Teach Me How to Learn About Drugs

In light of the recent post by a wonderful community member about drug misrepresentation, I was wondering if someone could explain how they learned about drugs from a technical standpoint (i.e. chemistry stuff, maximum purities, dosing, redosing, refractory periods for certain chemicals etc.) and from a use standpoint. I've used Erowid and Drugs Forum before but are there any other resources y'all might suggest so that I can become knowledgable about as many drugs as possible so I can stay safe and know when I've taken something that isn't what it was sold to be? How did you veterans accumulate the vast and in-depth knowledge that you have?


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[10 Points] powerman15:

Step 1. Take a fuckload of drugs


[2 Points] Solubilityisfun:

No single source has everything, however add bluelight to that list of sources. Especially if you are into or wary of RCs. Their Big and Dandy threads are especially useful sources for info on more recent recreational chemicals.


[1 Points] None:

Google that shit boi


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[1 Points] NightSymphony:

Erowid is nice place for basic information; legal status(US), dosage estimates, positive/negative/neutral effects, ect. http://www.erowid.org/


[1 Points] Example1337:

google stuff.


[1 Points] opioider:

As everyone else is saying: get on google and start digging.

Though when it comes to misconceptions with drugs, here's my personal pet peeve. There is no such thing as a "maximum purity" other than of course 100%. That whole "MDMA can only be 84% pure!" thing is nonsense. Almost all the phenethylamine based drugs (like MDMA, meth, etc) are oily liquids at room temperature. To make them easier to work with and more stable they are almost always bought/sold/ingested as the ionic salt of a strong acid. Which is almost always HCl. Meaning if the MDMA*HCl crystals are 100% pure then they are 84% MDMA by weight. Which is where this whole maximum purity thing comes from.

The lesson being if you have crystalline MDMA and want to take 150mg, then take 150mg. Don't take 179mg. Everyone talking about dosage amounts is almost universally talking about the solid MDMA*HCl salt. Nobody is selling little vials of "100% pure" liquid, oily, fishy, stinky MDMA.


[0 Points] 180K:

stay away from heroin , that shit is adulterated and kills people. My friend's daughter died a week ago, that shit hits home.