real thing . And he has written full articles on it . I’m not educated on these subject at all to read your article and judge it accordingly , same as this cook13 guy . I tend to just skim to the conclusion and summarizes the finding . Science was never a good subject I excelled In . Thank you bro i appreciate it
Glob bless the Erowid. They've kept archives of The Hive and Rhodium's site for over a decade now, and that alone is awesome. Everything else has been gravy biscuits – the trip reports, the PSAs, etc.

Yeah I'm on Quora, but I don't use it much. I checked out that cook13 guy and, sorry, you can believe what you want, but that guy doesn't know what he's talking about. As far as n-iso goes, I mean, look I used to say the same thing, and I thought I knew what I was talking about. Lotta things make it seem like it could be n-iso. But when you take a closer look, you start to realize that n-isopropylbenzylamine isn't cheap, even when bought at scale. It simply would not make sense to use it as a cut, and if you go looking for evidence of its presence among reported police seizures, it's pretty much never there save for one or two isolated incidents two to three decades ago.

I, too, live in Brooklyn, by the way.
 
Glob bless the Erowid. They've kept archives of The Hive and Rhodium's site for over a decade now, and that alone is awesome. Everything else has been gravy biscuits – the trip reports, the PSAs, etc.

Yeah I'm on Quora, but I don't use it much. I checked out that cook13 guy and, sorry, you can believe what you want, but that guy doesn't know what he's talking about. As far as n-iso goes, I mean, look I used to say the same thing, and I thought I knew what I was talking about. Lotta things make it seem like it could be n-iso. But when you take a closer look, you start to realize that n-isopropylbenzylamine isn't cheap, even when bought at scale. It simply would not make sense to use it as a cut, and if you go looking for evidence of its presence among reported police seizures, it's pretty much never there save for one or two isolated incidents two to three decades ago.

I, too, live in Brooklyn, by the way.
oh okay okay BK in the house 😎 cook13 is a sketchy af . I think he is a scammer , thought atleast he knew what he was talking about on certain topics. There’s fellow on here that wrote an interesting piece recently and touched on that guy .

So I’m just confused , there’s conflicting information on the subject, Wikipedia says it’s real and often used in our world . But like you pointed out the dea tests aren’t showing it only that it’s strong ass meth . All I know is what I experienced and the bag is weak these days . Idk why , have no valid explanation . No sweat , no lockjaw , no euphoria, no boner , I do have an appetite and I sit in my chair . I deal wit the same friend for years , the bag is clear and no real signs it’s booof besides the lack of high . What do you think?

Strong Island 😎
 
Wikipedia says it’s real and often used in our world .
Wikipedia is full of erroneous data; this shouldn't surprise you. It's hard to fact check certain things with any serious accuracy. I'm just applying Occam's razor, pure logic and reason. N-isopropylbutylamine is not a cost-effective cut, and it looks like it happened once in Australia, and then a couple times in North America, IIRC, and then that's it. And this was like 15 to 20 years ago now. LE offices all over are not reporting analyses coming back with n-iso, although it's also possible they could be lying. Furthermore, just bc LE hasn't seized any n-iso-cut meth doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I just seriously doubt it.

I think you have low quality gear that could be cut with perhaps MSM, but more than likely it's just cut with the levo-isomer, or if it's ephedrine-borne gear, then there's a good chance there is unconverted ephedrine/pseudoephedrine in the mix. Add to that dopamine downregulation / tolerance, and your brain kind of "learning" the patterns of dopamine-, adrenaline- and serotonin-releasing meth causes, and it's not hard to see how this could all be affecting the high quite a bit. Why not save your money, take a tolerance break, and wait for the good gear to come back around? Just my unsolicited $0.02. Hopefully the Meth Gods will shine down upon you again soon!
 
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All meth is P2P and nothing makes it safer. The new formulation will rot your teeth faster, lead to psychosis and can cause liver failure after short term use. It's a leading cause of homelessness too as the effects are completely the opposite of old-school meth. P2P makes you tired and sick and less likely to hold down a job. The meth the everyone remembers doesn't exist anymore. The new stuff is exponentially worse for your body and mind and more than 96% of national supply in America is P2P. Go to the doctors or get some help before it's too late.
 
All meth is P2P and nothing makes it safer. The new formulation will rot your teeth faster, lead to psychosis and can cause liver failure after short term use. It's a leading cause of homelessness too as the effects are completely the opposite of old-school meth. P2P makes you tired and sick and less likely to hold down a job. The meth the everyone remembers doesn't exist anymore. The new stuff is exponentially worse for your body and mind and more than 96% of national supply in America is P2P. Go to the doctors or get some help before it's too late.
TL;DR ☞ while the majority of meth in the U.S. is made from phenyl-2-propanone in Mexico, with sufficient post-reaction clean-up, any differences between P2P meth and ephedrine meth is negligible to nonexistent. These are myths and superstitions not based in science, logic, or reason, and they tend to come with personal bias and subjective anecdotes as the sole evidence of their existence.

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Hey, thanks for the concern and advice. I know you mean well, and I appreciate your attempt to share safety info. Certainly reckless meth abuse can contribute to one's demise when they're on that path; however, there is nothing inherent to any drug that causes homelessness. Homelessness can occur as an indirect effect of drug-abuse disorder, but that goes for any drug including ethyl alcohol. It's the behaviors of the individual prior to the abuse of their DoC that is responsible for the results that follow. People are responsible for their actions. Inanimate objects like white powders and crystals have no will or agenda and they cannot do anything and certainly are not to blame for a person's actions. Don't abuse drugs. Either use them responsibly or not at all is the best policy. Take responsibility for yourself.

I'm not sure where you're getting your info from, but you should check your sources. Not that it matters but there is meth out there still made from ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. Any Shake & Bake method is this. The Nagai route and the Birch reduction are still viable methods. And in Asia where the ephedra plant, Mu Huang, is available, this is what you will find. Ephedrine reduction produces solely the d-isomer of methamphetamine, which is the preferred isomer with fewer peripheral side effects. But l-isomer methamphetamine is not some heinous poison, either. In fact, it's sold OTC in inhalers as a bronchial dilator.

For that matter, when you take MDMA, or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, it is almost always made from MDP2P which produces a 50/50 racemic blend of d- and l-isomer MDMA (aka: dl-MDMA). With MDMA, the two isomers actually potentiate each other and a very rarely separated as this will add no value to the product nor give it competitive advantage as it will with methamphetamine.

Also, this "new school" / "old school" talk… are you aware that in the 60s and 70s, biker gangs like the Hell's Angels would manufacture P2P meth in 55 gallon steel drums? They'd tie a rope around the drum, mix in the reagents and P2P for reductive amination, then quickly seal it and weld it shut. Because it's an exothermic reaction they would drop the barrel into a nearby river to cool it off and tie the other end of the rope to a tree so they could retrieve it easily later. The picture of a pressurized steel drum sizzling in a river somewhere in San Francisco as it converts p2p to meth makes me smile. But P2P was the old school method during the 90s and early 2000s.

Sometime during the 90s, this rather brilliant hillbilly meth chemist/cook in the U.S. was seeking a novel route to make his favorite drug, crystal meth. He was pouring through microfilm at his local library and came across an old German paper talking about alternative applications of the Birch reduction using ammonia and an alkali metal. Inspired, he came up with a ridiculously easy method of producing solely d-isomer meth from ephedrine using a Birch reduction in shockingly high yield and purity. He showed some friends and word quickly spread aided by the newly proliferated internet and usenet newsgroups. This set off a wave of home production and an epidemic of widespread meth abuse in the rural parts of the U.S. This was the new school method.

The reductive amination of P2P to methamphetamine produces racemic methamphetamine, that is 50% l-isomer and 50% d-isomer. The l-isomer can be resolved to a fresh racemic blend, rendering a 75%/25% mix and the process can be repeated, ad infinitum, and the l-isomer percent will decrease by half with each iteration (e.g.: 87.5%/12.5%, then 93.75%/6.25%, and so on). This is the common method with the Mexican Cartels, and only because the U.S. started intercepting Ma Huang shipments from China to Mexico. So it's a comparison of meth "cut" with ~10% unconverted ephedrine or meth "cut" with ~10% l-meth, all other things being equal (meaning: assuming the lab in Mexico performed a few isomer resolutions). Regardless nothing about either "formulation", to borrow a term, would render meth with the ability to get you fired from your job, cause you to be homeless, or have the "exact opposite effects" that are expected. Neither is any better or worse for your body, and unless you have literature from science journals to back up your claims that somehow meth made from P2P is "exponentially worse" for your health than meth made from ephedrine, you're just (unknowingly) spreading bad intel, superstition, myths, fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Just because you had a bad time with meth doesn't make the experience universal.

Btw, I'm not saying you didn't experience these things. All I'm saying is that the reason for it has fuck all to do with any gear being produced from P2P. These effects you've described indicate your source is probably getting poor quality meth either cut with something or filled with impurities the chemist did not remove. What's more, this is not the only source of gear in today's market. Also, all stimulant drugs can lead to psychosis and other health issues when abused. Vaporizing any drug can be bad for your mouth and teeth when done excessively and coupled with poor hygiene habits. Responsible drug use involves self-discipline, knowing your limits, and not shirking your responsibilities. Granted, this is easier for some than for others, and every drug is not meant for everybody, but this is the idea anyway.

EDIT: sorry if I seem like I'm being harsh and for the long reply. I want to be sure you know I know what I'm talking about, and I want to stop the spread of misinformation if, when & where I can. It's absolutely nothing personal, but on a personal note I did want to tell you ☞ Welcome to Bluelight! ✌️:)
 
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Exactly why I’ve always hated stims, except coke lol just couldn’t afford it nearly enough to make it a real habit. When sniffing meth id say I had it under control to an extent, mostly because it just lasted me way longer and I didn’t feel the need to do it constantly or every day. To be honest as much as I love the burn it turned me off from doing more once I came down and I’d actually sleep. Smoking it though I just can’t stop. I know I should, I know I really need to, just can’t. I’ll be up for days at a time and what sleep I do get is usually just crashing for an hour or 2 max after having sex with my girl for a couple hours with little or no hydration/nutrition.

I definitely don’t look like a tweaker(yet) and neither does she but to anybody who knows us, at least me cause she’s always been pretty tiny can immediately see the drastic weight change. Not that I was obese or anything before but I’m a good sized guy, always worked with my hands and loved drinking beer so I’ve had a “dad bod” since I was like 19 and you can tell I’ve lost more weight than I should for a dude of my size. Before I quit this last time you could really tell in my face too, which is really what got people to start saying something. I quit and very quickly gained 20 lbs back. I started back up again and my sub supply got cut off(no matter how hard I try to quit those bitches I just can’t) so now I’m sick as fuck and amped up and eating less than ever even though I started off really good forcing myself to eat and drink. Currently just feeling like straight shit but fast. I hate meth lol
Bro.. I'm real dam near close to being in the same situation. I smoke a gram a day right now. But idk I really feel like it's the dope itself. I was almost 5 years clean and had a moment that I never seen coming and I've smoked it every single day since... Weird... I get blurry visioned and I get the ears ringing too more than half the time. That too is weird because all the time before only ear ringing I would have or eye blurry vision. Is when I was an IV user. I know it's something in the stuff for sure....
 
yup I think you’re right brother . N - iso is what I hear often lately , and just a touch of meth to get the juices flowing , and come back . Idk man I got wit it 3-4 years ago and fell in love!!! But like the last few months sheeeeshh am I even high ? Wtf man but it looks no different. The taste ? Idk I was a shooter until January this year my veins are gone . Never really smoked , now I do. Dos that play a part? It does since I never really knew the taste and stuff . It’s throwing me off . Is it tolerance ? Idk man
Dude I just smoked probably half of .4 and I literally can melt down the shit and run the faster melting stuff away from the dope... Ye it's not perfect and has residual in each pile but I promise you can actually taste real meth, the other shit doesn't even make clouds hardly. It's like smoking clean air idk how to say it. I am pretty sure it's msm but idk all the way. I personally think the meth coming in and from Atlanta has got to be majority l-Meth and obviously very little D-meth. And I absolutely guarantee there is either N-iso or something very similar being put in the product before leaving the cartels labs.. and it really would surprise me if they didn't put msm in it before the border. But I'm also sure some comes over with no cut and way more dextrose meth... I'm sure it's not 2400 a brick either. Probably more 7-10,000 range .. I'm sure it's very rare and cherished... I'm washing some tomorrow I'll see how much acetone brings out. But I'll recrystallize with isopropyl alcohol 91% and see what I can figure out with that process....

I'm learning I was researching this material over the last few weeks well mainly because we all know this shit ain't right... Not even close for sure. 1 hr high and slick on the low be jonesinh bad for it. Blurry vision just smoking it. Makes me lazy. Hungry and memory loss and foggy thoughts. It can't be good for US.... But this is straight from ATL and I don't know anyone getting any Really good stuff. Nobody actually.....

I would love to know other places to get information on directions to visit and research, other forums or websites or people in general

Please help me if I'm wrong and I'm taking all opinions And questions.
 
The people I know who use(d) meth like(d) clearer crystals.
Yeah I just got some recently. There is zero cloud looks like an ice cube. It gives you straight clear head focus and it's pleasurable too. It seems to be making a comeback to a degree, I've been seeing labs get busted in the news in USA. It gives me hope for a better future.
 
The blurry vision thing is interesting, I've noticed that lately too. I also noticed some very odd sweet" aromas when smoking it. But it's not turning brown easily and not burning up. The shards are pretty clear and quite hard but once broken, a lot of it can be crushed easily with fingers except for certain chunks. It makes me figure it's def being cut with something.

It def still works though. I can tell whether or not it works if you flash some porn at me. If it's working, I'll automatically get a warm rush through my loins.
 
Hold it up with a light behind it and it will be almost see through but just a slight blur and that blur is a beautiful sight..really refracks the light and looks awesome.
Yeah for a drug with such a sketch reputation, it sure is an aesthetically pleasing crystal. Too bad it's so badly misunderstood and frequently used incorrectly/problematically. C'est la vie.
 
Guys whats up, I have a genuine question. I'm trying to cut down to try to get off of ice. I've been doing a lot daily. I have had the brain zaps before obviously but I'm getting like serotonin surges randomly. Like I feel it surging in my brain and body and it makes me feel like I have to get up or I'm going to die. Is that like a normal serotonin reaction after a large binge? Sometimes I feel like I'm getting mildly shocked by electricity. It could all be in the head obviously and I do know not to react to anything and just focus on something else. I just don't want this happening at work, I'm pretty sure they already kind of know I'm a piece of shit lol.
 
Guys whats up, I have a genuine question. I'm trying to cut down to try to get off of ice. I've been doing a lot daily. I have had the brain zaps before obviously but I'm getting like serotonin surges randomly. Like I feel it surging in my brain and body and it makes me feel like I have to get up or I'm going to die. Is that like a normal serotonin reaction after a large binge? Sometimes I feel like I'm getting mildly shocked by electricity. It could all be in the head obviously and I do know not to react to anything and just focus on something else. I just don't want this happening at work, I'm pretty sure they already kind of know I'm a piece of shit lol.
Sorry your experiencing this mate. Here's some information for you.

"Both antidepressant withdrawal syndrome and meth withdrawal can lead to brain zaps, though their underlying mechanisms differ. During antidepressant discontinuation, brain zaps typically result from changes in serotonin levels as the body adjusts to the absence of medication. In contrast, meth withdrawal leads to brain zaps due to disruptions in dopamine pathways and overall neurological stress from cessation of the stimulant."

Similarities:
Both scenarios involve similar sensory disturbances like electrical shock sensations.
Common symptoms include sleep issues, irritability, and hyperarousal.

Differences:
Serotonin shifts primarily cause antidepressant-related brain zaps; dopamine dysregulation is more relevant for meth-induced brain zaps.
Meth withdrawal tends to produce more severe physical symptoms alongside brain zaps due to its intense impact on the central nervous system"

Good luck with it all,
A.T

 
"Both antidepressant withdrawal syndrome and meth withdrawal can lead to brain zaps, though their underlying mechanisms differ. During antidepressant discontinuation, brain zaps typically result from changes in serotonin levels as the body adjusts to the absence of medication. In contrast, meth withdrawal leads to brain zaps due to disruptions in dopamine pathways and overall neurological stress from cessation of the stimulant."

Serotonin shifts primarily cause antidepressant-related brain zaps; dopamine dysregulation is more relevant for meth-induced brain zaps.

I was about to say: it seems more likely a dopamine issue than a serotonin one. So while yes, the reaction is not uncommon, the phenomenon is likely linked to a different neurotransmitter. Just hang in there; eat properly, sleep, get some exercise and some vitamins in you and just let the body heal and get back on its normal functional routine. You got this.
 
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