Erowid - Documenting the Complex Relationship Between Humans and Psychoactives
206 points by slow_typist
by temp0826
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This site is an "old internet" gem and I hope it never changes. I saw Earth and Fire (the creators of the project) speak at the Psychedelic Science conference a few years ago, quite a treat! Genuinely great people oozing integrity
by progmetaldev
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This site helped me tremendously in my youth, with staying safe and giving me actual knowledge about different chemicals, rather than the complete abstinence information from programs like DARE. At one point, I found that a psychoactive chemical I was taking had a serious side effect with a prescription I was taking, and that information was nowhere to be found through web searches. Without Erowid, I definitely would have permanently damaged my liver! I don't think we should necessarily be marketing psychoactives to the youth, but I'm glad that this type of information is available for those that choose to search for it.
When I was young, I looked at this site like a TODO list...
by WD-42
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My friends and I used to visit this site a lot in high school and got kicks out of reading experiences for the more "hardcore" drugs like nightshade. Who knows how many of them were legit, but it was a great stoner activity. Glad to see this site is still around.
by redwood
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Absolutely critically experience vaults here. In my youth these were invaluable
by edgineer
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And for the modern era there is Drugslab, a Dutch channel where the hosts describe drugs, take them on camera, and show their experiences.
Ah Erowid, grew up in front of my computer and on irc chat rooms; that website taught me a lot. I submitted a few trip reports back in the day.
by jbstack
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I'm curious how people go about finding safe sources for something like LSD (to be clear I'm not asking for anyone to give specific details, just an explanation). While psilocybin is easy to try safely (just travel to a place where it is legal), LSD is illegal in every jurisdiction as far as I know. The thought of ingesting some substance from dubious sources, that could be contaminated with absolutely anything, terrifies me and I honestly don't know how people bring themselves to take this kind of risk. Am I missing the point and there is some safe underground supply chain for this sort of thing?
by sans_souse
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This was my Most Valued Resource of the old internet.
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by ratelimitsteve
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when I was a teenager back in web pre-alpha erowid either put me in grave danger or saved my life, depending on whether you emphasize the drug use or the fact that I survived it relatively unscathed
by gnhustgames
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by alessandru
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"news"
ahahaaha you people just found out about this?!>?!
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