^This. The
wikipedia and
erowid pages for RCs are pretty useful. Check out these
Frequently Asked Questions.
RC's are called Research Chemicals because little is known about them. The terms "designer drug" and "legal high" are also used. Sometimes RCs are sold as "plant food", "bath salts" or other chemicals that you wouldn't normally put into your body. This is a tactic to skirt around laws regarding substances intended for human consumption. I don't recommend using them as actual plant food. Another marketing tactic is "branded RCs", which involves the vendor not giving the actual chemical name of the drug in question, but instead giving it a flashy brand name such as "
Jolly Green Granules" and others. This is a very dangerous tactic because not only is the drug new and untested, you also don't know what drug you're taking. I would stay away from branded RCs at all costs.
There are many psychedelic RCs, but they can be any class of drugs. More recently, stimulants and drugs that claim to be, or are at least intended to be, replacements for MDMA (Ecstasy) or cocaine have become popular. Check out these links for
MDPV,
mephedrone (also called 4-MMC, "meow meow" and many others). RCs are not limited to any one class of drugs. They can be psychedelics, stimulants, depressants, opiates, nearly any class of drug. Some of them are legal, some are known as "analogs" or "analogues" which means they're modifications of illegal drugs made so they're quasi-legal. Check out this article on the
Federal Analog Act (U.S. legislation) for more information on analogs. Still others are 100% illegal, but that depends on what drug you're talking about and which state you're talking about. Laws are constantly changing, and we're not lawyers, so doing a Google search or speaking to a qualified attorney is always the better option when it comes to the legal status of substances.
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