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[ image says, “TORONTO OVERDOSE PREVENTION SOCIETY: preventing cross contamination of fentanyl and other drugs: a small amount of fentanyl could harm someone who takes it unknowingly. Recently, people have been smoking crack overdosed on fentanyl. 

Someone might smoke a hard piece of fentanyl, believing it is crack, or there could be some fentanyl powder on the crack, known as cross contamination. Many other drugs, especially powders, look the same - both cocaine and fentanyl are similar looking white powders, It can be easy to mix them by accident. 

TIPS TO AVOID MISTAKENLY SELLING OR GIVING PEOPLE FENTANYL:

When weighing out, cutting, or packaging drugs make sure there is no cross contamination. 

Try to use separate scales, scoops and blades for different drugs.

Wipe down scales, knives, blades etc. and make sure surfaces are clean between weighing and cutting up different drugs (use alcohol wipes)

Avoid reusing baggies or flaps; residue from one drug can contaminate the next.

Package drugs differently from each other to avoid selling the wrong drug; use different colour flaps or baggies for different drugs. ]

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Undercover Cops/Warning for Drug Blogs 6/13/17

Hey everyone sorry for not posting on here for the last week, I’ve been laying low after a frightening incident that happened to me regarding undercover police and someone I met here off Tumblr. Yes, police are targeting people (drug users primarily) on here by making blogs that have nothing on them (no reblogs, no personal content, not following any other blogs but Tumblr Staff and YOU) and messaging drug addicts in private telling them that if we help them score they will give us money/let us keep like half the amount of stuff they’re asking for, etc.

I was debating on whether or not I should post this since the person this is about doesn’t know I know they’re a cop/working for cops, but I want to keep everyone on here safe from this kind of stuff happening to them, so I might as well share my experience.

Basically a blog on here that had nothing posted on their blog and that wasn’t following anyone except for me and Tumblr Staff (two key sketchy signs right there) messaged me asking for help getting H saying that they had just moved from out of state and needed help with a new connect and offered me close to $100 each time for helping them. It seemed sketchy but I desperately needed the money, so I decided to help.

I met with them twice before the third time, being extremely cautious the first two times (watching my surroundings, asking important questions, sending someone else to bring the stuff back to them instead of me, etc.). Then on the third time they asked for a much larger amount than they had asked for the first two times (which is something cops trying to do an undercover buy do, they buy a couple of decent sized amounts and then on buy number three they buy a large amount and try to pop you with it when you return back to them with it.)

On buy three I carefully watched my surroundings. I noticed undercover cop cars around keeping an eye on me, after I walked off I had a bad feeling.

I got a confirmation that my sketched out feelings were right when while the person was waiting on me to come back with dope my friend that knew what I was doing gave me a call and told me that they were over in the area that that person I’m helping is in and that there’s over 5 cop cars and a drug task force vehicle waiting on me to come back so they could bust me. There was also unmarked vehicles with cops looking out the window with binoculars driving up and down the streets looking for where I went. I’m not going to say what happened after this in case the person I wrote this about finds it. I did the smart thing and decided to be safe instead of sorry.

Everyone on Nodsquad, Tweaker Nation, and everything in between, BE CAREFUL WHEN IT COMES TO MEETING PEOPLE ONLINE AND HELPING THEM GET VARIOUS SUBSTANCES! IT CAN AND POSSIBLY COULD COME BACK TO BITE YOU.

I’ve met probably close to 20 people off of Tumblr, some just to hang out, some for whatever else, and none of them were sketchy people until this last incident.

DON’T HELP BLOGS THAT ARE NEW AND DON’T HAVE ANY CONTENT ON THEM! (aka no reblogs, no personal content, only following you and Tumblr staff or a very unusually small handful of people.)

DON’T GIVE OUT YOUR REAL NAME, REAL PHONE NUMBER, OR ANY OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF TO THESE PEOPLE OR ANYONE ONLINE YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW.

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

If anyone has anymore questions about avoiding these types of situations, about signs and tips on how to spot an undercover cop, or anything else feel free to message me privately. The area I’m in recently hired 110 more undercovers to do drug busts right now, I’m sure Seattle isn’t the only place with this sort of thing going on right now.

PLEASE, PLEASE BE SAFE EVERYONE. A get well, a high, or a chunk of cash isn’t worth a felony and your freedom.

Please reblog this message so everyone in the drug community on here can see this and be made aware. Tumblr isn’t always a “safe place” like we would like to think it is.

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Drugs Under The Microscope

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PLEASE BE CAREFUL try to buy from reliable sources see a sealed bottle or accurate prescription label if u cant test your pills. this shit can kill you i know most of u are thinking youd know if u got a pressed pill by looking at it but the presses are getting super super high quality they look identical and are very dangerous.

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In a nutshell: 

Teen cannabis use falls to 20 year low.

This marijuana trend defies the warnings of those who oppose its legalization because who would have thought kids won’t smoke weed now that the reefer is no longer cool.

The federal data show that adult marijuana use, on the other hand, is rising.

Is legalization to blame? No, those numbers have been rising for several decades, well before the advent of legal recreational and medical marijuana. 

While marijuana use increased among adults, past-month alcohol use fell, according to the survey. Who would have thought that people will choose a safer and better drug when given the option?! Amazing! 

Fuck the War on Drugs.

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Maybe don't be like Billy.. try to start low and go slow lol

#JustSayKnow #I mean #do what you want but #should probs pace yourself #harm reduction

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Harm Reduction is a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug use. The principles of harm reduction include:

Accepts, for better and or worse, that licit and illicit drug use is part of our world and chooses to work to minimize its harmful effects rather than simply ignore or condemn them.

Understands drug use as a complex, multi-faceted phenomenon that encompasses a continuum of behaviors from severe abuse to total abstinence, and acknowledges that some ways of using drugs are clearly safer than others.

Establishes quality of individual and community life and well-being–not necessarily cessation of all drug use–as the criteria for successful interventions and policies.

Calls for the non-judgmental, non-coercive provision of services and resources to people who use drugs and the communities in which they live in order to assist them in reducing attendant harm.

Ensures that drug users and those with a history of drug use routinely have a real voice in the creation of programs and policies designed to serve them.

Affirms drugs users themselves as the primary agents of reducing the harms of their drug use, and seeks to empower users to share information and support each other in strategies which meet their actual conditions of use.

Recognizes that the realities of poverty, class, racism, social isolation, past trauma, sex-based discrimination and other social inequalities affect both people’s vulnerability to and capacity for effectively dealing with drug-related harm.

Does not attempt to minimize or ignore the real and tragic harm and danger associated with licit and illicit drug use.

Harm reduction’s opponents believe that harm reduction doesn’t support abstinence. Harm reduction and abstinence are not mutually exclusive, and rather it can be seen as a spectrum with problematic drug use on one end and on the other end, abstinence. Regardless of what someone chooses to do with their body, harm reduction aims to help reduce harm by offering resources and information to people on that spectrum so that they may educate themselves and move to the position that is best suited to their needs.

Have more questions? Send me a message.

#harm reduction #dancesafe #harm reduction coalition #dancesafe visionaries #drugs #justsayknow

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This can save lives of many Black people who were wrongly convicted and arrested on drug possession charges. Please spread!

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#TestItTuesday

An “#ecstasy” pill sent in to #ecstasydata from San Diego, CA that was expected to be #MDMA but tested as MDMA and a host of substances mildly related to it, so the reagent test results are similar:

3,4-Methylenedioxyphenylpropan-2-one: MDP2P is a precursor in the chemical synthesis of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine (MDxx) class of compounds, and is also an intermediate between the MDxx family and their slightly more distant precursor safrole or isosafrole.

MDA: an empathogen-entactogen, psychostimulant, and psychedelic drug of the amphetamine family that is encountered mainly as a recreational drug. MDA is closely related to the more widely used MDMA (ecstasy), which has similar properties.

MDA 2-aldoxime analog: An intermediate produced in the synthesis of MDA from helional

Phenacetin: A pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, which was widely used between its introduction in 1887 and the 1983. Phenacetin is now being used as a cutting agent to adulterate cocaine in the UK and Canada, owing to the similar physical features of the two drugs.

3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylbenzylamine: MDMA by-product (reductiveamination of piperonal bymethylamine)

Just a reminder, that I do not do these lab tests. Send your samples to escstasydata.org. If you are not local to the NYC area, I can/will not reagent test your substances. These posts are for educational purposes, only.

#dancesafe #testitbeforeyouingestit #harmreduction #drugchecking #adulterants #depressants #rave #drugs #bunk #justsayknow #molly #clubdrugs #recreationaldrugs #designerdrugs #psychedelics #psychoactive #hallucinogens #2cb #testit #molly #bathsalts #meth #methamphetamine #cathinones #ravesafe #rollsafe

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Explain the difference between black tar and any form of powdered heroin, other than consistency? Is the tar just a more raw less refined form or what. Potency wise how do they compare? Wescoast- strictly tar. Eastcoast- strictly powder I've noticed

#1 difference is that black tar H is mostly 6-MAM (6-monoacetylmorphine) and 3-MAM (3-monoacetylmorphine),  less acetylated molecules that are a lot easier and a more sloppy lab production. Good for broke/uneducated/lazy producers to maximize profit margin and a common symptom of society’s that make products illegal.

It comes up super heavy through mexico these days so the west coast sees that more.

The powder is either freebase or Heroin HCl. Freebase most commonly comes from the middle east. That’s the one that people smoke, although I don’t recommend that. Heroin HCl you can snort it a lot easier which is preferable up there and a lot of the time that comes in through the ports so the east coast gets that heavy from Colombia/SEA who make tons of that (perhaps with US permission)

Potency is an extreme variable though, the conjugate base that they are attached to won’t define their potency very well.  Most heroin is cut so ridiculously hard that the purity can vary anywhere between 5%-70%. Black tar is unhealthier for your veins that is for sure. But whichever one was cut less will be more potent.

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For all those wondering about which drugs influence your tolerance to amphetamine-like substances:

Legal medications that can cause a tolerance to Amphetamines are (but not limited to)…

Adderall (Racemic mixture of different Amphetamine isomers)

Concerta, Metadate, Ritalin, Methylin (Methylphenidate)

Desoxyn (DextroMethamphetamine)

Dexedrine (Dextroamphetamine)

Didrex (Benzphetamine)

Focalin (Dexmethylphenidate)

Vyvanse (Lisdexamphetamine) - a chemically time-released amphetamine that is not active itself, but is metabolized by the body into Dextroamphetamine which is active

Nuvigil (Armodafinil) - Not an amphetamine, but is an NMDA receptor agonist (not antagonist)

Provigil (Modafinil) - Not an amphetamine, but is an NMDA receptor agonist (not antagonist)

Wellbutrin (Bupropion), a cathinone-derivative

Illegal drugs that can cause a tolerance to Amphetamines are (but not limited to)…

Crystal Meth (Street Methamphetamine) -

Ecstasy (methylenedioxymethamphetamine, aka MDMA, Molly, Ecstacy, X) – a serotonin-releasing entheogenic stimulant.

Khat (Cathinone) - A naturally occurring plant that contains a  potent amphetamine-like stimulant called “cathinone”

Methcathinone - Methcathinone is a methylated derivative of cathinone. Just like Methamphetamine, it has proven to be more powerful than its precursor - cathinone - and is therefore also illegal. It is commonly manufactured from pseudoephedrine, especially in Eastern Europe, due to the ease of synthesis. Heavy metals used in the synthesis can cause posioning and brain damage.

Mephedrone, and related cathinones. Mephedrone is 4-methylmethcathinone, and became popular in the early 2000s as a replacement for drugs like ecstacy, cocaine, and the amphetamines.

MDPV, or methylenedioxypyrovalerone, a very potent cathinone derivative sold as “bath salts”

Cocaine.

MDA and analogues

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Health Canada has now given permission for Montreal to open its own Safe Injection Sites/Safe Consumption Sites.

This is great news for harm reduction and for the safety of drug addicts in Canada. This is going to save countless lives.

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Undercover Cops/Warning for Drug Blogs 6/13/17

Hey everyone sorry for not posting on here for the last week, I’ve been laying low after a frightening incident that happened to me regarding undercover police and someone I met here off Tumblr. Yes, police are targeting people (drug users primarily) on here by making blogs that have nothing on them (no reblogs, no personal content, not following any other blogs but Tumblr Staff and YOU) and messaging drug addicts in private telling them that if we help them score they will give us money/let us keep like half the amount of stuff they’re asking for, etc.

I was debating on whether or not I should post this since the person this is about doesn’t know I know they’re a cop/working for cops, but I want to keep everyone on here safe from this kind of stuff happening to them, so I might as well share my experience.

Basically a blog on here that had nothing posted on their blog and that wasn’t following anyone except for me and Tumblr Staff (two key sketchy signs right there) messaged me asking for help getting H saying that they had just moved from out of state and needed help with a new connect and offered me close to $100 each time for helping them. It seemed sketchy but I desperately needed the money, so I decided to help.

I met with them twice before the third time, being extremely cautious the first two times (watching my surroundings, asking important questions, sending someone else to bring the stuff back to them instead of me, etc.). Then on the third time they asked for a much larger amount than they had asked for the first two times (which is something cops trying to do an undercover buy do, they buy a couple of decent sized amounts and then on buy number three they buy a large amount and try to pop you with it when you return back to them with it.)

On buy three I carefully watched my surroundings. I noticed undercover cop cars around keeping an eye on me, after I walked off I had a bad feeling.

I got a confirmation that my sketched out feelings were right when while the person was waiting on me to come back with dope my friend that knew what I was doing gave me a call and told me that they were over in the area that that person I’m helping is in and that there’s over 5 cop cars and a drug task force vehicle waiting on me to come back so they could bust me. There was also unmarked vehicles with cops looking out the window with binoculars driving up and down the streets looking for where I went. I’m not going to say what happened after this in case the person I wrote this about finds it. I did the smart thing and decided to be safe instead of sorry.

Everyone on Nodsquad, Tweaker Nation, and everything in between, BE CAREFUL WHEN IT COMES TO MEETING PEOPLE ONLINE AND HELPING THEM GET VARIOUS SUBSTANCES! IT CAN AND POSSIBLY COULD COME BACK TO BITE YOU.

I’ve met probably close to 20 people off of Tumblr, some just to hang out, some for whatever else, and none of them were sketchy people until this last incident.

DON’T HELP BLOGS THAT ARE NEW AND DON’T HAVE ANY CONTENT ON THEM! (aka no reblogs, no personal content, only following you and Tumblr staff or a very unusually small handful of people.)

DON’T GIVE OUT YOUR REAL NAME, REAL PHONE NUMBER, OR ANY OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF TO THESE PEOPLE OR ANYONE ONLINE YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW.

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

If anyone has anymore questions about avoiding these types of situations, about signs and tips on how to spot an undercover cop, or anything else feel free to message me privately. The area I’m in recently hired 110 more undercovers to do drug busts right now, I’m sure Seattle isn’t the only place with this sort of thing going on right now.

PLEASE, PLEASE BE SAFE EVERYONE. A get well, a high, or a chunk of cash isn’t worth a felony and your freedom.

Please reblog this message so everyone in the drug community on here can see this and be made aware. Tumblr isn’t always a “safe place” like we would like to think it is.

[theharmreductionista]

CAN YOU CLEAN CUTTING AGENTS OUT OF METH

CALM DOWN YOU DONT HAVE TO YELL

YEAH YOU CAN 

Do i actually want to tell you how to do that? Well, I guess so if you spread it and help people actually get a safer, less toxic product. 

Only attempt after you understand chemical safety procedures. 

Note: Not just getting rid of cutting agents is important, but also it’s important to get rid of mercury, which is horrible to smoke because it builds up in your body and doesn’t leave, some improperly synthesized meth does have mercury in it. and most is improperly Syth. btw

I’ll give you the difficult version to get a super pure product or just the easy version if you aren’t a chemist.. the easy version is not the theoretically most efficient yield to purity ratio but if you aren’t a chemist i don’t want you to light yourself on fire or asphyxiate yourself to death. 

Get respiratory protection and some gloves at the very least though. At the very least.

Best way:

1) Get a 1:10 ratio of product:toluene. Add to a liquid separator apparatus

(I.E 1g of meth in 10ml of toluene, 10g of meth in 100ml of toluene)

2) It should completely dissolve in that. Then add the same portion of clean (not tap) water to the solution.

3) Stir it evenly

4) Add enough salt to saturate your aqueous solution. You can figure out how much salt goes in water I’m sure 

5) Dehydrate the toluene fully, then freeze the dried toluene.

6) Bubble HCl gas through the toluene with a safe, functional gas distribution apparatus.

Easy way:

1)Get some pure acetone. Dehydrate it. Use a 50:1 ratio solvent:product.

(I.E 50ml of acetone for every 1g of meth)

2)Stir and let it come to a low boil (no electrical appliances open here) 

3) Then add your product

4) Stir again, and reach a low boil once more.

5) Remove from heat

6) Cover

7) let it cool to room-temp, then fridge it, then freeze it

8) Once frozen pour over filter

9)Can repeat with solution if needed, much purer crystals will result from this 

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TEST YA DRUGS!

LSD vs. 25i-NBOMe

LSD(left) and 25i-NBOMe (right) are both psychedelic drugs that in many ways are quite similar.

LSD was discovered in the 1930s and has been used by a wide array of people for decades without much danger. In 2003, 2c-i-NBOMe, aka 25i-NBOMe or simply “25i” was first synthesized. Users quickly realized the parallels in the intense, mind-bending experiences of these drugs. Soon after, it became widely available on the market often in place of good ol’ LSD or as a cheaper alternative.

The problem is that 25i has a completely different safety profile. While LSD is moderately safe, NBOMe’s pharmacological effects are largely untested and given the few anecdotal reports available from those who risked taking 25i (and similar drugs) often recount hospital visits, insane freak outs, overdoses and even reports of death.

25i belongs to a class of chemicals known as phenethylamines, alongside drugs like mescaline, ecstasy, amphetamine and a wide array of recently created research chemicals like the 2c* and DO* series. When compared to indole/tryptamines (the class LSD belongs to), drugs like 25i have much higher potential for physical and mental damage.

Three hits of LSD and you will be OK, three hits of an NBOMe and you risk an overdose. So don’t be fooled. Don’t buy some bad acid. Phenethylamines will not fluoresce under UV light, LSD will. Reagent tests will show purple for LSD, and no reaction for 25i. LSD is also pretty much completely tasteless, whereas phens have a strong chemical/metallic taste and a definite numbing or tingling feeling.

They are both amazing, mind-expanding trippy chemicals, but they absolutely demand respect. Anyone willing to venture into the land of acid better make sure they’re getting the right shit, at the right dose.