For 25 years, Erowid has been available as a public resource about
psychoactive plants and chemicals. Though founded in late 1995, it
wasn't until 1996 that we began submitting Erowid.org to search
engines, and traffic grew. By the end of 1996 we had approximately
1,000 page views per day.
We're in the final week of Erowid's annual September Support-a-thon,
when we seek a new high for the number of donors in a month. This
year our goal is 1,376 donations of $5 or more.
Donations of $10-500 being matched. We still have $23,000 in
matching funds available. Please contribute!
https://erowid.org/sept
Garden States - Cultivating Ethnobotanical Plant Knowledge
(Oct 1-2) in Melbourne, Australia
https://gardenstates.entheogenesis.org/
Celebrating the culture, art, politics and community around
medicinal plants.
Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics
(Dec 1-5) in New York, New York
https://horizonsnyc.org/
An annual forum in New York City that examines the role of
psychedelic drugs in science, healing, culture and spirituality.
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In 2021 we've published 19 issues of Microgram from the 1970s.
These internal newsletters of the DEA, from when it was the BNDD,
contain fascinating historical facts and insights about the new War
on Drugs and the availability of psychedelics and other psychoactives.
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For years, underground therapists have used vaporized 5-MeO-DMT as a
therapeutic agent and adjunct to in-person therapy. This article is
DIY instructions for assembling vape pens of varying 5-MeO-DMT
concentration for personal use.
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A collection of accounts shared with Sasha by his research group,
friends, and colleagues, book F spans 1989-1990 and marks the
end of the Pharmacology series. Substances covered include TMA-2,
MDMA, 5-TOM, AET, and 2C series compounds.
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There's been huge progress made on Shulgin & Stolaroff archiving,
despite plague-year setbacks. We've completed a first pass of
Stolaroff abstracts, we're mostly done with scanning Shulgin
documents, and we're ramping up efforts to index the Shulgin scans
with metadata such as document type, title, author, & privacy level.
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45 years ago: Alexander Shulgin recorded first taking MDMA (16 mg)
on Wednesday, Sep 8, 1976. After stepping up doses, he reported
experiencing the first clear effects from 81 mg, taken Sep 27, 1976.
50 years ago: Albert Hofmann met Timothy Leary for the first
time in Sep 1971.
DrugsData is an Erowid project doing lab testing of psychoactive drugs
including ecstasy, blotter, research chems, opioids, and others. We
publish results online as well as analyses from other testing programs.
Contains MDMA and Caffeine
Contains Methamphetamine.
Contains MDA.
Contains MDMA.
Contains LSD.
Contains Mescaline.
Contains Ketamine & Ketamine Precursor A.
Contains Heroin, 6-Monoacetylmorphine, 6-Acetylcodeine, & Noscapine.
This is a fairly "clean" naturally sourced heroin sample.
Contains Diphenhydramine, Quinine, Fentanyl, Heroin, 4-ANPP,
Benzocaine, Caffeine, phenethyl-4-ANPP, 6-Monoacetylmorphine,
Tramadol, Xylazine, 4-Fluorofentanyl, 4F-phenethyl-4-ANPP, and
6-Acetylcodeine.
A big thanks to the awesome volunteers who help on Erowid projects,
including experience report volunteers SellieG, Halfmoon, Parnate,
affinity, Juliet, Soma91, Alam108, Micro, Nilgiri, Weebl, survival,
scAb13, Snick, Adlai, Jeremiah, sugarmagnoliagirl, Elmar, ThatFeel,
Catskills, Blinkidiot, SpaceSheep, and Nautilus; and roi, Borax,
Steve and sundry chemistry experts worldwide who offer their time
and knowledge on complex matters related to DrugsData. Shout out
to Dave A and our awesome interns Dancer and Flamingo, too!
Erowid is often mentioned in articles and books. Mentions may include
positive or critical reviews, as well as citations of Erowid content.
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Pharmacopsychiatry (Jul 2021)
This study, co-authored by Fire & Earth Erowid, analyzed experience
reports from three websites (Erowid.org, Shroomery.org, & Reddit.com)
that describe classic psychedelics taken with mood stabilizers, and
found that co-administration of psychedelics with lithium is
associated with seizures.
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Clinical Toxicology (Mar 2021)
In a published letter co-authored by Erowid, two samples sold as
cocaine (one as "crack" and one "white rock") and tested by Erowid's
DrugsData project contained bupropion as the only psychoactive
substance. This is the first known confirmed report of bupropion
sold as crack cocaine in the "illicit drug supply".
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An example of a complicated sample tested by our DrugsData project,
initially including an unidentified chemical. Collaborating with our
volunteer experts, we were able to nail down this curious finding.
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In June we published a result for a sample of 1P-LSD that showed an
unusual reagent response. It appears that the chemical tryptamine
may have been added to cause the field reagent reaction to be
consistent with LSD.
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Since the 1970s, Hunter S. Thompson's silly fictional account of
adrenochrome in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" has occupied a
peculiar place in subculture drug lore. After being asked about it
repeatedly, we published a short Q&A.
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The Hive was an influential forum discussing the chemistry of mind
altering compounds. It was active from 1997 to 2004, and later
archived on Erowid, a snapshot of the early days of online drug info.
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"T+3:40 - the main effects seem to be waning, and now shifting into
the more drowsy effects. Still quite a bit of somatic tension
(processing emotion), not much visual activity..."
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"There was nothing notable or distinctive about this place. My previous
reality was instantly forgotten, although I retained a measure of
ability to form distinctive thoughts."
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"...what really stood out to me with this substance in particular was
that the focus was easily controlled. I rarely found myself realizing
I'd spent an hour down a rabbit hole, or on some side-project..."
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"01:00 It is coming... My vision is blurred, I have trouble keeping
the balance walking. I cannot read or write. I need to go and lie
down... My body does not listen to my brain..."
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