2CB

 Okay 2C-B is 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine.  Its the phenethylamine

analogue of DOB.  The 2C is because its had a 2-carbon chain sticking off

of the phenyl ring (which is why its a phenethylamine instead of an

amphetamine), and I *assume* the B is because of the Br atom in the 4

position.

                 +--------- the second (beta - carbon) 

                 |

                 v



CH3O    /\\     / \     NH2 

    \ /    \\ /     \ /  

     ||      |     

     ||      |       

     ||      |       ^

    / \    // \      | 

  Br    \//    OCH3  +------------ the first (alpha - carbon)



Doses are 12-24mg, Duration is 4-8 hours.  Doses of 100mg have been taken

safely.  2C-B seems to be an extraordinarily colorful hallucingen similar

to LSD -- apparently somewhat analytical and dissasociative in higher doses

or in those sensitive to those effects.   


Quote from Ecstasy: The MDMA Story...


[begins with a quotation from Alexander Shulgin]:


      2C-B... is a tool...  which ties the mental processes directly 

    and constructively into the physical soma.

      The analgesic effects experienced with many, if not most,

    psychedelic drugs, are not present with 2C-B.  On the

    contrary, there is increased body awareness of every kind,

    including skin sensitivity, heightened responsiveness to

    smells, tastes, and sexual stimulation.

      One experiences increased consciousness of physical

    health and energy, or, on the other hand, sharpened 

    awareness of any body imbalance or discomfort.

      2C-B allows for rich visual imagery and intesnse eyes-

    closed fantasy without the cluttering up of the mental field

    with too much elaboration...  It is a superb tool for learning

    and growth.


[...] At high doses (above 30 mgs.), 2C-B is intensely hallucinogenic,

and, like any major psychedelic, can be frightening for certain people.

In small doses, it becomes a mild sensory enhancer but does not have the

strongly empathogenic qualities that MDMA has.

    Perhaps the best use that has been found for 2C-B is as a synergist

with MDMA.  When taken together, the MDMA pushes the non-specific 2C-B

reaction in a more warm and emphathetic direction.  Because 2C-B is a 

psychedelic drug, and therefore not fully predictable, its action can take

the user in many different directions.  But if the set and setting are right,

2C-B can enhance the desire for sexual orgasm during an MDMA experience.

The synergy of the two substances can on occasion be a true aphrodisiac.


Shulgin writes in PiHKAL:


"The most succesfful reports have followed a program in which the two drugs

are not used at the same time, nor even too closely spaced.  It appears that

the optimum time for the 2C-B is at, or just before, the final baseline

recovery of the MDMA."


DOB:  2,5-Dimethoxy-4-Bromoamphetamine.  The only chemical difference is

      the addition of an extra carbon to the chain.  This turns the

      phenethylamine into an alpha-methyl-phenethylamine (because the 

      addition of a carbon means attatching a methyl group to the

      alpha carbon of the phenethylamine) also called a phenylisopropylamine

      or simply an amphetamine.



CH3O    /\\     / \     NH2 

    \ /    \\ /     \ /  

     ||      |       | 

     ||      |       | 

     ||      |       CH3

    / \    // \     

  Br    \//    OCH3     

             

DOB has a potency of 1.0-3.0 mg and duration of 18-30 hours.  Its very

similar to LSD.  It seems to be more colorful than LSD and less dissociative

than 2C-B based on the reports I've read.  The index of safety is probably

something like over 1,000 times the effective dose. 


2C-D (LE-25): 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-Methylphenethylamine.  This is the 2 carbon

     homologue of DOM (2C-B is to DOB as 2C-D is to DOM).  The difference

     between 2C-D and 2C-B is simply the replacement of the Br atom with

     a methyl group.


CH3O    /\\     / \     NH2 

    \ /    \\ /     \ /  

     ||      |        

     ||      |        

     ||      |        

    / \    // \     

 H3C    \//    OCH3  


2C-D has a potency of 20-60mg and a duration of 4-6 hours.  Seems to also

be very colorful.  Shulgin notes:  "Wow! This particular compound is what

I call a pharmacological tofu.  It doesn't seem to do much by itself, always

teasing, until you get to heroic levels.  But a goodly number of experimental

therapists have said that it is excellent in extending the action of some

other materials.  It seems to boost the waning action of another drug, without

adding its own color to the experience."  At 150mg+ it appears it might be

a full blown 2C-B-like psychedelic, however.  No info on the toxic dose.


DOM (STP): 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-Methylamphetamine.  Again, simply the addition

    of an extra carbon to the chain to turn the phenethylamine 2C-D into

    the ampehtamine DOM.  And the replacement of the Br atom in DOB with

    a methyl group would give you DOM also.


 

CH3O    /\\     / \     NH2 

    \ /    \\ /     \ /  

     ||      |       | 

     ||      |       | 

     ||      |       CH3

    / \    // \     

 H3C    \//    OCH3   


DOM has a potency of about 3-10mg and a duration of 14-20 hours.  This was

first synthesized by Shulgin, and is what he calls his "Problem Child" (in

reference to Albert Hofmann's name for LSD).  It gained a considerable

amount of use in the 60's and people taking 30mg+ (a whopping dose) had

some very dissasociative, bad trips.  It was known as STP, which stands for

the motor oil additive actually, but was also known as "Serenity, 

Tranquility and Peace".  From the descriptions it seems LSD-like, with

possibly even more of a head-trip.  5-10mg seems *much* more appropriate

from the descriptions with very good effects.  Only at higher (20-30mg)

doses does it appear to get really nasty. 


And for chemical comparison, MDA and MDMA:  3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine and

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine respectively...  They're somewhat similar

to DOM and DOB -- all the ring substituents need to be knocked off and

replaced with the 3,4-methylenedioxy ring.  Then for MDMA you've got the

addition of a methyl group to the nitrogen amine.


MDA:


     O     /\\     / \     NH2 

   /   \ /    \\ /     \ /  

  /     ||      |       | 

H2C     ||      |       | 

  \     ||      |       CH3

   \   / \    //      

     O     \//  


MDMA:

       

     O     /\\     / \     NHCH3 

   /   \ /    \\ /     \ /  

  /     ||      |       | 

H2C     ||      |       | 

  \     ||      |       CH3

   \   / \    //      

     O     \// 


Also we might as well throw in amphetamine if you all haven't figured out

what that should look like yet (replace the NH2 with NHCH3 to get

methamphetamine -- identical substitution as between MDA and MDMA).

Also, if you knock off the CH2 from amphetamine, you'll get phenethylamine

which is the prototype chemical for all the drugs I've listed so far, although

itself its inactive.


amphetamine:


    /\\     / \     NH2 

  /    \\ /     \ /  

 ||      |       | 

 ||      |       | 

 ||      |       CH3

  \    //      

    \//  

 

And just for kicks here we have good old LSD which looks nothing like all

these other chemicals:


                     / C2H5         

          H.     CON    

            '. /     \ C2H5 

             / \ 

           /     \  

          ||      |

          ||      N

   /\\    /\     / \ 

 /   \\ /    \ /     CH3 

||     |      | \ 

||     |      |   H 

 \   // \    /     

   \//    \/ 

    |     ||

    |     ||

   HN-------


Hope you enjoyed that.  Chem dweebs please check to make sure I got

everything correct.  I didn't have time to go over this with a fine-toothed

comb.


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From: cutrell@nic.cerf.net (Doug Cutrell)

Date: 8 Jul 92 23:31:16 GMT

Newsgroups: alt.drugs

Subject: Re: LSD.


Lamont Granquist writes:

>DOB has a potency of 1.0-3.0 mg and duration of 18-30 hours.  Its very

>similar to LSD.  It seems to be more colorful than LSD and less dissociative

>than 2C-B based on the reports I've read.  The index of safety is probably

>something like over 1,000 times the effective dose.


This figure is probably based on animal experiments described 

by Shulgin in Pihkal.  However, he goes on to say that the

index of safety is probably much lower than this.  He says

there are numerous reports of overdoses causing vascular

arterial spasm, and gives one verified account of a couple who

thought they had MDA and took quantities appropriate for that

compound... i.e. around 100 mg.  The woman died, the man lived

after convulsions and a week in a coma.  Since the standard dose

is 1-3 mg., the lethal dose is more like 30 times the effective

dose.


Doug Cutrell

cutrell@cerf.net


=============================================================================


Well, in a thread recently, there was some talk aabout bromo

mescaline, and mention was made of the entry in the Student Handbook of

our esteemed institution that deals with the drug in question.  Well, it is

Reed folklore that tells us that bromo mescaline was first synthesized here

at Reed (BTW, it is not folklore that Dr. Demento graduated from Reed),

but the drug is real, to which several friends can attest.  Since I have the

ol' Student Handbook right in front of me, I'll tell y'all what it sez.


----------------------------------------------------------------------------

From _The Reed College Student Handbook_, in the "Drug Article That Ate Reed

College", by Marty Smith:


   Bromo-mescaline. The most terrifying hallucinogen known to man. The effects

last 3-5 hours, the visuals are awe-inspiring and the head trip is light,

usually.  The catch is, first, for it to act like bromo, you have to snort

it. This is really intense, because in about two to five minutes, you're

tripping you ass off, the world is melting. The incredible speed with which

this happens is one of the things those who like it like about it. However,

when it gets up your nose it hurts. This is probably an understatement. It's

really amazingly painful. You'll be suprised that you would actually do this

to yourself. It has been described as having red hot knives shoved up your

nose, or being kicked in the face by a psychedelic horse. You may briefly

entertain notions of dying.  This all dies down after about twenty minutes,

though, and you're lucky there will be no nausea at all afterward. (It helps

to have eaten a starchy meal about an hour and a half earlier.) Otherwise,

you might have about 20 minutes of mild nausea. The visuals are real good.

To have visuals this intense on acid you'd have to be on so much that you

couldn't talk.  On bromo you could discuss them reasonably coherently.

   A word about dosage. One hit is one fourtieth of a gram.  This is a

fact. Do not say something stupid like, "Oh, let's do a lot," and hoot up a

couple of lines the size of your thumb. I have some friends who did this,

and they ended up lying under some bushes, at night, in the rain, unable

even to yell for help, and now they will not do drugs for the next five

million jillion years.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------


That's the straight dope (none of the many puns intended).


late,

miguel


=============================================================================


pierre@media.mit.edu (Pierre St. Hilaire) writes:

> Sure. And table salt releases sodium and chlorine in your

>body, so you will both catch fire and suffocate if you take it.

>

> Adding halogen atoms to psychedelic amines can significantly

>modify their potency, duration, and effects. Read Alexander Shulgin's

>PIKHAL for an extensive discussions on halogenated substituted

>phenylethylamines.


yes, i believe that "bromomescaline" 2-CB aka CBr...  2,5-dimethoxy-4-

bromophenethylamine.  the reason why it probably burns going up your nose

is that it may lack any kind of anaesthetic action (unlike MDA, MDMA, and

particularly cocaine), while still being in the form (probably) of a

hydrochloric salt (where the HCl comes from).


culled from the MDMA FAQ:

} CBr is 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-Bromophenethylamine.  The

} "sometimes frightening" part probably comes from taking more than the

} full dose, and the literature suggests that with larger dosages come

} disproportionately larger responses, unlike some other psychedelics

} we all know and love.  I've had very enlightening experiences with CBr,

} and they grew better in quantum leap fashion.

} +  wonderful and gently insightful (semi-wilderness, daytime, friends).

} +  profoundly sexual with glimpses of bird-animal forms (indoors, nightime,

}    lover) minor telepathic imagery.

} +  sexual and shamanic, native american imagery (indoors, day-night, alone).

} +  profound native american imagery (indoors, night, after cannabis, friend)

}    actually slept a bit (too much cannabis) and awoke to the most wonderful

}    visuals (friend in other room - ditto).

} +  full-blown spirit animals all night long (desert, night, friend, good THC

}    1/2 way thru trip) - mountain lion (very playful) and eagle most prominent

}    two deer (incredibly loving), a wolf (very brief), fantastic living plant

}    spirits, entities in mountain, mucho native american imagery, et. al.

}    very telepathic with friend.  brief teleportation/desert-zoom experience.

}    understood the ancients' fascination with constellations.  imparted with

}    sudden knowledge in extreme detail - confirmed later by ex-lover, scared

}    ex-lover shitless.

} My last experience with CBr changed my life in many profound ways (for the

} better).  With THC and a little concentration I can get back to some of those

} places.  With no THC and a lot of concentration I can get back to some of

} those places.  Remember.

} I believe CBr is recognized as an enthogen and an entactogen, and

} unfortunately it's now Schedule 1. :-(   Put this one on the top of

} the list of drugs to be legalized.

 

=============================================================================


Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1993 00:22:14 -0800

From: Alexander T. Shulgin

To: lamontg@milton.u.washington.edu

Subject: bromo


} Hi:

} There has been quite a flow of stuff on the subject of BROMO on 

} alt.drugs entry.  Maybe you can post some parts of the following

} that might answer some of the comments, questions, or errors

} being put out there on the topic.

} (1)  Bromomescaline is without doubt 2C-B.  The dosage, the 

} duration, the nature of the experience, all seem consistent with

} this assignment.  Also, as you have indicated, the replacement of

} a methoxy group (of mescaline) with a bromo atom gives the 

} isomeric structure (a little rearrangement needed) of 2C-B.

} (2)  It releases bromic acid.  Of course not.  Bromic acid 

} (HBrO3) is an unstable chimera which is substantially unknown.  

} Probably what is meant is that it releases hydrobromic acid 

} (HBr) but then there is no experimental evidence that HBr is 

} released either.  I suspect that the bromine atom stays on the 

} drug molecule all the way through the kidney, and that there 

} is no release of this element at any time in the body.

} (3)  It is illegal, or a scheduled drug.  No so.  2C-B was added

} to the German law in January of this year, but in the US it is 

} still an unnamed drug in Federal law.

} (4)  It burns on snorting (insufflation).  It sure does, but this

} is most likely due to the fact that it is extremely insoluble in

} water, and probably sits on the mucous membranes for quite a 

} while until it dissolves and is absorbed.  And until this happens

} it irritates and blisters the skin at the sites where the solid

} particles of the drug happen to settle.  Once absorbed, the

} pain disappears, and the effects start.  A challenge to this

} would be to snort the acetate or the hydrobromide salt, both of

} which are quite a bit more soluble in water.  These should have 

} the same psychological effect, and they should act even more 

} quickly (no slow dissolving) and act with little or no pain.

} I would love to know who in the wide wide world of information

} input discovered the term bromic!!  It cannot believe it has any 

} merit.

} Can you drift some of this on to the world of alt.drugs and 

} satisfy this search for information?

} Thanks.

} Sasha


=============================================================================


From: Mark_Farone@sfa.ufl.edu (Mark Farone)

Newsgroups: alt.psychoactives

Subject: Re: 2CB

Date: 18 Apr 1994 12:28:10 GMT

Message-ID: <Mark_Farone-180494082742@128.227.37.18>


In article <766538637-0-4072@chop.isca.uiowa.edu>, David Roknich

<Hologram@chop.isca.uiowa.edu> wrote:


> dg596@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Russell Faraday)writes:

> Another new sensation gripping our little pocket of cultural

> coolness is something called 2CB.  As a discussion starter, I'd

> ......

> 2CB is a designer drug that was not illegal until a few morons

> blathered publicly about its existance in the early 80s


With respect to US laws, 2cb (aka Nexus, Zenith) wasn't scheduled until

late 1993.

Its actual chemical name is 4-Bromo-2,5-Dimethoxyphenethylamine.


The Feds were alerted when a rather rich fella in Tampa, FL took some to

relieve impotence, as it was being promoted. When started tripping he

called the DEA and the next thing you know... 


See _Federal Register_, Vol. 58, No. 212, Thurs. Nov 4,1993 page 58819-20.


-- 

__________________________________________________________________________

Mark Farone               "A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock pile when

University of Florida         somebody comtemplates it with the idea 

Mark_Farone@sfa.ufl.edu          of a cathedral in mind." -Saint Exupery


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From: bgg@connect.com.au (Ben Golding)

Newsgroups: alt.drugs

Subject: 2CB report from Sydney Morning Herald (18 May 94)

Date: 20 May 1994 11:34:39 +1000

Message-ID: <2rh43f$81k@warrane.connect.com.au>


A wonderfully fact-free article from the SMH.


Operation Noah is an annual campaign where people are encouraged to

call the police to dob in a drug users and suppliers.  Over the years

it has been running it has been steadily galvanising public opinion

against the operation and pushing discussion of drug policy to the

fore.  As you can imagine, most of the busts are people with a plant

in their backyard with neighbours who don't like them, you know,

exactly the sort of people that pose the greatest threat to society.


Ben.

--

Noah Hunts New Drug, Emma Tom, Sydney Morning Herald, Wed.18th, 1994


A dangerous new designer drug similar to ecstasy is among the

amphetamines to be targeted today in operation Noah, the annual national

drugs phone-in.

Detective Sergeant Mal Brammer, from the NSW Drug Enforcement

Agency, said the new drug, known as nexus or 2CD (sic), had originated

at dance parties in the United States.

He said nexus differed from ecstasy in that it was stronger,

lasted longer and caused hallucinations. Part of its attraction was that

it "temporarily alleviated impotency and frigidity". 

"We are concerned that nexus is being mixed with or sold as

ecstasy," he said.


=============================================================================


From: bgg@connect.com.au (Ben Golding)

Newsgroups: alt.drugs

Subject: Re: 2CB report from Sydney Morning Herald (18 May 94)

Date: 21 May 1994 12:56:56 +1000

Message-ID: <2rjt9o$ip6@warrane.connect.com.au>


[quoted text deleted -cak]


Further to this article, Here's a response to the letters page:


Re: "Noah hunts new drug",  Emma Tom, April 18th 1994, p.10


Before we panic about a new designer amphetamine, which Nexus is not, I

feel some clarification is in order.  I am a medicinal chemist in

regular contact with Dr. Alexander Shulgin, who has devoted his life to

producing new drugs for use in therapy, and names 2C-B (not 2CD) as his

greatest discovery.  Not originating at dance parties, it has been

known to the scientific community for years.  Concerning legality: the

NSW poisons list prohibits chemicals of its class with hallucinogenic

properties.  2C-B is unlisted, and its hallucinogenic properties

debatable .  It does not cause true hallucinations but visual

distortions at high do ses, and is subjectively different from other

drugs such as ecstasy.  It is not a stimulant, and lacks side-effects

such as overheating and post-use fatigue.  Unlike LSD it leaves the

user mentally clear and lucid, and so is unlikely to cause a panic

reaction.  As for dangerous, 2C-B is essentially non-addictive, rel

atively short acting, has no known serious side-effects, and no

recorded overdose cases.  Legal or illegal, like it or not, it will

probably be increasingly popular.


Ah, the memories this brings back. I was at Reed in 1979, and bromo was 

plentiful and popular at Reed at that time. The descriptions of its

effects that I've read on this board are, I would say, rather accurate.

The effects are different, and more dramatic, than LSD.


At the time, it was usually sold in single dosages in clear gel capsules.

I didn't snort it (I didn't care for the pain), but found the effects to

be most effective when eating it as well. I ate 3 capsules one night

when I was bored, and had the most earth-shattering experience of my 

life. Hallucinations were so intense that I could not recognize people and

could not understand what they were saying. I saw spinning pinwheels made

of knife blades reflecting all the colors of the rainbow on the walls. I

thought I was shivering from cold at one point, and remarked as much to

a friend of mine (this before I was hallucinating so heavily that I couldn't

recognize or uderstand people). He told me I wasn't shivering at all; I

realized he was right, and the sensation that I was shivering suddenly

changed to a sensation that I had powerful electrical energies pulsing

through my body.


I had many more bizarre experiences that night (including a mild panic

when I thought I was moving backward in time), but I don't want to drone

on here. Suffice it to say that the drug is real, and the descriptions

of its effects on this board are not exaggerations.


=============================================================================


Newsgroups: alt.drugs

From: Jeremy

Subject: Re: 2CB

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1993 00:55:23 GMT


In article <0gh7cbq00Uh748I6wt@andrew.cmu.edu> Michael J Minnich <inhuman+@CMU.EDU> writes:

>

>I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with 2CB.  I've read

>Gracie&Zarkov's description of it, but they took something like 3 times

>the reccomended dosage, so it didn't seem very typical.


Their report surprises me somewhat. Definitely atypical, although it

does seem to be the case that people's response to 2C-B varies

markedly. Most people find it to be very good, over a range of

dosage levels.


>Anyone care to relate personal experiences, or point me in the direction

>of an FTP site with more information on it?  Thanks...


Here is an anonymous discussion of the effects of 2C-B:


-------------------------------------------------------------------------


For me, 2C-B seems to be in a different league from all other drugs.

No other experience has come close to that of 2C-B. Superficially,

it seems to lie somewhere between MDMA and psilocybin, i.e. it is

both entactogenic (in a way I find more wholesome and satisfying

than MDMA or MDE) and psychedelic. Unlike psilocybin, it leaves

the ego much more intact - the mind remains clear and comfortable

throughout. Unlike MDMA it is unlikely to cause inappropriate

emotional bonding between people - only to encourage appropriate

bonding.


My first experience with 2C-B was with four doses, each of about

20-25mg of the hydrochloride, spaced by 40 minute intervals. The

experiment was conducted in private with one other person. 

Because of the spaced doses, the onset was gradual and gentle.

I was slowly lifted out of my ordinary life, and taken to a

state of pure heaven. Laurie Andersen once said "Paradise is

like where you are right now, only much much better" and this

about sums it up. Everything around me was somehow transformed

into absolute perfection. There were mild visual distortions

which were tasteful decorations but in no way got in the way.

All sensation became the most pleasurable possible - food,

touch, sound, sight, sex were all simply perfect, but none

of this was at all overwhelming. Throughout I remained totally

calm, rational, and in control, just feeling better than I 

have ever felt before. There was a sense of "this is the best -

I have finally arrived - I am complete and need never look 

further than this." 2CB is heaven, but it is also mundane - 

there are no fireworks, no fake euphoria - the change is

so subtle you could almost forget it is there. We weren't

moved to do anything differently - just to exist in this in

this beautiful state and behave normally.


With one foot in heaven and one foot on earth, just after the

peak, I found myself in a state of introspection. I felt so

indescribably emotionally beautiful that it brought me to

tears. Then, all the cares and worries of recent weeks came 

flooding at me, but not at an unbearable rate. It was as if

the 2C-B were saying "I have given you 2 hours of perfect 

bliss, but you are about to return to your normal life. Here

are some issues which are bothering you, and now is the 

perfect time to do something about them". The self-analysis

was honest and useful - not distorted and certainly not

superficial - and it was compelling and motivating.


The comedown was slow and gentle. There was no sense of loss,

no desire to regain the state immediately (or at all!); on 

the contrary, the subtle return to normality was welcome. 

Every state between heaven and earth felt just right.


If it is impossible to adequately describe any drug induced

state in words, this is doubly true with 2C-B. For me, the

2C-B experience is unparalleled, so I would recommend that

people try it. Some do not seem to enjoy it, some do not seem

to understand it, but many do.


A few final notes: My experiences suggest that there is nothing

that can be added to the 2C-B experience - nothing can make

it better than it is, and so all other drugs should be avoided

contemporaneously. Also, insufflation seems to increase the

potency 2-3 times, as well as somewhat shortening the duration.

The onset is rapid (half to three minutes) and somewhat disorienting, 

and can approach the feel and intensity of smoked DMT, particularly

in a visual sense. The burning pain associated with snorting 2C-B

can detract from the experience initially.


--------------------------------------------------------------------


Jeremy


=============================================================================


From: coutsoft@cheshire.oxy.edu (Michael Coutsoftides)

Newsgroups: alt.psychoactives

Subject: Re: 2CB

Date: 23 Apr 1994 09:12:16 -0700

Message-ID: <940423.091216.3567@cheshire.oxy.edu>



2cb unfortunately is now scheduled. I had the opportunity to

experience it about a year ago before scheduling and I'll tell you a bit

about it.

A friend of mine and I weighed out 25mg each and proceeded to

ingest it via insufflation. Needless to say, it was the most painful

annoying long lasting burn I have ever felt. It burned my sinuses and all

the way down the back of my throat as I got the "drips". My face felt like

it was going to fall off. Combine this with virtually instant

disorientation and nausea, you get two guys that are scared shitless. I've

done my share of excessive hallucinogen doses. But this didn't even come

close to comparing to any of them. It felt like we jumped out of a

building and were free falling faster and faster into a psychedelic world

which didn't seem all that great in lieu of the aforementioned symptoms. I

was actually pretty sure we had od'd and contemplated calling 911.

Unfortunately, I couldn't even make it to the phone if I tried. We had a

sober friend watch us and make sure we were physically ok. As the trip

picked up speed and intensity, shit got really strange. On most

hallucinogens, you can make things move if you stare at em for a bit, but

in this world, EVERYTHING is moving and doesn't stop. Which made me start

to feel motion sickness. I saw 4 foot fluroescent spheres float by with

intricate fractal patterns on them. Our 'guide' wasn't all that bright and

was flipping tv channels and stopped on True Stories of The Highway

Patrol. Not a good thing to watch in this state of mind. We then proceeded

to wheel of fortune where I can swear the people were in the middle of the

living room and letters were flying by us. The experience was like going

from sober to 1000mcg in about 5 minutes. It was actually pretty scary

because we both thought we'd finally done it and were gonna die. But we

were too tweaked to express it. About an hour into it, we realized we were

going to live and the nausea and burning had for the most part subsided,

save the fact that my nose and sinuses were swollen for about 2 days.

After about an hour, it gets kind of like an intense LSD trip.. the

coolest thing is there is really no analytical game playing as with LSD

and you can pretty much discuss what's going on with a good deal of

coherence.  The effects dropped off pretty rapidly and by the 4 hour mark

we felt almost totally sober. 

I've done 2cb via capsule and have never had it affect me that way

at even 2 and 3 times the dose. It's something I'll never do again because

of A. the pain and B. the intensity. It was too much too fast. I might eat

it again though if it ever becomes unscheduled ;). I did notice something

interesting though. At sea level, a 20 mg dose is pretty mellow... kinda

like LSD but feels more like Mescaline. Yet, we also did it at a

campground in the mountains 6000 feet up. It took under 20 minutes to hit

orally while at sea level it was over an hour. Mind you both times this

was done with a full stomach with exactly the same type of food. I thought

it curious that it was so much more intense at altitude than sea level and

know it wasn't just a fluke situational thing.. any ideas?


Have fun.. good luck and be careful. If you're gonna snort it, be prepared

for lots of pain and a 50% chance of hurling. Also, don't do what a guy we

know did and call 911 because he thought he was gonna wig out. He got

transported to the hospital and by the time he got there about an hour had

gone by and it was tolerable. Needless to say, he felt like an idiot.

Moral: No matter where you are, hold tight, about an hour into it.. you'll

mellow way out. 


It's also kinda hard on the body too.. really tweaky. Nice thing about it

is, that when it's over, it's over. No lingering head buzzing and loops

like the end of an LSD trip where you're no longer hallucinating but are

still unable to sleep. This stuff has a really sharp peak and drop off.


Peace.


M.



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