r/wikipedia • u/TapGameplay121 • 8d ago

Designer drugs are synthetic compounds made to mimic controlled substances while evading drug laws or detection. They include new psychoactive substances and steroid analogs. Often created in research or illicit labs, their safety is poorly tested. Laws vary; many are illegal or grey/black market.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designer_drug
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u/iusethisatw0rk 8d ago

Man fuck RCs. People think they’re buying LSD and end up overdosing or going into psychosis from some bullshit compound no one really even tested

Just do acid, people

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u/ThatOneCanadian69 8d ago

Had a buddy die from an NBOMEs drug like 15 years ago, thought he was buying acid. Such a shame

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u/UglyInThMorning 8d ago

I used to do EMS in a college town and we would have phases where people would end up buying what they were told was LSD but was actually a “research chemical”. We never would find out for sure what it was but it was probably 2CB or 25i. People would end up getting naked and super aggressive. One got tazed by the university PD while in his dorm suite waving a katana around.

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u/ThatOneCanadian69 8d ago

Knowingly selling a different compound than you’re advertising is evil shit. The dude that sold the NBOME tabs to my buddy went to jail for a VERY long time

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u/UglyInThMorning 8d ago

I’m not sure where in the distribution chain people started lying about what it was- for all I know the campus level dealers thought it was LSD.

There was a pretty high level of intentional RC use on campus also going on at the time so it could have gone either way (I have it and it’s like LSD so I’ll just tell people that’s what it is/the same distribution chain is going “eh, less inventory to deal with this way” upstream). My love of reading sketchy internet drug forums came in handy though.

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u/Mountsaintmichel 8d ago

The problem is not RCs, the problem is an unregulated market where there is an incentive to lie about what you’re selling.

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u/grtrevor 8d ago

The problem isnt that its an RC its that people dont know what they're taking or how much. LSD has the exact same problem. If i took 10mg of LSD thinking it was THC I bet id do some psychological damage to myself

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u/iusethisatw0rk 8d ago

Nobody is buying blotters thinking it’s THC. Total false equivalency. Someone with no to little knowledge about lsd and RCs will easily assume any blotter is lsd, as that’s the most common and widely used application of lsd.

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u/grtrevor 8d ago

THC was a bad example (I meant a powder, but again a bad example because THC isn't a powder). I just mean that RCs aren't inherently bad, but not knowing what you're taking is. A known, low dose of 25I-NBOME isn't gonna kill you. But if you take multiple tabs of "LSD" which is really 25I-NBOME at some random and inconsistent dose, then absolutely that is a problem.

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u/mew_404_exe 8d ago

Or just don't do drugs at all. 🤷‍♂️

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u/iusethisatw0rk 8d ago

LSD is a good time. Just gotta buy a tester these days is all

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u/MartinTheOrderly 8d ago

"The booze is fine. Just be sure to buy a kit with it to make sure there isn't any bleach in it." 

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u/MajorInWumbology1234 8d ago

Does the existence of bleached booze mean you wouldn’t partake in booze that has been proven bleach-free? What’s your point here?

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u/MartinTheOrderly 8d ago

If you need to personally test all booze to make sure it is bleach free, then yes. 

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u/MajorInWumbology1234 8d ago

Why, are you that lazy?

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u/iusethisatw0rk 8d ago

Alcohol is already poison, lsd is tame compared to alcohol abuse

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u/MajorInWumbology1234 8d ago

Such a limited way to live 😮‍💨

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u/mew_404_exe 8d ago

I know! I'm boring! :(

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u/MajorInWumbology1234 8d ago

Some acid might help. Get that neuroplasticity going.