Research chemicals, also known as designer drugs, synthetics, or RCs, are synthetic or semi-synthetic molecules that are explicitly designed to circumvent drug laws. They are created to mimic the effects of the “parent drug” or otherwise prohibited substance. Most of these are functional analogs of the banned drug they are made to mimic, meaning they […]
2C-B
Read about the history, effects, myths, legality, and potential of a synthetic compound often compared to LSD and MDMA. Know the safety issues, risks, and science around this substance, first synthesized in 1974.
2C-B Or Not 2C-B: Misadventures With Mis-Sold Drugs
“It made my nose tingle when I snorted the dust off my finger,” my best friend Heli called as she emerged from a toilet cubicle. “Weird.” At the time, the significance of those words vanished like a swirl of cream into the soup of my consciousness. I remember thinking, importantly, that it looked as though […]