Recreational drugs
05-12-2010, 09:42 PM
Gringoed, some interesting responses here, but take it from a trained professional, a lot of these drugs you don't want to bother with. I'm always one to keep an open mind, but I would definitely recommend you stay away from all prescription drugs (oxycotin, adderal, zanex, etc.), "special K", and the obvious stuff like crack, heroin, meth, etc. Coke is an interesting one, because some people have the best times of their lives on it and are able to keep the use under their complete control, but I for one am not a fan. I have only tried "yayo" a few times and didn't like the high, it just felt like a "dirty" drug, both physically/mentally, I didn't get any great euphoric effects, and I've seen one too many people get addicted to the shit and turn into total douche bags.
Ecstasy is probably the most fun drug you can do, I only tried it a few times when it was still really popular in the late 90's/early 2000's... Some people say that Molly is waaay better, Molly being pure MDMA, while most ecstasy is cut with speed/opiates. The one time I "tried" Molly I think I got ripped off and sold some other drug (most likely 2CI or 2CB), which are strange chemical drugs that produce a weird trip, Molly is supposed to be a euphoric blast, I had a weird trip similar to DXM, if anyone out here has tried that. So for me and what I know, E pills are more fun if you get a good pill, but I am slightly ignorant on the Molly vs. E pill debate. That said, ecstasy is not a drug you want to do very often at all, it is bad for your brain and drains serotonin levels, so often people who have done lot's of ecstasy are prone to being moody and depressed. One also develops a tolerance to it, and during the peak of the ecstasy fad, a lot of people were taking like 5 pills a night to get high. So basically, if you haven't tried E save it for a special occassion, like a rave club in Ibiza, when you are macking on a perfect 10 (by the way it does give you some matrix style game abilities).
The most powerful substance I have tried thus far are mushrooms. Mushrooms are great, but must be taken at the right place, at the right time, with the right people. If you take shrooms and walk around New York City, you will probably have a very bad trip, if you take them and hike around the redwoods, or chill under a waterfall in Brazil, you will feel amazing. Shrooms are not necessarily a recreational drug, although you can have a good time on them. For me they are meant for psycho-spiritual evolution, every time I try mushrooms I have great revelations, and catch glimpses of enlightenment, in other words I feel like the Buddha. They can enhance experiences, for example a few years ago, I took mushroom chocolates that I got here in NorCal, and took them with me to Morocco, where I ate them in the Sahara desert. Now imagine riding a camel into the largest sand dunes in the world, past oasis with palm trees, bedoin tents, hiking to the top of a huge dune and watching the sun set, with all the crazy colors, while on shrooms (a mind blowing experience, and one of the pinacles of my life.)
Acid is another drug, that is worth trying, but I would be way more careful and weary when trying. Back in the day (60's and 70's) there was great acid floating around, when the government hadn't made it public enemy number one, and there were legit chemists brewing it right. Nowadays most acid you will find is "dirty" and will most likely give you a shitty trip. Acid is also a drug that I have known to cause people to wig out in a seriously bad way. A lot of people who like acid will say it's bullshit or propoganda, but I personally know people who have taken lot's of bad acid and lost their minds and seriously "spun out into the universe", and never quite returned. So I'd say try it if you have a trusted source, but only take a small dose your first time, be in the right environment, and let someone you know/trust that you are taking it, so they can help keep you in check.
Opium is a fantastic drug, but nowadays, unless you are chilling in Afganistan/Pakistan, or Thailand/Cambodia, chances are you won't be able to find it, or you will be sold a synthetic bunk version, or black tar heroin. In my "baby G" days I was lucky to come across some small weight of real Afghan opium, and it was amazing. The high is one that is Euphoric, soaring, and comes with a great body high. Opium is not as addictive as people say, and the best way to smoke it is always with weed, in a blunt, bong, pipe, etc. It's hard to nail the high down, but I love to say that I feel like I'm the fool Aladdin in the disney cartoon flick, when he's flying around on the magic carpet ride with his girl. You are euphoric with a great body high that makes you feel like you're flying. If anyone got's any hooks on the Op, holler at your boy!
Finally, I will drop thoughts on a few other things. Weed is great, but like many have said it can cause you to be lazy, intraverted, and anti-social, I have dealt with this for years, because I am an OG head that has been burning high grade ganja for over a decade. With herbs, try to find more sativa strains and smoke it in the right situations, always take quality over quantity and remember "sharing is caring". I want to try peyote and ayahuasca, but there are not "recreational" drugs, in fact they are not fun at at all (esp. ayahuasca), but are used for psycho-spiritual evolution, so the things you will discover about yourself, life, the world, etc. are worth it in my opinion. I have tried an organic extract of DMT, which came from some serious hippies, who derived it from an acacia bark. It was a good spiritual trip, involving visual images, that were related to many of the spirtual traditions that I study and try to incorporate into my life. The trip lasted only 10 mins., but when you enter that space, time doesn't exist as we know it.
Hope this helps, anyone got anything to add, challenge, or question, feel free.
