Random Drug dive: 25I-NBOMe

So it turns out that everyone already knew what quaaludes were but me because of Wolf of Wall Street o(> < )o so this time I picked one with a whole bunch of analogues so I can say that it's technically obscure cause maybe you just did 25C-NBOMe instead.

25I-NBOMe is a hallucinogen first synthesized in 2003 by some German guy at a university in Berlin as a part of his PhD dissertation. Since then there has been a legion of analogues all in the same family that were created during the 2000s and have been increasing in popularity since.

The drug has various street names, most commonly "N-bomb" which is kind of funny. Unfortunately however most people just call it LSD when they sell it to you (it's not LSD).

It's passed off as LSD because the effects are comparable and it's easy to because both commonly come on blotters and are best taken in micrograms (μg) under the tongue. While there are distinctions between the two effect-wise it can be difficult to discern because pretty much all reporting on this drug comes from individual experiences. It can be hard to pull real truth of out of subjective anecdotes. Especially from dudes that are tripping. Also side note: never snort Nbome.

One thing that you can find in a host of trip reports is that Nbome is much less introspective than LSD. There's no ego death or 'maybe I have childhood trauma' realizations while tripping on Nbome (although some people still report these happening). Also, the visuals are much stronger than LSD. Many people report a kind of 'disco ball' effect or a fragmentation of light in the visuals. For some people this is cool, for others it's deeply uncomfortable and in the worst cases it's terrifying. Visual 'fish-eyeing' has also been reported where objects seems closer depending on how you're looking at them. Another thing that can be pulled out of Nbome reports is that it has a tendency to go real bad real fast. Bad trips seem more common, this might be a result of the physical effects that come with the drug.

Luckily for us Nbome has a host of physical effects that LSD doesn't that make it a little easier to differentiate the two. Unluckily, these physical effects are all harmful. Nbome has been found to be neurotoxic and cardiotoxic. Numerous confirmed overdoes have been recorded since the drug's introduction into society. It can cause seizures, hyperthermia, hypertension, vasconstriction, kidney damage, and more! Basically any effect that you would get from toxidrome syndrome you can get by taking too much Nbome. Most of these problems only arise with higher doses, doses that would otherwise probably be safe if you were taking LSD, which you might have thought you were doing when you took it.

With respect to dosing a beginner dose is around 200 μg. Maximum recommended dose seems to hover at around 1500 μg but the risk of adverse effects and overdose will rise with an increased dose (obviously) so it's best to start small and work your way up.

That all being said, Nbome also comes with the usual of LSD, euphoria, pupil enlargement, vibes, ect. And on top of the added overdose concerns all of the usual precautions about psychedelics apply.

Despite the dangers some people swear by Nbome. Claiming that it's a better high than LSD or shrooms. Regardless of what you think, if you get your hands on this stuff don't be a moron with it. I assume overdosing while you're tripping is one of the more horrible ways to die.

Deaths related to Nbome were a godsend for mass media and your uncle who's a pastor on facebook because it allowed them to report these deaths as being caused by LSD. Now LSD does have some toxicity, but it's not even close to Nbome's toxicity. As far as I know there are no confirmed deaths from LSD alone, although it has been a complicating factor in a few. But that didn't stop anyone from misreporting the deaths as being caused solely by LSD. While most of the media has come around and knows the distinction nowadays, your uncle on facebook probably still doesn't.

So what if you just wanna drop some fricking acid like a normal person and you don't want your kidneys to fail? Well there are test kits around that test for Nbome, if you're planning on tripping sometime soon I'd recommend getting one. If you don't wanna then the final line of defense is a taste test. Nbome is incredibly bitter compared to LSD, I don't know how well this would actually work but I figure you could put a corner of a tab in your mouth and spit if it's bitter.

The drug isn't hard to synthesize and you can find out how to do it online if you really wanna. It's apparently pretty easy to make which is likely why it's become such a problem since it was first synthesized. If you do take it then take a moderate dose and have someone sober to watch you and if you have a bad trip don't sell the rest of it to some poor kid who doesn't know better.

Here's what a blotter of 25C-Nbome looks like (not LSD btw) I assume that 25I looks pretty much the same:

Further reading:

Article about it from 2013

Ye old Erowid vault

A particular bad trip that made me sad

>I asked my friends to just hold my hand. That's all I wanted. I thought that in a world of death and chaos, that requesting light affection and then receiving it would confirm that I'm still alive, that what is happening to me is only temporary and not reality, so I cannot express the feelings of hurt when my friends wouldn't even hold my hand.

Until next time tweakers