While one believes that all chemicals, research or otherwise, (except nuclear materials) should be available in known quality and amount to adults, one would not recommend that anyone try any of the so called Research Chemicals. If one were to do so anyway at this time then they better minimally meet 4 criteria:
Criterion 1: Be a stable, mature, adult; mentally, physically, and in terms of actual age in years.
Criterion 2: Be as well informed as possible about the range of possible and expected effects/side-effects of any given chemical that one plans on ingesting.
Criterion 3: Be able to minimally measure with milligram (.001 gram) accuracy.
And last but certainly not least…
Criterion 4: Be someone who will not share any given chemical with anyone else unless they are thoroughly convinced that that person also meets criteria 1-3.
That being said, a few more points. Research Chemicals or ‘RCs’ are not all the same. Clearly there is greater risk with some than with others. They do not necessarily have any commonalities apart from the fact that they have not been used by many humans for very long. Even if one or most of the RCs were to ultimately prove fairly safe and well-tolerated physically, it does not follow that all of them will prove safe nor does it follow that they can be taken in a cavalier fashion as their psychological effects can be quite potent alone. Some Research Chemicals have had more research than others. Both 4-HO-DET and 2C-D were actually researched in clinical settings. Something like 5-MeO-DALT or any of the newer ‘FLY’ compounds, has probably only literally been ingested by a few lab rats and a handful of Homo sapiens. Also what little is known about some of the compounds is flatly concerning. 2C-T-7, 5-MeO-AMT, AMT, & 2C-T-21 have all been implicated in serious adverse reactions, hospitalization, &/or death.
Some persons will choose to explore the effects of these compounds in man, either through sheer recklessness or genuine scientific &/or philosophical interest. For those persons again one would refer them to the criteria above as well as the links below and again remind them that each person’s body, metabolism, and subjective mindset vary. What is a ‘fun experience’ dose for one person really could be a horrendous or lethal one for someone of different body chemistry, psychological make-up, or taking other medications in conjunction.
Some useful links:
An analysis of reported side-effects in the Bluelight RC Side-Effects thread:
http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showpost.php?p=3473888&postcount=114
The Research Chemical FAQ @ Erowid:
http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/research_chems/research_chems.shtml
A link to PiHKAL & TiHKAL respectively, most (but not all) of the research chemicals have there genesis here:
http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/pihkal/pihkal.shtml
http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/tihkal/tihkal.shtml
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