Erowid - Documenting the Complex Relationship Between Humans and Psychoactives

I'm sure there's already a significant overlap.

Likely. I spent a lot of my youth exploring the idea that the brain is sort of like a radio that could be tuned to different layers of reality using psychoactives. Also had a bit of a love affair with DMT for awhile, as well as trying to find the right combo of “soft” drugs that would induce hypnogogic dream states.

As fruity as all that sounds, I learned a lot about chemistry and how to conduct (or not conduct, perhaps), verifiable research, which is an important part of my thinking today as we navigate an ever-increasing flood of claims about tech, medicine and mental health. I have to imagine HN attracts some pretty analytical minds by default, my own being novice, at best.

I have a lot of great respect for the folks at erowid and I’m glad to see they’re still around.

Erowid facilitated my deep dive into psychedelics in 2010 or so. Such a treasure trove on information about harm reduction, dosage, etc.

My old bad trip was meticulously documented and is published on the site (don’t mix cannabis with psychedelics, yo! You don’t wanna get paranoid as the walls are melting)

Funny aside: I think I spent 13 BTC to buy some LSD on the dark web at the time. Years later, the change from that transaction was enough to pay a month’s rent in London. Not only I spent what is a small fortune today, but the parcel was seized by the authorities so I never had the pleasure of trying LSD. Maybe one day…

Reading Erowid trip reports persuaded me to try high dose tripping on Robitussin (DXM). From Wikipedia:

The first plateau (1.5 to 2.5 mg per kg body weight) is described as having euphoria, auditory changes, mild stimulation, and change in perception of gravity.

The second plateau (2.5 to 7.5 mg/kg) causes intense euphoria, vivid imagination, and closed-eye hallucinations.

I like recovered.org's description of fourth plateau dose experiences:

The fourth plateau (at extremely high doses) can cause complete disconnection from reality, a sense of entering “another universe,” and a loss of sensory contact with the environment.

Sounds about right. Definitely kills some brain cells, but a hell of a ride. Would not recommend it if you don't like dissociatives.

I would also recommend checking that the cough syrup you pick does not contain large doses of sugar alcohols like sorbitol, which in high doses, function as a very effective laxative. Nothing like spending 4 hours on a toilet emptying your bowels while tripping balls.

I hope your dealer held on to your million pounds.

That sounds like a vital life experience that can connect you to your ancestors.

The exact figure eludes me, but it could also have been 130 BTC, as we’re talking 2010/2011 when bitcoin was around $1.

In the 8 figures range today.