I in no way condone drug use by any individuals (ESPECIALLY MINORS) without doctor's supervision. This blog post is merely a curiosity post for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. DRUGS ARE BAD MKAY???
With that out of the way, I'd like to point out that politicians do not understand chemistry as well as chemists, neuroscientists, and psychopharmacologists do (shout out to my homie Shaun Flax doing his PhD in psychopharmacology!). I am not an expert, and what follows is based on my biased opinions and thousands of hours of 5-hour energy driven insomnia scouring the internet for truth. If anyone has legitimate information that contradicts anything in this post, please tell me right away so I can remove/correct the content.
Also keep in mind if someone tells you they are selling you specific chemicals and you do not test them with lab equipment, then you do not know they are telling the truth about what they are giving you. You definitely should not consume whatever chemicals that person just took your money for. See: http://www.dancesafe.org/ Harm reduction, people.
The following US classified Schedule 1 drugs have killed exactly zero humans:
1) N,N-DMT - Also known as the 'dream molecule'. So-called because it naturally exists in your brain and the levels of DMT in your brain elevate while you are dreaming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine. That's why I don't allow myself to dream. I don't want to go to prison.
2) Cannabis - Cannabis researcher Dr. Paul Hornby said that "you have to smoke
something like 15,000 joints in 20 minutes to get a toxic amount of
delta-9 tetrahydrocannibinol". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29#Safety
3) LSD-25 - (acid) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lsd#Potential_adverse_effects. Keep in mind that pretty much no one has real acid anymore. Unless you are deep in the underground. Thanks America. If you buy "acid" from someone, chances are it's actually one of dozens of synthetic hallucinogenics, if it is a drug at all. None of these have the 0 kills record that LSD has so just don't do it. The situation is similar for MDMA.
4) Psilocybin (Shrooms) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin#Toxicity_and_harm_potential
5) Mescaline (Peyote) - https://www.erowid.org/ask/ask.php?ID=1778
I hope in the future our politicians can make more enlightened policies. We have to educate ourselves as people to help them.
I thought MDMA has technically never killed anyone either (I've heard of overheating and waterlogging, but I believe in those cases MDMA wasn't proven to be ingested - plus, again, the deaths were a side effect, not a direct cause from the drug). As for shrooms, I thought you could die of food poisoning, technically, though I don't know if that would be the psilocybin or something else in the mushroom.
ReplyDeleteSide effects are effects of the drug that are secondary to the intended effects. Just because it's a side effect does not mean it isn't caused by the drug. For example, benzodiazepines can be used to relieve anxiety and to relieve insomnia. For anxiety treatment, drowsiness is considered a side effect, but for insomnia treatment it is the intended effect.
ReplyDeleteMDMA affects your body's natural homeostasis. The drug makes it more difficult for your body to maintain a safe temperature, thus resulting in overheating and possibly death. This might not be due to an overdose per se, but it is an effect of the drug.
"Quoted from Dr. Julie Holland: 'Not only are MDMA related cases a small percentage of all drug-related emergency room visits, but a large percentage of MDMA cases are not life-threatening.'
ReplyDeleteIn a recent study conducted by the physicians in the Emergency Department of Bellevue, (Rella, Int J Med Toxicol 2000; 3(5): 28) regional hospital ecstasy cases phoned into the New York City poison control center were analyzed. There were 191 cases reported during the years 1993 to 1999 inclusive. This is a rate of fewer than thirty cases per year. 139 cases (73%) were mild and experienced minor or no toxicity. The most commonly reported symptoms were increased heart rate (22%), agitation (19%), and nausea and vomiting (12%). In these seven years, only one ecstasy-related death was reported, which was due to hyperthermia, or overheating."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_MDMA_on_the_human_body