Yesterday I bought some drugs.
I can imagine that this statement can arouse a whole host of differing reactions from different readers, so let me elaborate. No they are not cough/cold type drugs, no I’m not breaking the law. They are the herbal highs that supposedly mimic the effects of popular illegal drugs. I find it strange and interesting how these kind of drugs are still a bit of a social taboo in most circles. Stand-up citizens would have nothing to do with such distasteful alterations of mental state. But then they wouldn’t think twice about getting a bit tipsy at a dinner party, or kick-starting the day with a strong cup of coffee. These drugs are ‘normal’ socially acceptable methods of altering ones brain chemistry.
-rant off.
To be honest I am sceptical as to the potency or actual effect that these drugs will have, but that simply raises the curiosity stakes in my book. After all they are completely legal for people over the age of 18 so why not give it a go and find out?
I am not however, in any way, assuming that legal means safe. I will be taking these pills with caution, and I hope to share the effects (or lack thereof) here. To me this seems like a fairly sensible course of action as there seems to be little to no first person recounts of these drugs, and the reviews that are available are only on the sellers websites and unsurprisingly give no mention to possible negative experience. I already know from reading a new scientist article on the subject that some of these drugs can cause hangovers and in some cases the actual trip can be unpleasant.
I plan to start this weekend, with the weakest of the selection I’ve purchased. It has a recommended dose of 3-4 pills, I’ll start with one.
Stay tuned to find out the names of these drugs, where I bought them and any other background information I can find as to the possible effects.
And of course my recount of the experience itself.
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Not had any experience with those “legal drug” things myself, although I have heard of them.
Closest tale I can give you would be the vending machine that offered chocolates with added viagra-esque stimulant. Out pops a box containing five chocolates, all the same “flavour” (no variety at all, all kinda soft truffley centre), each one about the size of the purple ones from a box of Quality Street.
What with there not being any guidlines on the box for “dosage”, logic seemed to dictate that eating all of them in one go would provide the greatest comedy experience, what with me being out with a group of people in a cocktail bar.
Two hours later, I’d gotten home (quite drunk) and was getting into bed with thoughts along the lines of “that was a lot of money for the sake of a cheap chocolate placebo”, then promptly fell into a deep alcohol induced sleep. Now, I should point out that when I’ve been drinking, my sleep pattern is often interupted by my brain saying “Pete, getting dehydrated here, wanna grab some water?”, so it wasn’t out of the ordinary for me find it difficult getting myself comfortable.
It was roughly five in the morning when I went to turn over, only to find that for a brief moment, my hips were unable to touch the bed. In the spirit of trying not to descend any deeper into poor taste, I’ll leave you to figure out why that last statement was the case. All I know is that when you’re tired and starting to feel sorry for yourself through the actions of alcohol consumption, that scored pretty high on the list of “things you just don’t need to happen right now”.
On the plus side, I found a source for a stimulant without prescription which works pretty well, so long as you take it about 6 hours in advance!
On a separate note: Rob, I won’t be offended (nor surprised) if you delete this comment of mine!
Mmmm…. Pete and his “chocolates”. Well anyway, legal drugs? More inforamtion, I’m intrieged. Drinking has its merits but I’m sure my liver fails to see the plus side.