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b_b  ·  4209 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There are over 30 million users of psychedelic drugs in the United States

    Rate of lifetime psychedelic use was greatest among people aged 30 to 34 (total 20%, including 26% of males and 15% of females).

Makes sense. I am 30, and when I was in high school acid and mushrooms were everywhere. Never came across peyote, although I did see what they called mescaline (the active chemical in peyote) a time or two, but I think was probably LSD dissolved onto some other substrate to make it look fancier (and so the dealer could charge more). Students would be wise to get back on the acid/'shrooms and off all the silly pills they pop nowadays. 8 hours of mind altering, harmless fun for $5. What could be better?





humanodon  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

$5? It's like, $20 a tab or $25-30 1/8 for shrooms out here and they are not always available.

b_b  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sucks for you that you didn't grow up in the 90s, I guess. I think $7 was the upper limit I ever came across. My how things have changed. Mushrooms on the other hand, seem to be about the same price.

humanodon  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dang . . . yeah. Another factor is I grew up close to MIT, where there are a lot of orgo majors making all kinds of weird stuff, so people tended to go for those options more often.

thenewgreen  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I can confirm that. Never more than $10 for a piece of paper. I will say that of all of the recreational drugs I've ever tried Molly (MDMA) was by far the best. I've never felt better and I could have given a speech in front of the DEA and they'd not have known. I felt on top of my game and on top of the world. Didn't hurt that I was in Honolulu on the beach at 2am. Great, great night.

user-inactivated  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The "mescaline" you speak of was probably a 2C-* or DO* chemical or some other psychedelic phenethylamine. These days they are more often dishonestly sold as "acid" when on blotters or "molly" as a powder but that is happening less and less as they develop their own "brand" identity.

b_b  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Definitely not MDMA or some derivative. LSD almost assuredly.

hugitout  ·  4209 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't know where you are from, but I know a lot of kids around here do shrooms when they are in season. A lot of weed dealers will deal shrooms when they can.

thenewgreen  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We used to make shroom tea back in the day. Good times, frolicking in the mountains attempting to play disc golf. I think I spent more time looking at the course than playing it.