Ergot/ergotamine?

As you might know, ergot fungi encompass ergotamine, an alkaloid which is used to produce LSD. And I would like to produce my own LSD just to test if the synthesis is really that hard as other people make it to be. But getting hands on the actual fungi or the alkaloids which they have inside is pretty hard. Is there any vendor who would sell ergot fungi (or spores) or the alkaloids? Or am I out of luck?


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[11 Points] None:

I've heard about people isolating it from ergotamine containing migraine medicines (Cafergot, Ergomar, etc), perhaps look into that.


[10 Points] Thereisnofork420:

I doubt anyone would be sending ergot in the mail. That stuff is dangerously toxic and could pose health risks to anyone handling it. I would suggest growing your own rye and acquiring ergot that way.


[3 Points] Vendor_BBMC:

Isn't there an easier route using Lysergic acid from blue morning glory seeds? Each seed has a mg or something - equivalent to 3 Owlsley 1967 blotters.

Amide group. Two ethyls. bob's your uncle.

We need more people making drugs. Its a holy calling.


[2 Points] None:

Trye going rye! you could bake tasty bread!


[2 Points] None:

This is an undertaking I've always wanted to try given the appropriate precursors, reagents, time, space, funding, equipment, etc.

It would be sick if you synthesized a ton successfully with good purity and yield and then went on a market as a vendor to offload some.

Keep in mind 1 g could be sold for $100,000 essentially if you laid it all out on blotter with ~100 ug/hit and sold it $10/hit. Even selling a g wholesale you could get rid of it for like $30,000 at least I'd imagine, which is probably an insane profit margin no matter how much you spent in the startup of a lab to synthesize the stuff.


[1 Points] FapNowPayLater:

nope


[1 Points] MouthStool:

It grows on the edges of rye fields. I would almost just go out and look for it myself. god speed


[1 Points] Throwaway_concept:

The synthesis does look pretty fucking difficult after reading over it. I certainly couldn't do it, but that doesn't mean shit. :P


[0 Points] Jahwolff:

Alkaloid is under fair-security from production through end blister packing. the raw api is near impossible to source without having either a forger / hacker team in place, bribes, or a crafty thief that knows his way around .cz. and .it.

google "NRRL 3027" if you are interested. See also http://www.google.com/patents/

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[0 Points] Deafcunt:

Fosters beer!! ;)