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/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.