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I took MDMA for the first time and have some questions

ascetic — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:48:49 -0800

I took MDMA aka ecstasy for the first time the other night. I was nervous about taking it, but now looking back, I don't regret it at all. I can easily say it was one of my best experiences. But... I would probably do it again, but I am afraid of damaging my brain. After all, I am only 20 years old and have a whole life ahead of me. I have a friend who goes to lots of jam band festivals and trips on psylocibin, LSD, and MDMA simultaneously. He is brilliant, and is very motivated and hard working. He says serotonin syndrome is BS and I don't have anything to worry about.

Is there any harm in doing it once every other month or so?

2C-i

ed\26h — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:48:43 -0800

What is the legal status of the designer drug 2C-i in South Korea?

Pregnancy after a youth of drink and drugs?

londongeezer — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:05:34 -0800

Assuming a woman has given up alcohol, to which she was strongly attached for 15 years, and has also given up cocaine and ecstasy (MDMA), which she used regularly, and she is now drink and drug free: could this past of substance-abuse affect her pregnancy in any way? And if so, what could she do to minimise the effects? For clarity: she's not pregnant at the moment, but would like to have a baby. (Everything I turn up on Google relates to the use of alcohol and drugs during pregnancy, not before.)

How to throw a "high on life" party?

the jam — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:44:13 -0800

The phrase "high on life" is usually a sarcastic punchline, but a recently I've been wondering: how high exactly can one get on life? More specifically: if you put your mind to it, how would you take 5 or 6 willing participants and over the course of a few hours, engineer a state of transcendental euphoria? An ecstasy party without MDMA? Plenty of things can supposedly produce euphoria... running, swimming in a river in January, those crazy wire scalp massager things, religious-revival-type-activities (speaking in tongues, laying of hands), dancing, certain types of music, hugging, chanting, meditating...

Unload your psychological tricks for inducing a state of euphoria. If you're ambitious, block out an evening's agenda for 5 or 6 friends who are willing to work for it and look a pretty silly in the process if that's what it takes.

Limited alcohol and caffeine use is ok.

And to clarify, I'm looking for things that induce actual, honest-to-god, visceral euphoria. Not hypebolic "I read an intellectually stimulating book and it was bliss".

In the film Bully, why is there a lollipop in the glovebox?

Tuwa — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:54:10 -0800

Bully: Why is there a lollipop in the glovebox? Recently I watched Bully and in the scene where Lisa is driving Donny and cousin Derek somewhere, Derek asks if Donny has any acid. Donny opens the glovebox and two of the things visible in the glove box are a cassette and a lollipop in an orange wrapper. Mix tapes were common enough in glove boxes, but I wonder why the lollipop is there.

I doubt it's there on accident; I just don't know why the film makers decided to put it in.

It's not a stoner pop and it doesn't look like the pain-reliever Actiq.

Is it meant to remind us (as if we needed reminding) how young the teens are? Or would Donny and Lisa have some use or need for it for some reason (perhaps related to acid and/or weed)? Is there any explanation for it?

ID this stash

Rumple — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:48:57 -0800

Help identify my daughter's friend's stash I found these after my 16 yr old, grade 12 daughter had a group of about 15 friends over, someone had dropped them, contained in an old aspirin bottle, into the dog basket.

The pink pill has 'wake up" embossed on it (must be ecstasy?)

The white gel caps have a very fine brown powder in them - see pic.

The black gel cap has a very very fine black powder in it. Its actually a clear plastic gel cap, the powder makes it look black. Couldn't open it easily so poked a little hole in it.

The pink oblongs have 205 stamped, I think they might be legit cold medecine or something

The Yellowish pill looks like a vitamin pill or something commercial, very well made and sealed, whereas the pink "wake-up" pill is slightly chalky

There were two tylenol 500s as well in the bottle.

Any IDs of this stuff? I want to know what I am dealing with before I talk to my daughter about it, but I don't want to risk busting her by going to the cops and asking. In any case, I really don't think they are hers, but if her friends are doing this stuff, she is at least exposed to it.

[also posted at metachat]