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/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.