As September ends, we have a bunch of fun projects moving ahead. First, a reminder that we're nearing the end of our annual support drive. Then, read more about other projects below!

Final Day of Erowid's Support-A-Thon, with Matching!
September is Erowid's annual support drive when we seek a new high for the number of donors in a single month. This year our goal is 1,229 donations ($5+). The first $50 of every donation is MATCHED! We still have $1,123 in matching funds available. Please donate!

https://erowid.org/sept_drive

R. Gordon Wasson publishes Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality in 1968, advancing the theory that Amanita muscaria mushrooms were the key ingredient in the ritual Soma sacrament described in east-Indian Vedic texts from 1000 BCE.

Horizons - Perspectives on Psychedelics
October 5-7, New York City
http://horizonsnyc.org/

Horizons returns again! The annual NYC gathering examines the role of psychedelics in science, healing, culture, and spirituality. Individual day registrations now available.

Shulgin Book Release: Psychedelic Stories, Art, and Cookbooks
October 8 @7pm, Moe's Books, Berkeley, California
http://moesbooks.com/events/#oct8

Ann Shulgin, Jon Hanna, & David Presti share at a book signing event for newly released commemorative editions of PiHKAL & TiHKAL. Earth & Fire plan to attend.

Experience Report Milestone: Most Published in Any Year Over 4,500 experience reports have been published in 2018, more than any previous year. This goes along with the latest issue of Erowid Extracts, which is dedicated to information, articles, and stats about the history and value of the Experience Vaults.

BNDD [DEA] Microgram - Vol 2, #4 (Nov 1969) This Microgram describes an unusual seized powder with a roughly 1:1 effective oral dosage of PCP & LSD. Also, a 2nd amusing error of ibogaine's molecular structure first pointed out by Dr. Shulgin, and procedures for ID'ing LSA-containing seeds (HBW & Morning Glory).

Shulgin Archiving: 1967 Nature Editors Confused on LSD Synth An editorial from 1967 offers a frightened perspective on the difficulty of controlling LSD and other lab-synthesized drugs, followed by an out-of-touch and tellingly arrogant misjudgement about "flower children" who couldn't (!) synthesize such chemicals.

Fundamentals of Responsible Psychoactive Use - Russian The twelfth in the series of translations of Erowid's guide to relating responsibly to psychoactive plants, drugs, and technologies.

EcstasyData is an Erowid project that conducts laboratory testing of ecstasy tablets, research chemicals, and other drugs. We publish our results online along with analyses from other testing programs.

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  Gold Bar (Orlando, FL)
  Contains MDMA.
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  Blue Nemo (Houston, TX)
  Contains Caffeine and Methamphetamine.
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  Oompa Loompa (Los Angeles, CA)
  Contains LSD.
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  Adderall (Minneapolis, MN)
  Contains Methamphetamine.

The project of transcribing Sasha Shulgin's Lab and Notebooks was started ten years ago by volunteers at Erowid. The crew has nearly finished transcribing the 14th book in the Pharmacology series. The Pharmacology notebooks mainly include first-person accounts of psychedelic experiences by Shulgin's research group.

In a few weeks, we'll be working at the Shulgin Farm with Connie Littlefield, to help index and digitize materials for use in a documentary about Sasha and Ann Shulgin.

Erowid is often mentioned in articles and books. Mentions may include positive or critical reviews, as well as citations of Erowid content.

• "In case you choose not to say no to drugs, kids"
  
  The Student Newspaper [University of Edinburgh] (Sep 2018)
  "If you're into the science of drugs erowid.org might be right up your alley."
• "Perceived Risk of Emerging Recreational Drugs: Impact of Anecdotal and Statistical Evidence"
  Journal of Drug Issues (Jul 2018)
  "All participants read real web postings obtained from Erowid.com regarding a) the consequences of using synthetic marijuana and b) the consequences of using kratom."