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- TMoney ( @TMoney@beehaw.org ) 9•1 year ago
I’ve always wanted to try psychedelics but I won’t until I have a chain of custody to prove it ain’t laced with something nasty. Hopefully something like this comes to California soon!
- hastati ( @hastati@beehaw.org ) 8•1 year ago
For what it’s worth you can easily buy test kits online. I use products from Bunk Police to test any substance I put into my body.
- TMoney ( @TMoney@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
I didn’t even know that was a thing. Do you just take a piece of it and drop it in some solution?
- hastati ( @hastati@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
That’s exactly right! Drop a small piece in a vial, add the solution, and after a short wait it turns a certain color. The test kit comes with a color wheel that indicates what substance you have based on the color in the vial.
And yes! My username is based on the infantry unit of the pre-Marian Reforms Roman Republic. I grew up playing Rome: Total War so the name is a love letter to the game as well. Thanks for the compliment! What does your username mean to you? My first guess is it’s a reference to Mr. T but that might be just an assumption on my part.
- TMoney ( @TMoney@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
Rome is one of my favorite parts of history. When I was driving along commute years ago, I listened to the entire history of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan and I learned so much. Kind of funny, but the final episode where the empire falls, I couldn’t finish it because I didn’t won’t Rome to die. I also love the total war games specifically the historical ones. Really excited for the new Egypt onevto come out.
My name is kind of silly. A goofball from one of my first jobs out of college started calling me this and even printed it out in a homemade design he made and put it on my cubicle.
- CrimsonOnoscopy ( @CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
You could check out History of Byzantium if you want the story to continue.
- TMoney ( @TMoney@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
ohhh, heck yeah. I’ll check it out. Is that a specific podcast or do you mean in general?
- CrimsonOnoscopy ( @CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
It’s a podcast
- TMoney ( @TMoney@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
Love your username by the way. Is that a Roman unit type?
- AnarchoYeasty ( @AnarchoYeasty@beehaw.org ) 7•1 year ago
Check out dark net markets on TOR. There’s a whole marketplace with ebay style reviews so you can know who to trust. I always buy from people with thousands of 5 star reviews to put my mind at ease. Probably done about 5 dozen or more trips and the only time I’ve gotten fake/the wrong/laced drugs is when Ive gotten them in person.
- CrimsonOnoscopy ( @CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
If you do get your hands on them sometime, I also recommend doing yourself the favor of reading trip reports and taking the experience seriously.
Although they can be seriously and amazingly transformative, psychedelics can also pose mental health hazards. Be sure to have an experienced and patient trip sitter on hand.
- Enitoni ( @enitoni@beehaw.org ) 7•1 year ago
Meanwhile Norway still doesn’t want to legalize or even decriminalize cannabis. This is embarassing.
- kajko ( @kajko@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year ago
Same in Sweden. The police have even gone on patrols along the road to catch people plocking wild psychedelic mushrooms, and they thought this was a valuable use of their time.
- moozogew ( @moozogew@lemmy.fmhy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
It’s so sad that the war on drugs people Keep making their rediculous arguments against it now there are so many places where it’s legal and nothing has happened beside increased tax revenue and lives no longer being ruined by the police.
Maryland started selling recreational a few days ago and if you weren’t looking for it you’d barely notice, certain shops now sell good quality, fairly priced weed to anyone over 21, society hasn’t collapsed.
- SkepticElliptic ( @SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year ago
My issue is that I have bipolar disorder. I’d be worried about getting zapped into a permanent manic state.
While I have had good bouts of mania where I’m super productive and accomplish a lot, I can also be severely agitated and aggressive, which is much more common than the productive episodes.
- coolin ( @coolin@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
I don’t know the specifics well, but yeah there’s definitely a chance for your brain to suffer psychological damage from taking it, and generally mental health disorders or family history of them are big risk factors.
- instamat ( @instamat@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
I want to go to there. Does anyone know where we are with this in the US?
- Skyhighatrist ( @Skyhighatrist@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
IIRC psilocybin has been legalized in Colorado? I’m not American though, so that’s just from memory. Pretty recent though, I think. Last year or two.
- TMoney ( @TMoney@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
I think it’s decriminalized in Orgeon. I believe you can buy it from a church there.