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More "Brand New" Wanna-Be-E in Town (Novel Adulterant Discussion)

MisterDC

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Edit: Text wall, sorry.

(TL;DWR? Cliffs: WTF is with the Piper!? Seen it personally yet? Friends? Comment if you've had experience with it, and feel free to share your opinion about how lame it is and how it's a miserable substitute for even 2C molecules - unless you need to cram for finals. Or ya know, if you actually like it...er...why? What's the justification?)

Hey all!

Just thought I'd bring this up, since it wound up being this particular compounds' atypical style that brought me here - just as the glorious asscrack of dawn prepares to pull itself over the horizon and moon me unabashedly.

Sum Up:

Last night, a female accomplice and a, dare I say, dashing young man happened across some items for inventory which seem to be coming up more and more often across this great nation. I'm sure you can guess what it is, and I'm sure it's likely been brought up before here (implied apology for assumed redundancy) - but it's been quite a while since I indulged in this particular pasttime, sooo...

If you're smart, the first guess might be that they're another adulterated candy with the ever-so-popular and occasionally-fatal Shulgin compounds packaged as MDMA these days (2c-B, 2c-I, 2c-c-7 - the usual suspects). An awesome guess, initially I wouldn't be able to agree more, happens all the time, and this was immediately tested for given the sharp quality of these molecules - but in this case, I was actually expecting there to be no MDMA and was kind of hoping for a controversial RC refreshment.

I wound up let down. TOTALLY let down
- but hella awake at least - and able to write this with zero rest and weird tone permeating it.

I'm referring here to two particular punchout items - Mr. Yellow Decepticon (how tongue-in-cheek - what kind of asshole punches fake E with a DECEPTicon logo on it? Dick!) and his apparent accomplice, Mr. Orange Bart Simpson. I'm sure these aren't the only ones out there, but they somehow wound up here, in my misty blue mountain backwoods town:

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Again, I'm sure there are other variation on these (I believe I saw a Ninja Turtle Head with the same composition in a report somewhere, come to think of it), but in this case, obviously our aforementioned anti-hero couple wound up getting a really cheapass deal, so...ya know, feck it! No loss there!

So they called a semi-expert on the subject - me - for my "professional" opinion on the matter - which I was happy to give based on my, er, let's say intimate understanding of a vast array of substitutes and adulterants. Upon analysis in the G.C. Mass-Spec (I wish ha), these two lil yellow/orange suckers (again, the products, not the aforementioned super-fly couple) wound up being:

*Drum Roll for Those Who Don't Already Know/Don't See This Coming*

1. Benzylpiperazine
2. (deep breath) Trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine AND...
3. ...What I'm guessing is a splash of Mrs. Dash for flavor - in this case, standard binders, and probably a pinch of caffeine and it's buddy cocaine (or perhaps procaine - mild localized analgesia was indeed noted post-insufflation, but this may be related to the other two active ingredients).


Indeed, these are dark days! The super-aptly-named Pied-Piper Piperazine hath thus lured his victims out of the nest with promises of good things to come, only to again be led astray, like the squiggly-wiggly den of previously super-happy-horny entactogenic snakes they were! The humanity!

...Or lack thereof! What's worse!? Whatever!

So anywho, I'm sure there are members here more familiar with these items than myself, since the couple - who is clearly not me or my girlfriend - considers these activities something of a rare indulgence for dealing with an otherwise miserably stressful existence.

Thus, I found myself there, noting and observing, quite familiar with the compounds, but admittedly surprised at where they had just turned up. Didn't see it comin.

SO! I just thought I'd ask you guys what you all think - and more specifically, whether these lil bastards have been drifting around your neighborhood streets as well. Don't get me wrong - our male protagonist was up all night reviewing the literature, and honestly quite enjoyed the calmer, more focused mindset. On the other hand, his teeth keep grinding regardless of the benzo offset, and our hero can't help but be the usual kind of pissed off he is when products are misrepresented. It's like misrepresenting the weight of livestock - it should be akin to larson if it weren't of questionable legality already...

I mean, our protagonist adventurer DOES, to a degree, appreciate that the 2C class compounds for their usual...lets say reliability - most notably how they actually have non-specific serotonergic activity, like they're supposed to - but aside from the monumental amount of work he achieved, he's a little let down (albeit now keenly aware of what to do should a random test come up).

I'm just glad I can 1. Identify this kind of thing, 2. Know how and when to use them and 3. Feel more comfortable that the research done, though admittedly not much, is at least SLIGHTLY more comprehensive than the typical alternate Shulgin Masterolocules.

For those of you with the experience, I need not even state that these somewhat atypical amphetamine-class drugs could barely be considered the inbred redhead stepchild of Shulgin's sweet baby Molly, and it is of course quite irritating when people assume that anything with "phetamine" at the end of the word or in it's description is an appropriate substitute for the real deal. Dopamine traded in for a brain's serotonin shower? I think not! That's false advertising! I'll sue you fucks! HE'S JUST A PHONY!

So yeah! Impracticality of that last bit aside, who else is running into these? Is it as widespread as, say, the tradeoff for the always-popular 2C classes of chems in X? Is this the future we're staring down the barrel of? Not simply E with no E in it - we're all used to that by now - but E with a completely different class of amphetamines shoved in for quick cheap profit, serving a purpose which says "efficacy only if cramming for midterms or giving abstract dissertations"?

What's the honest opinion about these newcomers flooding an already compromised market? Aside from, of course, how irritating (and potentially reckless) it is that street drugs keep turning away from safer, well-researched, documented compounds we all love to these somewhat scary, perhaps dangerous, rarely used, poorly understood, and totally unstudied RCs and Pharm Extracts?

Additionally, what do we know here? As usual, the research is limited to those willing to act as guinea pigs - do we really have any concepts regarding long-term effects or safety comparisons or, well, ANYTHING? I've reviewed some documentation (including one case study of fatal adema with co-morbid administration of genuine MDMA - why anyone would do this escapes me entirely), but there's very little to go on that actually contains any empirical data, aside from the statistics the DEA and police release that state what we already all know...

...That it's out there, it's cut into the things we used to love and cherish, Sweet Molly's good name's been slandered, and we have to be more careful today than ever before, and even moreso tomorrow.



And at the very least, if there aren't a lot of opinions or information on these shiny new toys - or if I'm just missing the ones already stated - then I at least hope that this post can help someone make a wise choice when presented the options.

Anywho, just hoping someone might be able to shed some light on to the who, what, when, where, why, how, and wtf is next to come out of this new X's Pied-Piper-Piperazine. Opinions and experiences appreciated as well ;)

Adios!

DC
 
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Damn thats a long ass post.. especially for someone on pipes ;)


This shit aint new, its everywhere, its nothing like E, and people keep buying them by the handful. Pipes are extremely dangerous, and I would stay away AT ALL COSTS.


Cut out pills like those are piperazines 99% of the time, sure there are a few with MDMA, but like 3 in the last year or two. You can buy these kinds of shitty pipes ONLINE, no joke. Colorful pills with happy faces, that could kill you, and you can buy a couple thousand and get them delivered to your door.



Also, I really doubt youve been finding 2C-B, 2C-T-7, I, E, P, C, X, Y or Z in your ecstasy pills. It very rare for them to have any of the 2C-xs (at least in America). Get a reagent testing kit, other than lab testing, its the only way to know.

These days, even the labs can figure out whats in our ecstasy though :(

http://www.ecstasydata.org/search.p...city=&source=&m1=&y1=&m2=&y2=&state=&country=
 
Edit: Apparently all my posts are kind of long. They aren't even close to this on other message boards I frequent, but then again, this is a far, far more intensive topic than usual discussions, and I'll readily admit I'm hella curious. Not necessarily because I want to do them and develop a totally radical addiction, but rather because I have an almost uncontrollable compulsion to just UNDERSTAND drugs - especially if they come barging into my town without an introduction under a false name.


Note that I did maintain the common sense to be able to tell I was NOT dealing with E as soon as I saw it, and thus had to trust my apprehension as I began unraveling the secret of just wtf this thing truly is. Safety first, kids!


So anyways, I actually have confirmed 2c-E, 2c-B, and 2c-I all right here in the states, BUT, I do admit, it was only because they were regularly present when the huge flood of RCs really started hitting the market hard a few years ago, just before the massive crackdown on Chinese importers. I was fortunate enough to get ALL of these in HCL form as well :D I consider myself pretty lucky in that regard to have had the foresight to realize those weren't going to be lasting very long - and of course, reading PiHKAL was a monumental asset during that time.

But yah! Back to the point! I AM curious about the pipes! I'm aware of the dangers - standards for stimulants in most cases - dopamine psychosis, seizure, cardiac issues, etc.

What I'd be more curious to know; though, is whether anyone has a really clear idea about what brings that sort of thing on. As far as dosage goes, I always go at least a couple mgs below what I would consider a "small" dose - in this case, these bitches showed up, so as a test, 1/4th of the whole was insufflated.

I'm imagining that's quite a bit different than the regular recreational user who actually thinks they're E and eats 4 of them simultaneously. Irrational decisions like that are totally not my thing - I sing the safety dance around all experimentation.

With that said, is there any general consensus on a safe dosage? Do we have any idea what the LD50 is for this shit? Really, the thing that bugs me is that obviously these things are out there, dumbasses are eating fistfuls of them at a time like you said, and yet there isn't a single group in the world actually investigating the cold hard facts around these suckers.

But yah, sorry for the long post, but thank you for the reply. I know a lot of Ecstasy fans hate these things - and I TOTALLY get that. Completely. No comparison obviously...

...but the danger thing: Am I incorrect to view this in the same double-edged blade way I view most drugs? I mean, let's be honest - there's a pretty large amount of risk with ALLLLLL recreational drugs, so what makes these so much more dangerous than, say, the friggin 2c-T-7, which I seem to recall several young men dying from in the UK due to heart arrhythmia.

So I guess the question becomes - will we ever know anything besides anecdotes and what the news media says about them? I mean, really, for anyone who gives a damn about safety should be well-versed enough to avoid it entirely.

For example, if someone I knew personally decided to take some real MDMA alongside their MAOI, then I would consider them utterly retarded, and would inform them of exactly that even as they suffered from SeroStorm in the ER.

THAT! ^THAT^ is the reason for my interest. I just live on information, and if another designer drug or research chemical is going to show up in my neighborhood, then I WANT to understand it as best as I possibly can, ya know? I tend to believe that education is our best defense system - regardless of whether we're defending from ourselves or from others. Thusfar, I understand the structure, the mechanisms of action, side-effects, etc., but I still feel like there's a door infront of me that says "Is this safe in any circumstances? Low dosages? Offset with anxiolytics?", and I really just want to know what's behind that door.



It's irritating. Freud did a lot of cocaine, so we know ALLLL about it - lethal doses, dopamine overload and schizophrenic symptoms, cardiovascular degredation - the whole 9 yards. Now I feel like a stranger just moved in next door and I can't tell if he's the kind of guy who'd commit a murder of passion, or if it can be avoided through responsibility in the same way every other illicit drug can be controlled.

Then again, there's shit like barbiturates, which doctors are still prescribing, which can kill you on day 2 with the same dosage you took before, so.....maybe it's an issue of a risk/reward ratio? I know the true E-lovers don't like these things (which is almost ironic considering the dangers Molly poses all by herself), but I can easily see compounds like this showing up all over college campuses during final exams VERY soon. Bye bye adderal!

The big question - when that day comes, do the students pass, or do they keel over onto their test?


Mmmmmmmmm questions
 
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Piperazines really arnt useful for anything. Other drugs atleast give you a high, with a full dose of pipes you will just feel like shit, have a horrible headache, and of course that "toxic feel" that they have.


Pipes dont work like MDMA or other conventional drugs, it doesnt REALLY release serotonin, it pretty much just gets into your brain and starts fucking around with the neurons. Whenever Ive taken pipes, it LITERALLY feels like my brain is melting... but we just dont know what they do to you.


Its obvious that they cause a change in your brain, thats what gets you "high" (I never feel good on pipes, only an uncomfortable fucked up feeling) and its obvious that whatever the change is, its a very very bad one.



Piperazines arnt even a drug, their poison.
 
Pipes dont work like MDMA or other conventional drugs, it doesnt REALLY release serotonin, it pretty much just gets into your brain and starts fucking around with the neurons.

Did you maybe mean dopamine? Remember that MDMA is one-of-a-kind in it's ability to affect serotonin. Standard amphetamines rely on dopamine release.

Whenever Ive taken pipes, it LITERALLY feels like my brain is melting... but we just dont know what they do to you.

Can I ask how much you took and your weight? I know it's not precise, but I'd be interested to know. As far as my experience goes, low doses (the only kind I even consider) feel roughly like a standard Adderall or Ritalin buzz. The dopaminergic activity of them, to me, at least, seems very obvious subjectively. I'm beginning to think that we may just be looking at something basically like a classical amphetamine on steroids - low doses yield equivalent effects as relatively high doses of standardized Amphs - or so it would seem.

And of course, any bottle of amphetamines comes with the same list of dangerously killer side-effects. I'm wondering if it might be an SAT Analogy: Hydrocodone : Oxycodone :: Ritalin : Piperazine.

Think that thought train is legit, or is there any reason to think I'm derailing?

Its obvious that they cause a change in your brain, thats what gets you "high" (I never feel good on pipes, only an uncomfortable fucked up feeling) and its obvious that whatever the change is, its a very very bad one.

I never got high. Nor did I end up feeling gross, or having a hangover, or really any negative side effects besides teeth grinding (which I'm well prepared for and was expecting of course).

Again, I'd LOVE to know specifics - dosage, weight, time duration, etc.

But aside from that, my brain is neuroplastic, just like everyone elses. I got a hunch that it'll be just fine, since it rebuilds and rewires itself every day :D

Piperazines arnt even a drug, their poison.

Do you have something backing that up? I'm not trying to be dismissive, I genuinely want to know. Thusfar I haven't seen anything really in the way of proof of neurotoxicity - certainly I've seen the list of side effects, but I've seen that same list about a thousand times before on every class of drugs that operates through dopamine modulation. Hell, Parkinsons' patients regularly end up losing their cars and houses due to the gambling problems their medication causes (the med, of course, being nothing more than the precursor to dopamine).



I feel like there's a lot of worry, and I totally totally understand it, but right now I'm just trying to understand 1. Where the worry is coming from and 2. Whether theres any tested, reliable information on these chems. Thusfar, to me at least, it doesn't seem too much different from any other classical amphetamine besides mechanism of action and dosage strength - and of course, any kid with ADHD and half a brain can tell you how easily he can kill himself with his Ritalin, right?



So yah! If anyone can shed light on a big scary difference, I'll be greatful eternally simply for the knowledge! :D I'm just having a hard time seeing this particular molecule being so much more dangerous than anything else related, especially in low doses. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if it wound up becoming a new treatment for ADD/ADHD in the near future


Unless that scary door gets opened........help me pry, guys! <3
 
I really think your giving this class of drugs a lot more respect than they deserve lol :!


Sure they could be used medically, but so could MDMA. Hell, they give people meth for ADD...


heres some BASIC info http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/piperazines/piperazines_chemistry1.shtml


but we really know nothing about these drugs... from personal experience I can say that they are the most toxic feeling drugs Ive ever taken. Even worse than diphenhydramine.


As for doses, Ive never known them. Ive only taken piperazine on accident, BZP once, and TFMPP twice. Each time was one pill, and every time I felt like shit and the next day was the worst comedown Ive ever had...

BZP seems to be the only thing worth while at all, while TFMPP just seems like a horribly toxic drug with really no benefits...


like I said, we just dont know how they work, and I doubt if anyone wants to take the time to find out. They are horrible really.... if you dont believe me try it again with a full pill.... (please dont)


read some experiences here:
http://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_Piperazines.shtml

that ought to give you a good idea of what their all about...
 
Damn thats a long ass post.. especially for someone on pipes ;)


This shit aint new, its everywhere, its nothing like E, and people keep buying them by the handful. Pipes are extremely dangerous, and I would stay away AT ALL COSTS.


Cut out pills like those are piperazines 99% of the time, sure there are a few with MDMA, but like 3 in the last year or two. You can buy these kinds of shitty pipes ONLINE, no joke. Colorful pills with happy faces, that could kill you, and you can buy a couple thousand and get them delivered to your door.

I tried saying this circa 2009, that basically every cutout is a piperazine. I got bitched out by Maz Dan, who told me that by making such a claim, I'm "implying that any non-cutout pill is safe." Harm reduction my ass :/ Everyone should stay the hell away from cutouts...
 
Awesome. Thanks for the info, guys - I appreciate it.

The experience was entertaining, and a great learning experience, but not one I would really plan on doing again. I figure if I'm going to do a drug with similar effects, I'll just stick to the tried-and-true Nazi/College Student method of slamming standard amphetamines to cram and supercharge data until some kind of legitimate research papers come out.

Until then, I'll just keep my eyes out for any actually medical studies that might pop up - whether that'll happen or not, I have no idea, but in the words of a great man...

"Knowledge is Power!"
 
U should do methylone in stead of pipes....sure wish methylone was still available
 
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