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Erowid - Documenting the Complex Relationship Between Humans and Psychoactives

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207 points slow_typist | 3 comments | 21 Oct 25 20:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.458s | source
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jbstack ◴[22 Oct 25 09:51 UTC] No.45666840[source]▶
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?
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andrepd ◴[22 Oct 25 10:01 UTC] No.45666905[source]▶
- Buy on the darkweb. Marketplaces exist with established vendors, open forums, feedback, customer support, escrow... I could write a long text about how this is an infinitely better way to do things for all concerned than to "force" non-violent people to interact with violent drug traders and adulterated products, but let's leave that for now. You can pay with Monero for untraceability.

- Test what you get. Some stuff being sold as LSD might actually be another synthetic psychedelic, potentially dangerous (unlike LSD). So test: even in jurisdictions in which LSD is banned, you can easily buy tests; for LSD, this would be Erhrlich's reagent. If it tests positive, and since there's no reason to have LSD and an adulterant (unlike other drugs such as cocaine), you're safe.

Of course, this is what my friend told me.

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noman-land ◴[22 Oct 25 12:09 UTC] No.45667830[source]▶
How does your friend receive the mailed packages?
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1. andrepd ◴[22 Oct 25 13:47 UTC] No.45669098[source]▶
My friend was extra careful and sent it to a PO box kind thing, with a fake name and throwaway email just in case. But he thinks that is overly paranoid: if the letter was intercepted (highly unlikely), there would be no legal consequences because there is no link between him and the purchase (therefore strictly speaking all that happened was that someone mailed him illegal drugs without his knowledge ;)).
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2. kridsdale1 ◴[22 Oct 25 22:34 UTC] No.45676031[source]▶
This is what my friends in the bodybuilding world have come to accept.

Yes packages get intercepted. But it isn’t the legal liability of an addressee for what is in some box that SOMEONE put in the mail. Otherwise it would be an amazing blackmail (nigh literally) tool to target any enemy.

3. tech_ken ◴[23 Oct 25 15:48 UTC] No.45683248[source]▶
It's a bad idea to send darkweb packages to a PO box, as the USPS will require a lower threshold of evidence to search the package. As it is they can't inspect your mail without a warrant, which is exceedingly rare for them to procure for a random package. Having it shipped to your home, although maybe somewhat nerve-wracking, is the simplest and most secure option in the United States (for now).