Stimulants
Alpha-PVP, MDPV and NEP: the cathinones that are not MMC
The cathinones that are not mephedrone. 159 lab samples, and they mostly turn up mixed with the ones people did order.
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SUBSTANCE
Substances
Harm reduction reading on psychoactive substances: what they are, how they act, and how to check a sample before using it.
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Harm reduction reading on psychoactive substances: what they are, how they act, and how to check a sample before using it.
Depressants
How pure is street heroin?
197 lab-tested samples, half of them under 44%. Almost all contained something else, and most of it is not an adulterant.
Stimulants
What is actually in amphetamine?
478 lab-tested samples. 88% contained something else, caffeine in 328 of them, and half the samples held under 58% amphetamine.
Dissociatives
Ketamine purity in Europe, and how to test yours
242 lab-tested samples, half of them above 95%. That figure only applies once you know it is ketamine, which is the part a kit answers.
Psychedelics
Tusi vs 2C-B: what the pink powder actually is
The name comes from 2C-B. What is in the powder usually is not. 229 lab-tested 2C-B samples say what to expect.
Psychedelics
MDA vs MDMA: how they differ and how to tell them apart
One methyl group, a longer duration and a different reagent result. How to tell them apart before you take either.
Stimulants
How to test cocaine purity?
523 lab-tested samples, half of them above 86% pure. The risk in European cocaine is strength, not chalk. How to measure both.
Cannabinoids
Which synthetic cannabinoids are on the market?
MDMB-4en-PINACA leads 100 lab-tested samples. JWH does not appear once, and a third came with CBD or nicotine.
Stimulants
3-MMC vs 4-MMC vs 4-CMC: telling the cathinones apart
Cathinones went from 14% to 43% of samples in the German and Swiss data in one year. 3-MMC, the one everyone searches, turned up four times.
Psychedelics
4-PrO-MET, 4-AcO-MET and 4-HO-MiPT: the new tryptamines
The new tryptamines, their real dose ranges, and why a milligram scale matters more than a reagent here.