I've supported this nonprofit and its founders (Earth and Fire) since its inception in the 1990s. It continues to be the best, most reliable and balanced source of information about psychoactives on the internet. It has just gotten better as the years go by. The founders are intelligent, dedicated and absolutely tireless in their mission, always have been. I couldn't be a stronger supporter.
Hands-down the best internet resource for human interactions with various psychoactives. It has revolutionized harm reduction in a way few will appreciate.
I have been turning to Erowid professionally and personally for two decades. They are, in my opinion, the best repository of neutrally curated drug information that does not limit or bias the knowledgebase that it houses. As a researcher and current professional in a related industry, this organization has provided depth of insight into both common and extremely uncommon substances, has given links to highly lauded papers as well as highly individual opinions. I can not laud Erowid enough as a published scientist, biochemistry student, and current professional in a space that is related.
These folks have created an absolute necessity in today’s world that informs, enlightens, and improves safety. Thank you so much.
Always been a useful source of honest information when government propaganda is causing continuous false information search results. I have been using this for over 20 years.
Saved a lot of people I know. By information that should be accessible to all, but isn't just because all the misinformation in this world. However, Erowid helps to gain the right, important information, and in a way that I deeply appreciate.
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Drugs/Chemicals and Psychoactive plants or substances need to be handled safely for recreational users.
I am originally from India and started using Erowid back in 2010 to understand substance, dosage and experiences.
It js my go to website for quality and accurate data on psychoactive substances and plants.
Long live Erowid!! love you!
Erowid is truly an excellent source for information about plant medicines and psychoactive chemicals. I have used it as a reference for decades. Erowid has most likely saved me from some negative experiences that result when you don't have enough information and decide to just try something without properly knowing dosage and effects.
We absolutely need Erowid: with the unjust war on drugs still lingering and affecting how society degrades and demonizes "drugs" (while consuming quite a lot of "drugs" such as sugar, caffeine, alcohol, aspirin, etc). Psychedelic plants and chemicals are not going to save us, but they are powerful tools and allies to help society. And more knowledge is ALWAYS a better thing, in terms of understanding the wealth of natural medicines and their histories. Banning recreational "drugs" is also not a solution to harm reduction: education and mental health support is.
Thank you Erowid.
Erowid is my rock for details on substances. I've been the go to for safety information for friends who may have made much more dangerous, impulsive decisions. I always direct them to this website if they seem receptive.
I've never seen any donation pandering or otherwise undesirable behavior from them either. The site has always felt like one of the few truly neutral resources on the web.
A big thank you for all the harm you've prevented.
This organization is responsible for literally saving my life and providing me with the knowledge and resources I need to protect myself and help others. Without a doubt, if this hadn't existed in my early adolescents I could easily have died, caused permanent damage to my organs and brain. I will always be thankful for Erowid and I will always reference them to anyone they could help.
Ive used erowid for over 20 years to further my own knowledge related to harm minimisation. It is a fantastic resource, a true part of web 1.0
This was no ordinary trip, so I will start off by saying Wow, I really did not know what I was getting myself into before taking these, I strongly suggest before taking psilocybin to listen to what I have to say. So one day, Me and four other friends decided to have a Shroom trip, This was my first time ever doing it, and two of my other buddies have never taken it, and the other two have tried it before, And being me at the time, I thought it was just going to be like weed when in reality it was nothing like it, so going into the trip I took 4 1/2 g and my buddies all took 3 g and they were the polkadot mushroom bars and I thought that I was a hotshot taking the most out of which was a complete mistake on my end unfortunately, So we take the shrooms and we walk to this park and all of us are just sitting on this grass field that we walked to on a pretty warm day so all of us were pretty hot, And then, I start seeing these little violet spots in the sky, then all of a sudden everything starts becoming super calm if that makes sense and I can hear everything, all of my senses were super heightened, and I could see the dust particles coming toward my eyes as I was staring out into the distance, all of my friends started tripping, and they were looking at the tree bark and just kinda like laying down looking at the sky, and everyone was kind of having a good time including me, Then me and my other buddy walked over to a bench, and then it really started to hit me. I laid on this bench and started to think super deeply in my thoughts, and I started to to say “uh oh you’re gunna have a bad trip” over and over again, and then I actually started to have a bad trip. It was the weirdest thing ever I started a snowball of emotions that I had no clue that even existed, so then, my other buddy to the right of me wasn’t having a good time either, and I realize because I saw his facial expressions and my facial expressions were the same. I don’t know if anyone has experienced the same thing, but it felt like my face was melting into the ground because I was so scared. It was such a crazy experience, and all of my other buddies that have taken them we’re having a good time and unfortunately for me I didn’t know that I was not accepting the feeling until about 30 minutes into the trip, so we started walking back and my face actually turned into a tomato. It was so red and I started sweating profusely and my feet and my shoes were completely soaked from how much I was sweating. I took my shoe off and if I squeezed it would come out. So we all got back into the house and I just laid on the floor and looked at the ceiling and the ceiling was changing colors rapidly. It was turning like a light green like a light of orange to like a light of purple , my other buddy just went into my other buddies room and we didn’t see him for another four hours, but I’ll get into that later so I went into his guest bedroom, and of course, to my right was a giant mirror staring straight at me as I left the living room to get away from everyone because I wanted to be alone for some reason, so then I stand there staring at myself and it is such a crazy thing to say but I saw essentially my body and my spirit separated for myself, and I was looking at my body like I was just a piece of flesh being borrowed if that makes sense, and then I laid in his bed and I tried to sleep it off and you can’t sleep off mushrooms, so I just close my eyes and I was just stuck with my thoughts just going deeper and deeper and the most random stuff you can ever think of , so I was like “ I need to be around people to feel better” and so I went out into the living room and my brother which has done them before was staring at me and I was like dude stop staring at me like you’re scaring me like dude i’m actually tripping balls bro and I’ve never felt this way before like you’ve got to help me out. He’s like dude just chill and I have no clue so I was like OK. Let’s play some Fortnite so I put on the Xbox and boom away all that anxiety and everything was instantly gone, and I started accepting the feeling I’ve never felt so involved in something in my life then playing that game , Everything was in slow motion, the bullets, the character moving, and including the other characters coming toward me, then I go outside and all of my buddies decide to come outside, except my one friend that is still in the bedroom. We all grab the bong and we hit it and seen the smoke. Inside of the bong The craziest thing you ever look at and we turned our heads and my buddy said hey look at the trees are dancing at you. They’re literally dancing at you. It’s wild but they actually were dancing at me like to say they’re dancing at me is crazy because you see nature so normally and when you’re on mushrooms, it is something so different like you feel connected with everything and it like almost made me cry because it was so beautiful the trees sway and another thing. I don’t know if you are familiar with the starry light picture or I don’t know if that’s exactly what it’s called but there’s like the swirling wind. We could literally we all saw the wind moving and swaying. It was so crazy. They’re like very thin clear dash lines and obviously the sunset was the most amazing thing you ever seen, but the craziest thing about this trip was that when we were sitting in that circle we were all talking and all of us were connected on one wavelength so if someone had a different vibe/feeling would feel and I only knew because my brother said “let’s go get your girlfriend and have her to drive us around and see everything” and I didn’t wanna leave the house at the time and so all I had to do was look at him with the most distressed face, and everyone felt exactly what I was feeling it was absolutely unreal, and it was weird because every once in a while, there were vibe switches when people weren’t even talking and we would all feel it, if someone felt one thing, everyone felt it, and this is a far stretch for some of you to believe but my brother randomly said I know what you’re thinking right now and I said do you really? in my mind I was randomly thinking of Mike Tyson, and you’re not gonna believe what he said, he said you’re thinking about Mike Tyson, I don’t know about you guys, but that coincidence is something unheard of and quite physically unreal, all of our minds were blown because I literally repeated back Mike Tyson and everyone’s minds were blown but this trip was a A learning experience because I had an ego death, and many people don’t understand before taking shrooms that you must accept the feeling or else you will have the worst time of your life, it felt like I actually wanted to die because of the feeling I was having because I was not accepting the feeling, just a word of advice for people who haven’t done it. After that fast-forward eight months after the experience, I started experiencing these weird periods to where I was disassociating myself with my body, and I would look in the mirror and I would be scared of myself, and I still every once in a while getting nervous when I look at myself in the mirror, I don’t know how to explain it. I’ve been stuck with this weird feeling ever since I got done with it, if I’m just brushing my hair or brushing my teeth and just doing my normal day-to-day things, I don’t even notice it, but when I just look at myself in the mirror, I still get discomforted which is actually the craziest thing to say, I don’t know if this is a skins phrenic issue or what but my normal day-to-day basis has gone back to normal. The only thing that has stuck with me is the mirror thing which is quite odd and that’s gonna be the end of my trip. Be safe guys.
such a great resource! this kind of non-judgmental approach to understanding drugs and using them safely is such an important thing to have publicly available for everyone, and its information about harm reduction is literally life-saving. also, it's nice that they don't shy away from giving information about hard drugs, which are even more stigmatized and often aren't talked about beyond 'drugz r bad dont do it'.
If it weren't for sites like erowid the only information we the people would be able to access on the fly would be "It's important to consult a healthcare professional if you have any concerns..." -- a statement of medical advice that usually immediately follows something like "...not able to provide medical advice...", lol.
Erowid is one of the few remaining beacons of light piercing through the darkness brought on those who are `just following orders`.
Erowid provides science forward reviews of substances and strives to illuminate the truth about them. Their commitment to safety and education makes them one of the best non profits in this space.
So much useful information. I came looking for information about the safety of different psychoactive substances and this nonprofit provides
For as long as I can remember, Erowid has always been a source of education. When certain plants weren't being researched and were forbidden, Erowid was a place where I could learn about harm-reduction, as well as learn about traditional uses of plants. Little did I know, having access to this database helped me arrive to where I was meant to be! Thank you Erowid. Love, Alexis
I've been interested in psychoactive substances (psyhedelics and nootropics) for some time now and there hasn't been any site better than erowid to learn about them. Erowid, along the Psychonaut Wiki, are the two most valuable sites regarding substance use on the internet.
I have been using Erowid as a reference guide since the late 90's. This is a treasure of a resource and should be celebrated and protected as such.
The best and always has been! Probably has saved many lives / health issues from dosage or combo related problems, as users can find good, harm reduction information about both.
Erowid plays a central role in our use and exploration of psychedelics. They're a source of information second to none on the English-speaking internet.
Erowid, often hailed as a comprehensive and valuable online resource, is dedicated to providing a wealth of information about psychoactive substances, plants, chemicals, and technologies. With an emphasis on safety, health, and educational insights, it serves as a crucial reference point for individuals seeking informed, unbiased, and accurate data on these subjects. The website's extensive library includes experience reports, research papers, legal status updates, and health-related information, ensuring that its audience has access to well-rounded and thorough knowledge.
What sets Erowid apart is its commitment to harm reduction and its role in fostering a better understanding of psychoactive substances. By offering detailed, firsthand accounts of substance use, Erowid bridges the gap between scientific research and the personal experiences of individuals, providing a nuanced perspective on the effects and risks associated with these substances. This approach not only educates but also cultivates a community that values informed decision-making and responsible use.
Furthermore, Erowid's dedication to privacy and ethical information sharing is commendable. The platform operates with a high degree of integrity, ensuring that sensitive information is handled with care and respect for individual privacy. This trustworthiness has cemented Erowid's reputation as a reliable and indispensable resource for researchers, healthcare professionals, educators, and the general public alike.
In conclusion, Erowid is an invaluable asset to the online community, contributing significantly to public health and safety through education and harm reduction. Its comprehensive database, commitment to unbiased information, and emphasis on community engagement make it a standout organization worthy of recognition and support. Whether for academic research, personal curiosity, or harm reduction purposes, Erowid remains a go-to source for reliable information on psychoactive substances.
Erowid has to be one of the best sources of knowledge for anything psychoactive, has so much information on so many common substances and incredible amounts of info on the uncommon ones too. We love erowid ❤️❤️
Erowid teaches me how to do the things I was doing before finding erowid safely. It helps everyone. Not having erowid is like not having any form of sex-ed just because you dont want people to have sex at all unless theyre going to have kids. Drugs are fun, sex is fun. Erowid is required reading for anyone interested in substances (legal and illegal) just as every person who wants to have sex should have sexual education.
Erowid is the pinnacle of harm reduction and drug safety. They are leading the fight in providing safe and educational experiences for substance use.
I am a university professor who teaches a substance use/misuse course in our counseling program. I’ve been using Erowid for several years. It’s by far, the best resources for helping students learn.
Thanks…
Scott Peters
This is one of the most useful resources for humanity. A repository of good information surrounding many stigmatized substances is such an important cause, one that Erowid has taken up for decades, brilliantly aggregating the data.
I've been an enthusiastic supporter and user of Erowid since the '90s. Erowid is one of the longest running libraries on the web, a living piece of internet history, and remains indispensable for anyone seeking reliable and authoritative information on the intersection of brains, bodies, spirits and the landscapes of chemistry and plant medicines. While others operating in the exploding space of research and enterprise around psychoactives have hogged the limelight and begun to industrialize the culture surrounding altered states, Erowid has remained lean, efficient, and focused on a critical and enduring mission.
When I was growing up in Brooklyn in the 90s and early naughties, Erowid helped me find what was true about mind-altering substances. Drug education left something to be desired, even in a well-funded private liberal-arts high school in Brooklyn. My parents didn't want to even talk about marijuana, except to say, it's bad for you, the black market is dangerous, don't do it.
So (perhaps as a form of rebellion) I took it upon myself to learn everything and anything I could about these substances, and someone told me about Erowid.org. A cross-referenced encyclopedia complete with pictures and graphs and legality and pharmacology. Always with the injunction on each page, Know Your Body, Know Your Substance. Be smart, be wise, measure twice, cut once. Erowid did more to prevent me from trying Heroin and Meth than anything in my "drug education" at school. I value information. According to the just-say-no culture of the 80s and 90s, Cannabis was just as bad as Heroin. When I eventually tried cannabis for the first time, I thought, "this is it?" I'm grateful to Erowid Center for having the information I needed to differentiate between what I wanted to put into my body and what I don't. I'm also grateful that Erowid center gave me the information to be the safe person in the room. So that if someone says, "I want to try _____," I can say, "sure, go ahead," or, "that might not be the safest move. Here's why."
An information desert about psychoactive substances is dangerous. It breeds more dangerous habits of drug use. It's the same with sex. Withholding information about sex doesn't prevent sex, it prevents the practice of safe sex. Withholding information about drugs doesn't prevent drug use, it prevents the practice of SAFE drug use.
Erowid deserves a Nobel prize.
Love Erowid, it has been an invaluable resource to me for more than fifteen years now and a great source of knowledge on so many entheogens and psychoactive substances for many of my friends and people around the world. The information found there is both accurate and exhaustive and experience reports are extremely interesting, fascinating and helpful. I have absolutely no doubt that the information to be found on Erowid has saved lives, as it's helped me to avoid many poor decisions in the past and has made me more knowledgeable overall about these substances and has in turn helped me make better decisions and advise people I know to make better decisions. In essence, Erowid is the perfect resource for responsible and safe substance use and harm reduction.
I have been visiting Erowid since the first time I wanted to try cannabis in 2005! From then on, I spent hours researching for my knowledge of plants and drugs that I wanted to try…and just for my entertainment reading the experience stories of others. It has been such a great resource, and has helped me to understand drugs and stay safe (and has averted me from trying some things which is great)
Erowid deep dives, for me, usually start with a basic question, for practical reference or just out of curiosity. They always lead somewhere unexpected, insightful, and educational. Also oftentimes, somewhere comforting, and entertaining, and occasionally, the path leads somewhere surprisingly vital to the safety of myself and people I love.
By occasionally, I don't mean rarely. "Occasional" is only relative to how often I use the site. I've used it far more times for curiosity's sake, than times I've urgently needed it, but have been just as grateful regardless. Those pieces of information, and those links, tend to someday come in handy when I least expect it, but am grateful that I either have the answer to a question, or at least know exactly where to help someone find it. I know with full certainty that among the large collective of people who direct others to Erowid, the number of lives, and psyches, saved, will never be quantifiable.
I lost a few friends in high school and the few years following. One of them in particular was an accidental OD. If there wasn't such a stigma in talking about it, maybe he'd have told me. And if he had told me, I could have mentioned Erowid and directed him to a few good articles I often referenced myself. Truthfully, back then I think I probably did more... First hand research, so to speak, than he did. The main difference being that I had this mass treasure trove of information to turn to each time, both out of interest/curiosity, and of awareness for my own safety. I don't think he knew it existed, especially in our small town, and ironically those towns are often the communities that need this information the most.
I try to share wherever I can, for the friends I still have, for the new ones to come, and for friends I'll never meet, but who have things in common with me nonetheless. I'm proud to be a friend out here, when I can be.
E&F, if you read these reviews, please know I consider you, and your work, to be a friend as well. And what a loving, generous, and benevolent friend you've been. Thank you for everything.
Information and experiences - not propaganda. This site has been a source of fascination, further reading, and has contributed to fine-tuning, or in other cases reconsidering my decision making, around chemicals that have been integral to so much of of the sum of who I am now.
Furthermore, they have been at it for almost thirty years now. Thirty years of courage and sharing.
Much love and intrigue,
Luke
This website clears the air where rumors and hearsay often make it hard for people to get reliable information. I have no doubt that it has saved lives.
Még nem teljesen értem a szervezetet, de nagyon hasznos, ha valaki komolyan gyógyulásra és egészségre törekszik akkor is, de minden embernek jót tesz az információ!:)
Ui: (a szerepemmel kapcsolatban kissé bizonytalan vagyok)*
Erowid has been an invaluable resource for countless individuals, spanning multiple decades, the harm reduction community owes a great amount to early adopters such as Erowid in helping people come together and be safer in their mission.
Rengeteget tanulok arról hogyan tehetem jobbá a saját és mások életét és hogy van erőm önmagam segítésére, ellenben azokkal akik az egészségügyben bántottak.
Erowid has helped keep me updated on information regarding my recreational drug use and it's consequences but has saved my life more than once using simple tactics every drug user should know. Facts like taking valium or Xanax to mellow psychedelics has kept me from bad trips multiple times. Had I never read the article on dpmp I might have went thru a three day stim session followed by hallucinations and psychosis. Help keep everybody safe, help keep erowid alive donate because I'm too broke and currently homeless from the effects of drugs that I hadn't researched properly. Keep people alive and society will recover. Kill the fentanyl cooks and kingpins and make it a life sentence to possess anything over prescribed quantities of the patch formulations. As a former fentalogue user I can firmly say that without erowid and tripsits volumetric dosing calculator id be dead
I had a colonoscopy on the 18th they sedate me using fentanyl. Apparently I had an adverse reaction well it said in my file. Btw I have nothing wrong with my bowels well serious anyway I just had bloating and like 6 months of on and off constipation so they check me out. I go home in like an hour or 2 I'm feeling sick I feel nauseous. Then I'm like home for like 30 minutes burping and feeling nauseous I finally vomit. Then that night I go to sleep...
So I just learnt what astral projection feels like. I mean they sedate me and then the night I astral project. I was always unsure that this stuff is possible but now that I know that it is. It's like the weirdest feeling to see your own body in other country. In my case it was Egypt it wasn't even like I was dreaming I was flying. That's insane stuff and super crazy. What did it the anaesthetic they gave me in the hospital was fentanyl the day before. My brain is like woah. I think it's changed me. It wasn't even scary either just like this lucid experience that I can't even begin to describe. I don't think it's like the worst thing in the world but my brain still feels a bit fried from it. I honestly hope that next time they chose another sedative because that one was way to strong and my brain is still processing what happened in my dream or whatever that experience was lol.
It's rather difficult to find accurate and non-biased information on drugs in the current culture we have on drugs, but Erowid is a website that provides that information for free, which helps prevent overdoses and bad trips, saving lives.
Saved my life, and helped me save the lives of others. Truly invaluable information. Thank you, Erowid!
By far the best online platform to seek information about safety and harm reduction regarding psychoactive compounds. Truly a gift to mankind!
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Erowid has been providing extremely valuable information about all sorts of important subjects including safety precautions and general information of almost all psychoactive substance that exist in the world, articles, book references and it also allows for people all around the world to share their experiences so others can read it and learn from previous mistakes and lessons.
I have nothing but a huge amount of respect for the founders of this beautiful site and for all the users that helped build this fantastic non-profit project.
God Bless.
Erowid is an extremely important treasure chest filled with knowledge and safe advice related to drugs. It must grow and be safeguarded to help people in the subjects it deals with forever.
Again and again when researching for anything in the realm of psychedelic, spiritual, scientific, shamanic, and related in between- I found my way back to Erowid center.
a great source of knowledge, very rich and organized vault/library .
highly recommend to take a look and see if something catches your interest.
This is the Best resource on the internet for a serious, scientific and educacional library on psychoactive material. I have been using this site for 20+ years and I highly recomnend It.
Very useful and helpful tool, I would like to express my support and admiration in hopes that it will always be around and continue to grow!
Erowid has been one of the greatest harm reduction and educating sites I have ever known. It’s gives in-detail what to expect dosages and experiences. To be honest I think this site has saved many lives in people getting educated on what they are using and not overdosing along with people who are curios in alternating their perception through chemicals. Erowid has been a god send for me and countless others for decades for people on both sides of the fence (pro/anti drug).
I volunteer for Erowid as a trip report triager. I also think Erowid is a great resource for finding valuable information about substances. I have volunteered for Erowid for a year and love it, so happy to make my contribution to their work.
Erowid's website has been super helpful in allowing me to learn all I need to know about certain substances, what to expect, what is a good match and what is not, etc. Safety and knowledge are behind all they do. They have almost 30 years of information on their site. I recommend it to clients and friends as a first go-to when you're looking for information on substances of any kind.
Erowid is a fantastic site that has a wealth of information regarding both natural and synthetic substances. It is a great harm reduction tool, and a way to familiarize yourself with the effects of substances on the human body.
Fantastic site with detailed information and experience reports about psychoactive substances of all kinds. Much harm can be prevented if people have access to useful and unbiased data instead of being fed lies and prejudice. The knowledge contained in the vaults of erowid is invaluable!
Been relying on erowid for honest detailed information for over 13 years now!! My life would've gone much differently without this resource
I'm unsure how writing here helps Erowid.
The interface for the main site could do with being modernised. A mobile app has been in the works for several years, and the site itself is not very mobile friendly.
Despite the number of visitors, I am unsure if many of these grasp the full scope of resources hosted by Erowid.org.
All I read here are stories about how useful Erowid.org is, but much of the focus appears to have been on the lab testing site of late.
I don't see anyone really saying where or how the sites might be improved, or where to focus effort.
If the place is five stars, why change anything as its perfect?
It is not perfect.
Erowid Monthly has happened once in the past 3-4 years.
Ecstasydata is now Drugsdata, so the info here has not been updated, either.
Most people will use the site to search a drug, gather some info on what to expect, dosage, etc... then leave their own "review".
For this, I suppose, it is fit for purpose.
I'm uncertain as to what the funding is spent on, as this is something that is not particularly transparent.
Super informative website focused on harm reduction helps me and a lot of other people get accurate information on sunstances
Erowid is a wonderfully informative and educational tool that provides an irreplaceable service to the public. Whatever your stance is on drugs and drug use, there is no denying that access to accurate substance related information is a huge step in harm reduction as well as helping people make smart choices if they do choice to use.
There have been many many times where Erowid has helped me make better choices about what I put into my body. This is why I will continue to donate and submit trip reports - anything I can do to contribute, support and show my appreciation to the site and those that put so much hard work into what it is today!
Erowid is an absolutely crucial service. Though people may be torn on drug policy and the use of drugs as a whole, we cannot deny the benefit and harm reduction that an organization like Erowid offers. By offering not only scientific data but also anecdotal evidence, and the other way around too, the users of Erowid are able to access easily digestible information about a variety of psychoactive substances that they otherwise wouldn’t have. By offering dosage information for many substances, it allows users to not just go in blind, taking a wild guess at how much is enough (potentially leading to death!) but to have a proper idea of how much or how little they need. I’ve been using Erowid since I was a teenager and I can’t tell you how many times it’s saved my hide. In all honesty, I don’t know if I’d be alive now without Erowid’s help and information. Support this organization!
Originally used as a teen to learn about new drugs moving through school - certainly saved me from making several bad decisions after reading the vaults of Erowid. Pioneers in sensible drug education. Highly rated!
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I've been to two different colleges and I've written stories of distress during rehab when I wasn't allowed to work, couldn't work, forced not to work, and forced into this stigma where I can't get a job or do anything in life because the art of war is so dishonest it made me scared and paranoid for no apparent reason and, I lost all confidence when I needed to be as smart as a surgeon and as rich as one but not be able to do it actually
None of the below will help me be a better dishwasher, or laborer or get me out of trouble card, or see past a con man.
Also none of the below is written by me.
I used to be a writer.
I wanted to be an admin.
Now I need to learn manufacturing.
I also need money, not for me but for other people.
Is the below worth it ?
Because when everyone else got a stimulus check I remained broke.
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Start with America. With abundant vaccines and enormous stimulus, it is at the biggest risk of overheating. In recent months inflation has reached levels not seen since the early 1980s. Its labour market is coming under strain as economic ac tivity shifts. Even after a rise of 850,000 in the number of jobs in June and accounting for abundant vacancies, the number of people working in leisure and hospitality is 12% lower than be fore the pandemic, Workers are reluctant to return to the indus try, which has pushed up wages. Hourly pay is almost 8% higher than in February 2020. Perhaps they will come back when emer gency unemployment benefits expire in September. But coun tries without such a scheme, like Australia, are also seeing a la bour shortage. Attitudes to work may be changing at the bottom of the income spectrum, among waiters and cleaners, not just among well-heeled professionals who dream of yachts and sab baticals. All this suggests that America's economy will run hot, with continual pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten policy.
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Coca-Cola's general manager for sustainability, says this is a change in the way the company is working to reduce waste. "The real ity is that that plant-based material, as it's turned into plastic, is really still a virgin plastic," she says. That's not something consumers will stand for any more, Sutaria says, instead telling companies they want reusable and recycled options.
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Incredibly thorough amount of information on an extraordinarily important range of topics. The authors/creators are a caring, supportive, interested and passionate community whose dedication for no profit is inspiring. Can't recommend enough!
For years Erowid has freely provided me and countless others with useful information for the purposes of education and harm reduction related to the use of plants chemicals and compounds for recreational and entheogenic purposes. I am extremely grateful for their existence and for the work that they do.
I've used this site since I was 17 now I'm 34 has helped me be aware of experiences n such I'd have lost out on much fun and I enjoy the chemistry and such provided especially bad trip reports because I'd rather not. stay free stay safe one love wyte boy out
Unbiased, objective information is power. Erowid empowers informed decisions and provides insights into many aspects of human experience.
The greatest website in the world. Tons of information. Nonideological. Helped me stay safe numerous times.
Erowid was a great tool for studying & helping learn harm reduction techniques. It is a much needed a valuable resource for certain individuals, they really deserve more recognition.
A trustworthy source for vital information. We get sex ed in school but not psych ed and never drug education. As a teen I read for hours and hours on Erowid before deciding cocaine isn't for me, but maybe mushrooms could be useful. Now in my 30s, have never touched coke, mdma, or heroin, and every year or three I treat my depression with a carefully dosed trip, instead of with daily mind-numbing pills.
I'm absolutely certain I would've tried heroin with my high school friends, if I hadn't read about it first. All the other sources in my life were utterly untrustworthy.
No other source of information has had such a profound positive difference in my well-being.
This site has been a source of clarity in an important topic that is shrouded with rumors and misinformation. This information can save lives.
A truly amazing website. It has helped many friends with consuming drugs in a safer manner, preventing many dangerous combinations and habits from beginning.
This is my go to for solo journeying, which I'm deeply grateful. Often these substances can take you into deep waters and Erowid acts as a virtual guide for so many experiences that one has never imagined. Also, an excellent guide to figure out safety parameters so one can have a positive journey. Much love and light, thanks to the team that keeps rocking this site and helping wake up the world. Your work is not only valued, but essential.
amazing collection of material for making safe and wise choices for individuals... also provides help and more importantly hope to those who benefit from this therapy
Very informative and well written. It has helped me a lot in my research on psychedelic plants and substances.
I'm from Down Under (no, not your pants) and have just discovered this webpage. I don't have time to read it all just now but the parts I have read are outstanding: informative, knowledgeable, articulately written, funny and a real gold mine of of a resource. I'm currently investigating plants that were used by indigenous, first (as far as we know) Australians, such as, Duboisia hopwoodii. But within such a huge continent containing so many different geographical conditions and so many different nations, there must be a shitload that we don't know about or knowledge that the white (well, pink, actually) man lost when the blackfellas were decimated. I'll let you know what I discover.
Professional, organized, and credible source for information regarding the medicinal and recreational use of a host of drugs. I can count on this site to give me the info I need along with experience reports from people like you and me.
You won't be able to find any other source with such reliable information and the sheer amount of it anywhere.
Erowid is NONPROFIT GOLD!!! It is a treasure trove of unbiased, scientific information and the detailed personal experiences in using various psychotropic drugs, either by themselves or in combination with other pharmaceuticals, plants, or funghi. Especially useful in the past ten years as psychedelic medicine enjoys a Renaissance and enriches the entire sector of psychiatry, which previously was in a complete crisis. So many people, from Gen Z to Boomers, have turned to Erowid seeking advice on how to safely do drugs, for recreational or therapeutic reasons, no judgement.
It is a cornerstone of the internet, may this website never go down!
Best forum to get all info about psyched substances. Save me a lot of times, as knowledge to life. Tis platform is fcking awesome
Erowid is possibly the greatest non-profit source of accurate reliable and unbiased information about altered states of consciousness. You can look for scientific information, policy information as well as even anecdotal experiences.
Erowid is an incredible source for unbiased, informative knowledge about psychotropic substances. They have a bank of probably thousands of different drugs, including plants, herbs, pharmaceuticals, and every-day-substances. Their "Experience Vault" allows people to reveal their experience with the said drug, ranging from pleasant, to addictive, to neutral. I have been using Erowid for years and I am deeply appreciative of the work that they do. I know many others are too.
The only place to go to for first hand detailed reports of psychoactive substances. The site keeping true to its roots since the early 2000s as created a community on the internet like no other!
I have used Erowid.org since it's first year. It has always been and *extremely* valuable resource for me and my family. Great group of guys who run it as well! LOVE YOU EROWID!!!!
The amount of history, people whose lives have been saved and education this place has provided is truly astonishing. In a world of propaganda and fear-mongering, these sites provide vital education and information, experience reports etc.. Truly amazing work.8
EROWID is my go-to resource when researching the effects of different substances of abuse. I find it very helpful in keeping informed when dealing with patients who may be abusing substances, so I can better understand their side effects.
I would go as far as to call Erowid at life saver. Thanks to the information accessible for free, people have been able to avoid overdoses.
An incredible organization sharing stories, information, harm-reduction tips, and community. Truly the best resource for this!
I read Michael Pollan's book "How To Change Your Mind" and concluded that using psychedelic substances responsibly and informedly would help me. I found Erowid, and it is my go-to source for sober, responsible, detailed, and complete information on psychedelic drugs I am considering using. The information I have found there has opened my life to wonderful experiences and has kept me safe from potential downsides. IMHO, Erowid is a massive contributor to improvement of human life.
I'm a veteran and my name is Aaron James glad. Dob 8/6/81. I'm currently at the va Milwaukee. I was involved in a botched drug deal in Milwaukee and outted a undercover officer who tried to also pass fake 20$ Bill's. I was then immediately followed by 20+ vehicles. I did research and found operation relentless pursuit in Milwaukee.im not sure if it's them but my phone immediately got hacked and my Google settings were changed. I started noticing I was feeling different and found out I was somehow magnetized. I was sartorially injecting acetylfentanyl and methamphetamine. I started getting strange feelings and found I was magnetic. As I was being followed, i went on facebook live 4x and things only got worse. I contacted local police and my probation officer to explain what was happening. I contacted the Gov. And was incarcerated. While incarcerated, I was continually harassed and found they were using nanoparticles to communicate with me. They claimed they were state patrol wi and dea/CIA. This is no joke. I'm still getting messed with and cannot file a whistleblower complaint because it's blocked on the zablocki va wifi. They were listening in on medical appointments and I've asked for medical help to no avail. I was hospitalized because my ankles swole to twice the size due to my change in polarity. I believe there were nanoparticles in the drugs. I believe this is the technology they are using. I'm also believing that they use your phone to track. I can feel them changing my mood etc. They even were able to put me into withdrawl by using nanoparticles to attack my sublocade shot. There might be something with the shot but I can feel when they do something. They were even able to harass me because the higher the polarity the easier they can read my mind. I'm scared for my life. I think I have a pseudo aneurism and was denied help. I can't file a whistleblower complaint but all you have to do is research nanoparticles. I'm in fear for my life and believe they are retaliating. This is not a joke. Please be careful because they might be tracking the drug supply. I've admitted my crimes and they still threaten to prosecute me for doing this. Please help if you can.
Erowid has proven to be both very informative and helpful for my own personal research on drugs and spiritual practices.
When discussing psychoactive substances, it can be especially hard to find reliable or up-to-date information about the effects and impacts that can arise after consumption, Erowid solves this problem like no other and should certainly be seen as one of the most eye-opening and informative organizations out there.
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The reason i am still living is spelled EROWID as it has educated myself and ithers through me as well, and it has opened my eyes to Real facts and studies more than the "Dr" and "clinic" and "health" sites ever could have
Always my first go to when trying a new drug. Have learnt a lot of potentially life saving information from other peoples experiences
Very organized, comprehensive, invaluable ressource for thorough, first hand info and experience reports about basically any and every psychoactive substance (natural and synthetic) that is known to exist.
Erowid has truly helped me understand the wonders of the natural world around us in a very beautiful way. There are few things in life that have sparked my interest as much as ancient trees such as the Ginkgo Balboa (of which i have now planted in my garden for years to come).
In terms of harm reduction, Erowid is an unbiased and blessed source of knowledge for everyone, and thus I feel it is an amazing nonprofit.
This people have helped me so many times to be more conscious about the dangers of my habits. Thanks Erowid
Any time I need information that's impartial and objective, curated by those who have taken the drugs themselves, I go to Erowid :)
Very necessary node of informational connection. Used many times to safely navigate the unregulated Market that is, the "war on Drugs "
EROWID has been my go-to source of scientific and non-scientific information on psychedelics and other various substances that have allowed me to redact my own scientific papers for years. Their amazing database and forums are a unique place to find information on set and setting and risk reduction.
Since the very beginning of my chemistry career I have intrusted this organization's data with only the greatest of regards. It has been a staple of educational, for which stood the test of time, and with such, was a catalyst for innovation for a great entourage of new minds to be formed. Not only do they provide a balanced force to such a controversial area of discussion, but they have done so wonderfully for over 20 years. My deepest respect goes out to them!
Erowid is a long-standing valuable resource for harm reduction information and general information regarding psychoactive substances. Their experience reports and harm reduction information provide personal accounts of drug effects and allow those who are going to use drugs to understand the possible adverse reactions with other drugs, proper dosage, and other possible side effects and issues they may encounter. Risky drug use will never completely go away and erowid provides life-saving information that should really be provided by institutional health organizations and governments
Great website with very educational information. Been using erowid for studies of diffrent substances for years now. Only place I'll ever go to look up something. 10/10
Such a wealth of knowledge and personal experiences across a huge variety of topics. I've referenced this site for years.
Absolutely amazing resource. Trusted and true information available on the internet for over 20 years.
The best and most important website/organisation in public drug research and harm reduction. Truly one of the most valuable nonprofit organisations if you believe at all in the importance (from a clinical or spiritual view) of mind-altering drug use.
I work in the pharmaceutical industry, and you might be surprised by how many of my peers value Erowid too.
I think I've actually rated Erowid before, but just in case I didn't I'll make sure. Simply put, there are few, if any comparable resources, online or off. Erowid's comprehensive and diverse collection of information on psychoactive substances has helped me and the people i care about explore psychoactive substances with eyes wide open, forearmed and forewarned.
Having subjective data available, combined with the crowd-sourced experiences creates a resource which is both credible, and deeply people-focussed. This is what harm reduction should be.
Without the collective knowledge of the masses which use this informational outlet as a form of learning what is needed to know , and the total aspect of reading personal reports on the said topic at hand resulted in forming my current mindset. I know God is real just by the fact alone one could climb an abyss negativity from certain things and usage of substances but to KNOW what proper dosage, time intervals, and all out experiences right at the tips of our finger tips tell me in and of itself .. ask and you shall receive, and I was able to conquer addictive patters/behaviors. I danced in the dark , and found the light through the collect community we call ourselves.. Erowid.com peace love , and happy trails .. don’t wait to read that article you knew you had access to .. don’t be afraid to read something that you really already know yet do not wanna accept the fact we are God incarnate.. to merge the spirit with the rational mind / methods learned from our collective has literally.. shifted my reality . In the best way possible . Thank God. Hallelujah..
Erowid has been the most prominent source of information regarding mind altering substances for me and the people around me. Information is verifiable and when it isn't, the dubious nature of the information is clearly and openly stated. The site is caked in beautifully curated vaults of important information regarding a plethora of molecular compounds. Great resource that supplies harm reduction for the information hungry experimenter.
One of THE best sites for drug info. Lets you share your own experiences and warn & advise others on what to do and what to NOT do when using substances. Helps you keep as safe as possible while using substances. This website has helped me a lot to know what to expect, what dosage to use and what to avoid so I don't accidentally hurt myself. The internet needs sites like these to help spread knowledge on drug use.
Erowid is an incredible online resources for anything related to mental and physical help relating to pharmacology. I started using the website when I was very young and very curious about that world, and it provided me with in-depth, personal accounts of the experiences I was curious about, and in some cases, longed for. Had I not discovered this resource, I believe that I could have really hurt myself, lacking guidance, contextual knowledge, and maybe some common sense. Erowid delivers information and personal accounts of human experience that effectively de-stigmatize the human relationship to substance, and frankly, in my experience, acts as far more of a deterrent than a catalyst for participating in those behaviors. If one does choose to participate, Erowid provides resources that educate and (hopefully) ensure safer practices.
Erowid is a goldmine of useful information for anybody interested in psychedelics or recreational drugs; the site offers an abundance of information for educational and harm reduction purposes.
I, only, wish the website's facilitators would update it's User Experience (UX).
Erowid is one of the best and most trusted databases of information on psychoactive substances in the world. They are an invaluable resource for aiding adults in making safe, informed decisions. When it comes to obscure substances or combinations of substances, Erowid is the largest and most trusted--and oftentimes the ONLY--available source of information. They have been pioneers in education and harm reduction my entire life.
Really helps you figure out what drug is the best for you if you need it. Everyone is different, so seeing the experiences can help you figure out if something may or may not be for you. It's nice seeing the BAD and the GOOD! Very informative website that I've used since I can remember....10/10 would recommend.
Erowid offers informative and safe resources for those looking to engage in self exploration or recreational drug usage. Rather than stigmatizing, this website encourages safety of the user and provides a platform for folks to share their own experiences with substances. I have learned quite a bit about chemistry and neuropharmacology from this website. My only gripe is that the layout of the website is reminiscent of the 2000s era but that is a small complaint.
Judgment free and accurate information shared in a way to reduce harm. People are fast to judge but they literally save lives.
This website is simply a gold mine of useful and quality information on everything related to drugs and psychoactive substances. The harm reduction info provided by Erowid is invaluable, and the vaults are an awesome way to discover and understand the effects of various drugs (or combination of drugs) without having to take them. The richness of the vaults is extraordinary.
Without comparison, Erowid has collected more necessary, life saving information than any other nonprofit I have ever contacted. God bless Erowid.
Erowid has my undying gratitude. The founders are motivated by the dual purpose of education and safety. Well-meaning disinformation is dangerous and Erowid has provided an alternative for countless of youths and seekers.
This website has saved many lives by giving ACCURATE and HONEST information about things people will partake in no matter what they hear about them.
I love this site more than my husband! Jkjk but I really do love this site.
The most helpful, non judgmental resource that has proved reliable countless times through out the years!
THANK YOU EROWID TEAM!!!
I have been using your website for the better part of 15 yrs. I started coming in high school for the purpose of harm reduction and educating myself and others with your vaults of knowledge. I have donated in the past and I try to donate when I can. THe work you guys do is invaluable YOu guys are saving lives through education not discrimination. I come here first to research anything before i even think of letting it into my body. Not to mentions i Have probably spent more time reading on this website than any other source on the net.
Erowid has been providing accurately sourced information to me and my friends for more than a decade!
this organization has provided consistent, ad-free, and incredibly thorough and life-changing information on pharmacology and harm reduction. their community outreach is phenomenal and I know without a doubt they have had a positive influence on millions of lives over decades.
Erowid has been immensely helpful in educating me about different substances and how to use them safely and intentionally. My first exposure to the idea of harm reduction was with Erowid in the early 2000s. Its experience vaults are both entertaining and informative and I've learned so much about the psychedelic headspace and the realizations gathered by so many people over the years. The site is a living relic of Web 1.0 and all the substance-focused internet after.
Personally I do not take drugs, Im rather just an interested user who likes to read through all this info. Its a great source for educating yourself even if youre not taking drugs. This site is definitely worth reading through
Entheogenic drugs have proved extremely beneficial for my mental health, and without Erowid, I wouldn't have known how to handle them best, with reason and knowledge.
Pretty cool and informative. Provides a lot of varied sources for various mind altering substances. Cool read if you have extra time to spare.
Erowid helped me quite a bit as a young adult and probably saved my life in many unknown ways. I was going to experiment with psychoactives regardless of what external forces told me otherwise, and having access to the information I needed to experiment wisely made all the difference. I have said no to drugs because of information I read on Erowid, and I have safely and properly dosed myself on other psychoactives using Erowid's resources. I utilize Amazon Smile to support Erowid because I firmly believe that people deserve access to information. I'm sure could have been another addiction or overdose statistic in my younger days but with the proper information I was able to make responsible decisions that I can look back on now and say I'm not sure I would have made if I was flying blind. Erowid is essential and most young adults should be aware of its existence.
Have used Erowid Center to stay informed and safe in my younger years. Today it is a great reference all the same, but especially something I recommend to others with questions. The unbiased reporting of individual experience is an approach that should be taken in more subjects to "empiricize" the anecdotal.
An amazing harm reduction website! People will always use/abuse drugs as long as the concept of drugs still has a place in this world, and erowid is a fantastic resource to keep people who choose to take drugs safe. They have been doing it for over 20 years now, without ads and completely free. I could not be more happy with this nonprofit.
Erowid. Saves. Lives.
I used do volunteering work for ex-heroin addicts with Hepatitis B. They have tried to go from methadone to suboxone. It's a tough journey and many of them relapsed or started using a different substance. As they did not speak English we had long sessions of me translating the stories to them. They always said that those meetings were eyeopeners to them.
It's true focus is harm reduction and education. It helps people make informed decisions about what they are choosing to do with their own body.
Erowid is my favorite online source for psychotropic substance information. They are very informative and they encourage safety. There is no other website that thouroughly examines each substance, as does erowid, I am happy that they exist and that I found them when I needed them most.
Much Love!
Erowid has saved countless lives. Not only by providing accurate and non-biased information on plants, drugs, chemicals, and other endeavors, but also by providing user experiences within those realms. Want to stay away from heroin or meth? read a story about someones life falling apart bit by bit. Erowid is a resource I will continue to support throughout my life, because in reality, thats what theyve done for me, and countless others.
Absolutely life changing. I have started being interested in drugs at a young age. I have started consulting Erowid in my little bedroom in Rome at 13, learning all that I could about drugs. Eventually, also thanks to the information provided by Erowid, I started experimenting later down the line, in a safe, conscious fashion. Erowid saves lives.
It's like a family to me every time i have a trouble ;) i come see my family read suggestions, do's & don'ts.
Erowid has prevented me and my friends from making poor decisions on multiple occasions. It is one of the only and most reputable sources for unbiased knowledge about the risks and attributes of drugs. Its
contributors are educated and its interface is user friendly, allowing people to give their own experience. Erowid staff even review each story individually to make sure it is not giving false information or promoting drugs. This is why Erowid is such a good foundation, it's built around keeping people educated and out of harms way. It really has our best interest in mind.
I can’t even begin to express my gratitude for this unparalleled resource and the value that it brings to my own learning and our collective consciousness. Accurate, informative, thorough and varied research and experience. Oftentimes also hilarious! Thank you to all involved!
An incredible and noble nonprofit that exceeds at spreading awareness of our world. They are truly working to make this world a better place for all.
Erowid’s vast amount of information and personal accounts of experiences has provided me with a plethora of details in understanding myself and my relationships with folks. The information provided here is invaluable. But that’s not all, it’s truly a joy to read and provides so many scientific and well-known sources that it is easy to spend hours reading fascinating documents and histories. The safety information provided here has no doubt saved hundreds if not thousands of lives.
On a personal level, Erowid has been an indispensable wealth of knowledge for nearly half of my life. With the War on Drugs an ever more obvious failure and hope of global abstinence a pipe dream, Erowid is a shining beacon of education with the promotion of harm reduction in an otherwise underground, criminalized world.
Number one place to go for most substance information. I've been working with Erowid for years now, at school, home, for personal research or when experimenting. I don't have anything negative to say about Erowid, as it quickly became one of my favourite sites, generally. Right now I am writing a semestral work about entheogens' potential in neuroscience. Erowid is one of my sources, as always.
I count my discovery of Erowid among the most formative experiences I've had in my entire life. This website has provided an invaluable service by providing incalculable hours of informative learnings, harm reduction, entertainment, and opportunities to build empathy. I am forever indebted to the selfless community that has helped build and maintain The Vaults.
Throughout my lifetime I've always relied on Erowid to ensure safety of my friends and I whenever we're experimenting with drugs. A honest and reliable source of information amongst the sea of misinformation surrounding drug usage.
A fascinating and priceless treasure, and an inspiration for me starting my own plant medicine company, T'oil CBD.
I love databases and I've rarely ever encountered databases as good as erowid. If every topic out there was attended to like psychoactives are attended to by erowid, the internet would be just about complete.
I discovered Erowid when I was 13 years old and at 19 I submitted an experience that was published on their site. It is relieving to know that there is a place to share my experiences, and on a platform where they can be useful to others. Having access to what otherwise might be a much more underground community means that Erowid is working everyday to educate and destigmatize. At it's best, Erowid is a purely educational database that allows its visitors access to the unbiased information that can be potentially lifesaving or life-changing.
Trustworthy source with objective, accurate, and non-judgmental information , but also user experiences and warnings if needed.
Essential website for educational purposes and harm reduction.
Erowid has always been there in time of need. It's open and honest approach to information sharing must have saved 1000 lives over the years. Their unwavering dedication to correctly informing the public is highly commendable.
Many people know about Erowid because it's a great resource for obtaining information about psychedelics. That being said, it's also a huge archive of many many many other drugs.
For me I was referred to this website when I was embarking on a journey to discover what psychedelics could offer in terms of altered states of consiousness. I could very easily at this point start talking from the perspective of a counter cultural rebel who takes psychedelics to f*ck the system and to see 'the truth', I could don my psychonaut shirt, I could refer you to Alan Watts lectures, to long and complex paths towards the idea of following Tim Leary's famous mantra; tune in, turn on, drop out.
That's not what education is about, it's not what sincere and impartial drug harm reduction is about. We don't make progress in society by attempting to dissolve it and then run away from it. We do so by the means of excellent resources like Erowid and it's contributions to society through FACTUAL, IMPARTIAL, EVIDENCE BASED SCIENCE. We do that through the long arduos goal of working within the system to change the system, and we do that through tools like Erowid to find the necessary support, funding and exposure to then highlight what really is important, what needs to be told, what can be done, what is possible and what actually happens when you take psychoactive drugs.
For a long time Erowid has been fighting the hard fight. And it has done so by maintaining a level head when many others have allowed themselves to be left open to accusations of quackery and obsoletion through their dangerously risky decisions to detour from the facts and verge on spurious, dreamy and often idealistic premises. Erowid has remained throughout their existence on the fence and because of this they have become a pivotal building block in educating the world on drugs and their relationships with humans.
Behind the identities we all assume, behind the cultural conditioning, the political ideologies, the founded/unfounded assumptions we all have we ALL NEED resources that transcend these limitations and restrictions by means of simply providing the information we need in a context that is verifiable, factual, scientific and unattached as best as possible from the mistakes of the past when entitites have attempted to create their own utopia seperate from the reality of the social fabric of society. They all fall eventually, and what remains are those willing to absorb reality as it is collectively, to work with it, and influence it towards a better future.
Erowid is for ALL people from ALL backgrounds and it's information is there for MANY MANY purposes.
Truly a great resource and should never be discounted when embarking on learning about drugs and their relationship with humans.
The information this website offers has helped me to keep people I know safer when they do drugs. People do it either way, but Erowid makes it so you can be informed and as safe as possible. I have no doubt it's saved a good amount of lives and prevented a lot of injuries from occurring. It's such an important resource to have access to.
They save countless lives every day. I've been using their services for over a decade, and the tools they have provided have made a huge difference in my life and those around me.
Erowid is a great source with tons of information free of bias on anything relating to drugs or pharmacology. They present professional studies, news clippings, legal information and self-reported experiences.
I've been this website for about 15 years now. While the site design has remained pretty much unchanged over the years, and has a terribly dated appearance by today's standards, the information it provides is accurate and up-to-date, and I'm not aware of a more reliable and complete source of information about psychoactive substances. It can be difficult to find unbiased information about psychoactive substances, and Erowid works to change that.
Thank you Erowid for being my all-time Go-To for accurate information
in this category. Keep up the great work!
A vital service in an age when misinformation is still the de facto theatre in which drugs are discussed. People have and will always use banned substances, so true information is vital to using safely and responsibly. In my own experience as a younger man some of the described experiences of certain substances actually caused me to seek lower/purer doses, obviously this proved a great benefit to me in the long run. Helping me avoid unnecessary dangers.
Best place to get accurate information on various plants and drugs, that keeps people safe and informed.
Absolutely incredible! Truly the greatest website in regards to harm-reduction and helpful knowledge.
Hey everyone.
One of the main reasons I managed to get over my fear of drug war. Was due to Erowid. Lost of awesome and useful information.
Whenever I can I share the resources form there, to educate people. Spend many hours discussing pros and cons, with different people who like psychedelics and who despise them.
In the end we agreed that open and truth based information is vital in making sure conversation moves with best that humanity can offer.
Why propagate fear when you can spread truth and heal yourself and other at the same time?
Read, think, feel, discuss and be safe.
Wealth of knowledge, highly recommend!! This is the only resource that I trust on these topics. People need to have the access they need to this information!
Erowid has been an invaluable resource over the years, I look forward to continuing using this Non-profit.
Has been my go-to resource for years for learning about new psychoactives and has helped me to make responsible decisions by providing useful information :)
Back in the 90s when accurate and unbiased information about psychoactives was still relatively hard to come by, and US-led war-on-drugs rhetoric and hysteria was rampant, erowid was the trusted source for drug users who wanted to be properly informed. They’ve maintained that tradition since then! Eternally grateful :)
Just fantastic. It has helped me dip into drugs without fear of overdosing. The site is a treasure and has allowed me to explore altered states without feeling like the first person to do so.
Gran sitio! Ha salvado mi vida un par de veces, la información es muy valiosa y es un gran sitio para entretenerse también
Back in my early days of experimenting, i had 3 main sources to verify info from: Shady websites with only unverified, non rigurously written trip reports, Terence Mckenna and Erowid. Well, as it turns out, Erowid truly surprised me every time being itself an enourmous vault and at the same time, a portal to other reputable sources and studies on a certain topic. And above it all which i haven't said (their work on harm reduction, the easiness that is to reach them and to send them samples and test them, their gigantic experiences vaults, etc) they won't ver charge you a cent! These are people working from the heart, aiding an ever-important cause as few others have; being freely and fully available. They do deserve an award, some recognition, and definitely, even if small, donations.
I started using many substances at a young age, and when I was 13 I found Erowid. I can't frankly picture what the next decade of my life would look like had I not been exposed at such an early age to the idea that if you're going to be using psychoactive substances, having as much accurate information about what you're using and how it interacts with the human body is the best possible way to stay alive and stay safe. Erowid is meeting a basic human right to information, health, and self-determination by providing access to that information. Throughout my using, people often deferred to me with questions about how drugs work and how they can stay safe, and everything I told them, I learned here. Ten years later I work at a harm reduction coalition, working to provided drug users with services based on those same values I discovered when I was 13. Thank you Erowid for keeping me and my friends alive.
Erowid has been the most important source for my psychoactive research since 2006. I can't image a world without Erowid. There is so much falsified and incorrect information posted across the internet. But Erowid has always been the one source you can literally trust with your life.
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im Chinese，this website is mostly only i can trust，when i take some drugs，i love this website！and thanks Google translation
Harm reduction has never been more easy. Thousands of experience reports as well as the most extensive and up to date information on psychoactive substances I've ever seen.
For decades Erowid has hosted unbiased information available for all ; correct information is the fist step in responsible harm reduction when it comes to the misuse of narcotics.
This site has been around for decades and has been the best objective informational resource for information on various drugs and chemicals that people take for various reasons. I've always consulted this site before choosing to take any recreational drug and has helped me to do so in the safest way possible, and how to go about counteracting negative side effects or withdrawal symptoms. Everyone would benefit from better-unbiased information, and this is the best site for that.
Erowid is fantastic at providing unbiased, useful information about nearly any chemical or plant you can think of, ranging from pharmaceuticals to street drugs. This information is incredibly useful for many people who use psychoactive drugs either medicinally or recreationally, and reduces the amount of harm that comes to drug users immensely.
A fantastic reference for harm reduction, research, journalism, creative writing, and general curiosity. Never a dull moment when browsing. They have a great philosophy, dedicated to fighting the fascist principle of policed sobriety, recognizing that people have always found ways to alter their consciousness and always will, therefore it is pertinent to share the wisdom of those who have expanded their minds safely before us.
I have 4 children and I introduced each one of them to this site as teens, just introduced to my granddaughter and her friends this week. Erowid serves us all.
Erowid has been offering reliable online information on psychoactive drugs and related subjects since 1995. It has built up a massive archive contributed to by thousands of people over the years and is available to all for free. This is one web's outstanding sites and has consistently provided essential facts about legal and illegal drugs to people seeking knowledge from all over the world (excepting countries such as Russia where it is blocked).
I've been using Erowids for as long as I have been enhancing my mood or altering my state of being. I trust the information, and I can read other people's experience. Thank you. -donating member since 2001.
Incredible library of experiences used for harm reduction. This site has saved countless lives. We may never know how many people's lives has been saved by by website. It is an enormous benefit to society, and everyone should donate to them, they are nonprofit.
People have negative emotions about drug and chemical websites. Erowid should only be held up in high regard. What they do is incredibly important.
The truth is that people are going to experiment with drugs no matter what we do. So if users can get educated about the safety and dangers of chemicals in a real, non-propaganda method like erowid.org, then we can at least prevent hospitalizations and deaths.
The site also helps the addicted by sharing real experiences with dealing with addiction to the same drug that the user is addicted to. Methods of tapering and quitting safely are shared.
Bottom line is, Erowid.org is not some druggie-hang out spot. Erowid.org saves lives.
Erowid is a trustworthy resource for individuals who want to carefully and respectfully venture into the world of psychoactive substances. Rather than eliciting fear Erowid encourages people to make their own responsible decisions. Thank you for maintaining the site!
Erowid has been my go-to source for any questions I have regarding the effects and other information on various substances. Hands down it is the best educational and informative site where information is given and people can share their personal experiences with substances.
This is without a doubt, the best site to ever use related to drugs. It is full of information, based on experiences and theories, this site has shown the amount of unknown data the "plebe" refuses to even listen to.
I'm more than satisfied with it, in fact, no other source has ever came close to the trustworthy level I put in it.
I will take my hat off every time, to everyone involved with this platform:
Thank you for taking the great step of sharing your personal\professional experiences and data.
I'm truly honoured to have access to it.
Keep up the excellent work family. :)
Most useful website for research and information about any kind of mind altering substances and medications.
Erowid quite literally saved my life. I was able to make informed, educated, healthier, and unbiased decisions about my involvement with psycho-active substances. As someone with a degree in biochemistry I may understand and comprehend a little more about the mechanism of action a specific substance entails, but as far as knowing where to look specifically for this type of information I was left with bland, textbook-style information that scholarly works provide...most of which are very anti-drug. Google and Wikipedia can only offer the layperson so much as well. It wasn't until the advent of erowid that I began to really learn about ALL the aspects of substances...how and why they work, what to expect from them, experience reports detailing what to do and what not to do with them, information on addiction; the obsession and compulsion; habituation and withdrawal, as well as how to AVOID addiction and dependence in the first place. With Erowid I have a vast amount of information regarding interactions, drug-to-drug interactions, drug and pharmaceutical interactions, drug and herbal interactions... it was this area that saved my life. I was able to avoid a possibly life-threatening situation by reading about a medication I was prescribed and a research chemical I was about to do. I could find no information on it anywhere but Erowid. With Erowid you can get unbiased objective information about The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly side of psychoactive substances with no filler and no BS. With Erowid there is an endless amount of information that people from all educational backgrounds and all walks of life can enjoy and benefit from. There is no other site that offers as much harm reduction information.
Erowid is and has been the pinnacle of community based botany and psychoactive substance research for more than a decade. Not only does Erowid include chemical and pharmacological data on the substances it discusses, but is an invaluable resource for finding personal experiences in the name of research and harm reduction.
I learned a lot from the knowledge that the experience reports on erowid.com had to offer. A gold mine of herbal information!
Honestly, if you're looking for information on something and you want it from an unbiased, though exhaustive source, this is the place. Used for ten years
Erowid is an Incredible free resource of info for both harm reduction, as well as general research purposes. Their database is vast, and is one of the few unbiased educational resources for substances. I love the work they do, as their website has personally helped me in my own life.
I've always been fascinated by the way chemicals can alter our states of consciousness. I love to read about the physiological and psychological effects of various substances, and supplement my research with reports from users.
Erowid provides by far, the most extensive collection of self-reported experiences on the web, as well as oceans of well-cited information about pretty much every drug imaginable.
5/5 Great job!
Phenomenal site - really appreciative of the time and effort which goes into the site.
Erowid gave me confidence and reassurance in some of the 'drugs' I have previously taken and ones I will take. Thanks
This website has one of the best, if not best, information on every drug and herbal supplement alike. It's full of personal accounts from users to help present a more accurate story. I have to say it has saved me from some "drug mishaps" in the past. Plus, the stories are interesting.
As a 33 year old recreational drug user since my early teens (grew up around addiction and drugs). Erowie.org has been my #1 and only trusted source for any and all information you could possibly imagine if you were ; considering trying a substance, seeking information about a substance that someone close is addicted to/recreationally uses, laws, experiences, and scientific laws/chemical makeups. I have not been able to support Erowid.org financially as much as I would have liked, but I refer everyone with any question or curiousity about a substance (household products included) to increase traffic. I refer others knowing that they will receive the best trustworthy database of drug/spirituality known to man. No forum can touch the accuracy of this information. Erowid.org should be a world-wide recognized source of information with academically backed sponsors as the information should also include (if not already) case-studies done by too universities. Thank you Erowid.org for keeping me safe and providing me with more-than-sufficient knowledge to safely use or completely avoid a substance. I hope that one day, Erowid.org becomes a national digital enclyopedia and a sole reference for such information. Again, thank you Erowid.org. - tokensk8, CA
Objectively speaking, Erowid is an incredible resource for information about psychoactive substances. It’s objective when taken as a whole, non biased, and readily available for individuals curious about psychoactive experiences. When most other available resources are biased one way or another, Erowid can be relied upon to provide accurate information. It’s a rarity, and thus it’s value is that much more apparent.
Erowid has been an invaluable resource for over a decade. So many sites have missing or biased information about psychoactive substances. Or they have good intentions but the information is only user generated, or difficult to find.
Erowid provides people with authoritative links to information about each listed substance. There reference section is the best, Wikipedia does not even have as complete of a knowledge base.
What really sets Erowid apart is the experience report section. This content is made by drug users and for drug users, making it more likely to contain the part of the stories that adds value.
We are at risk of losing access to much of the harm reduction and drug information on the internet here in the usa. Google has been going through a process of delisting such information from search results.
This misguided effort puts us all at risk. Luckily there is Erowid, which is a known and trusted household name. So when Google only lists rehabs and no answers, we know where to turn.
I would be dead without erowid, quite literally. My boyfriend found out what was happening to me and what to do about it there.
The only negative I have to say is they need to keep up with the new content, add new experience reports. I know I have submitted, peers have submitted, and they aren't putting them up hardly ever.
The times have changed and we need to accept the fact that drug use will happen, always has, and a world where it does not is a world where I do not want to live.
Erowid helps us help each other as a community of people who are attempting to exercise their human rights of using the chemicals of their choice. Opiates, since 4200BC have been documented in human history. Erowid will be what provides future historians our cultural history.
This website does a beautiful thing in offering great information about psychoactive substances, which helps with both harm reduction and covering a topic that is quite taboo. With psychedelics gaining ground and support in the medical field, as well as an overall shift in its public perception, the information erowid provides will be a great resource for the new era of psychoactive substances.
Knowledge is power and these people have put together the information to give me the knowledge to feel empowered about making smarter and informed decisions. Great group.
The best information tool. A repository for all experiences, good and bad, and an excellent place for unbiased research.
When people ask me left handed questions that I know the answer to, but am not going to answer in the present company I always just say, "Erowid.org" or you can Google Erowid and
"[Insert your inappropriate question here]".
The main reason I love Erowid (besides the obvious ones like keeping teenagers from overdosing on cough medicine) is that it is one of the few internet places that provides honest, unbiased, and clear information regarding psychoactive drugs and their usage. The internet today is whitewashed, fabricated, supremely biased and written for clicks. Erowid is the opposite of that. It is committed to facts. This is ESPECIALLY impressive in the world of drugs, where misinformation learned from peers or family members reigns supreme for most people, and most internet sites simply say "just don't do them lol."
To be frank, I don't know much about the creators of the site or their foundation, but I would like to sincerely thank them for providing this invaluable resource for years and years. Thank you.
Like others have stated, I feel very fortunate that I discovered Erowid.org at such an early juncture in my life. Several times over the years, the knowledge gleaned from it's annals has saved myself and others around me from taking potentially dangerous amounts of a substance, or even in some cases from being duped into buying/ingesting little-known research chems. The experience vaults are an absolute gold-mine of information, prose, philosophy, and general literary expression of all kinds of chemically-induced states of being. Informative, and some even downright entertaining, chilling, or heartbreaking.
The service and information Erowid provides to the public AT NO COST is a boon to civilization, as surely as humanity and psychoactive substances are entwined together. I've donated several times over the years, and will likely do so again. Their information is always being updated. Big thank you to Erowid!
Great source of information for anyone who is curious about subjective effects of certain psychoactive substances. Especially useful for anyone who is considering self-experimentation. Databases like Erowid are a panacea for harm reduction and mitigating the consequences of misinformation and propaganda.
A wealth of information on mind altering molocules that I am sure has saved many lives and set many at ease. The information found on the site is invaluable and a great place to learn about the world around us
Erowid has been an incredible source of invaluable information that has helped me and my friends to expand our consciousness. As a worker in a smartshop I feel it as my duty to be as informed as possible about psychedelics. For this reason I've used Erowid.
As a seeker and a human being I've always been interested in other substances. To get such a bibliotheque of reviews, articles, scientific papers has made me able to create my own view on those substances, and have played a big role in me having a save and mind-expanding trip, as well as being able to give my customers the right advice.
In a world where this information is still very much kept under the table but where everything is at our fingertips at the same time (merely due to the Internet), we need platforms like Erowid more than ever. Especially now, the psychedelic renaissance is happening and we're facing difficult times. This knowledge can be important for everyone, whether they know it or not.
Erowid has prevented overdose and addiction in my community of friends. I am personally so glad to have access to such a great vault earnest human experience and for that I am ever so grateful. Almost all entries I have personally read are correspondence with reality and that is rare on any website on the web.
This is an absolutely fantastic tool for research and education. I mainly use it to read up on other people's experiences with specific wild growing plants and it is fantastic for that, but it's also great for so so so much more. I've learned so much from this nonprofit and there's still so much I haven't discovered yet.
One of the most complete Compendiums on naturally occurring plants as well as synthesized organic chemicals.
Since I was a kid I had an immense curiosity to try drugs
Erowid was key in my life, that allowed me to follow this passion without many risks
Today, Thanks to erowid, I'm not a drug addict, and I can enjoy the drugs that God provides us
But most important, I'm happy, and I was able to reach this magical and spiritual place I'm right now.
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I have been using Erowid for half of my life now, and also volunteering as time allows. It is an extremely important repository of knowledge. Knowledge should be free and unbiased and that is what Erowid does. I am thankful for their organization. They are an institution in my mind.
I trust this site and it is my go to for accurate information. Education is so important and the opposing anti drug info out there is not very accurate. Erowid is the place where all your private questions can be safely answered. Education is power!
Erowid has always been a huge store of knowledge for me to draw on when trying a new substance and has always kept me safe this way. I am sure this website has saved countless lives.
Throughout my whole life, this website kept my informed on dangers and dosages. I was able to educate myself and others with sound advice.
I have had very traumatic experiencesin the past with drugs due to misinformation and lack of information. Said experiences led me to research on the internet for safety and prevention, Erowid has been the main source of information since then.
Other organizations and institutions try to prevent risks by telling you not to use drugs, but if you are determined to do so, quality information is a must.
Much love
One of the most helpful websites on the internet for me. It helped me making fact-based decisions many times and give advise to the youngsters I work with. Thanks to that information I personally have not, ever, experienced the dangerous interactions in use. The vast collection of prejudice-free (!) scientific information is amazing!
A wide range of non biased information on plants and chemicals. Most any substance you might be thinking of trying out, they have it.
Very interesting just for the sake of curiosity and most definitely helpful for anybody wanting to try those things out. It lets people know what they're getting into by getting to read others' raw experiences - good, bad or anything in between and beyond.
The most complete and accurate information site on the internet with regard to recreational drugs. Unbiased, useful information for all levels from layman to psychonaut. The truth is a far more effective harm reduction method than the lies or denial pedaled by the government funded sites such as frank et al. Erowid is a beacon of truth in a sea of misinformation. Anyone interested in drugs for whatever reason is a better person for having Erowid by their side.
Erowid is a treasure trove of realible information, full of facts, falicies, and actual user experiences. A portal to a world unpolluted by politics and greed. Helps individuals make wiser choices about their use of psychoactive plants and drugs. Well done Erowid.
It's an invaluable source of information, with scientific literature and citations, subjective user experience reports and several outsourced links to further reading, it's one of, if not the single best psychoactive chemical vault available. It's accurate, it's peer reviewed, it's trustworthy and reliable. Any self-proclaimed psychonaught would be negligent to miss it.
I stumbled across this website in the 90's. Its worth checking out and browsing around. Its a veritable wealth of information and a wonderful resource for the communities.
Truly an exceptional resource. So much misinformation, which leads to harm can be avoided by unbiased data. This site provides harm reduction and education. If only the government could somehow figure this out...
Erowid is my go to information source when it comes to keeping myself informed on any medications I may be starting to keep myself safe. This website has saved my life in the past and allows me to be informed on the relationship between psycoactives and humanity, from the positive and negative effects those may experience, to the proper dosages, and the personal experiences of those who have interacted with said substances. I have been using erowid for the past 5 years and will continue using it in the future.
This website is not only great for harm reduction for the public but also to educate professionals. The amount of new analogs coming out every year is staggering. This website is a great place for medical professionals to gain insight on new novel compounds. Beside that, anyone in the biological or chemical fields can find thousands of resources to help advance research. Never has there been such a comprehensive library of chemistry on these psychoactive substances. Erowid is a really an under utilized resource across many disciplines.
A great source for knowledge about drugs and harm-reduction techniques. More people should be aware of erowid
Absolutely phenomenal site. Very nice to have both the bad and good information as well as having information that is accurate
Erowid has been hosting valuable information on their website for longer than many of it's current users have been alive. Erowid's experience reports are some of the most intriguing memoirs on the internet and certainly some of the most valuable and relevant. This website has saved lives and provided accurate information in an age of misinformation regarding psychoactive substances.
In a world where information is endlessly accessible, it can be hard to believe that so many people can believe facts that are blatant lies. Erowid is one of my favorite sites. You can find information about every substance (illicit and otherwise) under the sun, read the experiences of users, and learn about things most people know little more than just the name of. Erowid gives scientific fact and truth in the face of a society that fundamentally shuns almost every facet of psychedelic exploration. Short of the breadth of Wikipedia, I cannot think of one other website that endeavors the social stigmas to deliver solid information.
Erowid is a beautiful community-driven website that saves lives where governments and society have failed for years. Drugs are undeniably a part of life for many people around the world, and yet the leaders of nations do their best to restrict understanding and access to information. As seen with the worldwide synthetic cannabinoid crises, prohibition and lack of education does not stop drug usage... it only makes it more harmful. I have used Erowid to learn about accurate dosing, what to expect, and what to do if things go wrong, and this information is probably why I and others I have shared it with are alive today. Exploration of mindstates through (self-administered) therapeutic usage of psychedelics is a great way to learn about oneself, and has helped me work with my PTSD and other issues in my life. Anytime I see or meet someone who seems interested in doing the same, or is using drugs properly or improperly, Erowid comes up almost immediately. No joke: this nonprofit saves lives, and is the epitome of harm reduction in a world where governments don't care about their drug using populaces. Wherever self exploration and experiences are policed and it becomes a crime for therapists to use psychedelic therapy (aka the USA), Erowid steps in as the wise voice of the community, guiding and protecting trippers through their journey. I would work with a therapist who administered these substances in a heartbeat... but because the government feels this method of treating PTSD is criminal, I instead _need_ Erowid. The core message and belief of Erowid is harm reduction... much better than the apparent belief of most world governments, that all of us who use these substances are criminals who deserve to die. There's no question about it, Erowid empowers the community and saves lives where governments fail.
I have referred to Erowid as a source of information and education on psychedelics for well over 10 years. It has been a treasure trove of just about anything you might be looking for in regards to "drugs". The benefit of this site is perhaps quiet but much larger than they might ever know. I truly appreciate everything they have done.
Erowid is a fantastic source of both subjective experiences with lovely detail, and is simultaneously chock-full of mathematical, scientific information as well as objectively conducted scientific studies. Use the site in its entirety. Do not take any one experience for fact, nor take any one study for fact. When used properly, Erowid is the single greatest resource of its kind available on the internet.
Genius, chemistry, time, effort, really well constructed! Hope this helps ! I couldn’t find anything bad to say about Erowid! 10 positive reviews and Maybe a shirt for Us
Level arguments, detailed discussions, useful information, leading to greater informed decisions on my behalf and a better understanding of the world of drugs, medicinals, art and culture. This website disappeared from my life for a few years and it's rediscovery, and continuation, really make me happy!
In a world that hates our most fundamental inalienable right of all- complete dominion over one's own body- Erowid is one of the few lights in the darkness. User reports about anecdotal drug experiences must always be taken with a grain of salt, but for drugs on which research has been blocked (generally euphoriants that have great potential to help mankind even if each carries unique dangers, just as getting into an automobile or choosing to play a sport carries risks, just as everything in life born to die as we are) this is what we have.
Be informed and learn, medicate, and play safe.
Erowid saves more lives than the War on Drugs & D.A.R.E ever will. Even more so now that we live in a day and age of research chemicals and the internet. People are going to people - for as long as humans have been able to think, we've been looking for ways to dampen or enhance inner monologue. There needs to be a change in the zeitgeist and we should focus on information and safe exploration. Erowid is the first step in the right direction.
Over the years Erowid has given me rich, detailed, bias-free information and insight into various entheogens, plant medicines, and psychoactive substances. Organisations which espouse similar goals as Erowid simply lack the same level of information-richness, and often withold critical data to serve political agendas. Furthermore, Erowid's experience vaults are of particularly high value, with no other organisation out there actively collecting and curating such a wide variety of reports and perspectives.
The most important outcome of all this is the widespread promotion of harm reduction awareness and techniques. It is no exaggeration to say that Erowid leads in this area.
Erowid is one of the greatest websites there is. There is so much information about drugs on Erowid. That may sound distasteful, but really, Erowid provides information on how to use drugs safely for those who intend to take them and information on their effects for people who are just curious. There are pictures, dosage information, studies, user reports, and more.
For several years I was a drug educator and spoke in high schools about the dangers of illicit drug use. Erowid is a user friendly, marvelously accurate, and science based website that gives clear and concise information. Over the years I have recommended them many times as a harm reduction site. Several people I know have chosen not to partake in certain substances based on information they found on Erowid, and I truly believe they have saved many lives. Thank you, Erowid! You are a vitally important informational site!!
Despite that Erowid is not getting enough credit now I believe that in the future when world going to speak about humanity relationship with drugs/plants/chemicals more freely and acknowledge necessity not to make wars because of them,not consider drugs as roots of evil, but study their hidden enormous potential, Erowid will be as important as Wiki.
Erowid is the most comprehensive place to learn about drugs both from first-hand reports as well as third-party sources. My favorite thing about it is the fact that they never changed the interface, which has been well-conceived from the start - it doesn't try to dumb things down for you, but it's still easy enough to use and the information density (sorely lacking in more "modern", web 2.0/3.0/etc sites) is very high.
This is a fantastic site for acquiring accurate, NON- BIASED information for those who are interested in experimenting or just learning about psychedelics
At least a ton of unbiased information about drugs and everything surrounding them. I would not try a new chemical, plant, or pharmaceutical, without at least researching it on Erowid. It is definitely my go to bible for psychoactive substances. Outstanding work. I donated in the past, and I look forward to do so again.
Kudos!
Erowid and industry experts makes certain that the information is current, accurate, and unbiased. The information in its vaults is beneficial to all, From the curious Free spirit to intellectual savant. I'm sure even some of the sceptics would have to respect the Knowledge this site has. please Don't let this some what endangered Knowledge become extinct....
Erowid has helped me educate myself and my friends on many substances with unbiased information. It is an invaluable resource in harm reduction. The scope of information is also wide and touches on multiple aspects including legality and laws. The "experience vault" has absolutely been a fantastic guide for me to understand how different substances affect different people and hence infer how it can possibly affect me so I can best device my own experience.
Never have I seen more concise and accurate information regarding mind altering substances. Erowid makes me feel safe, knowing that the research has already been (or is already being) done and organized accurately and impartially saves me and many others seeking knowledge from being misinformed, thus saving many lives who may not be with us today had Erowid not existed.
Outside of a UI that takes time to get comfortable with, this is a truly wonderful website, giving accurate and objective breakdowns of studies and reports which are oftentimes hosted in their entirety on their own site. It's absolutely incredible and truly a blessing for everyone, from enthusiast to researcher.
Erowid is the most honest, open, and rigorous website on the internet. This entity transends the bits and bytes of it's physical reality. The knowledge contained within are undoubtedly responsible for petawatts of positivity and love. I have trusted this being numerous times in the last 15+ years and have been treated to enlightening and joyus occasion each time.
My go to people for any drug information I might want. Reliable, honest, unbiased information. An excellent resource whether you suffer from chronic illness or teenagers.
I have been using the Erowid website as a reference since the age of 15, and I will be 33 in September. Having this resource online has kept me safe, out of jail, and educated about things that I could not ask anyone else information about. I have been recommending this site for years, and cannot say enough good things. These people and this organization save lives. Period.
Provides a massive wealth of information surrounding psychoactive substances, their effects, potential dangers, and much more. The greatest source of free and accurate information regarding the topic. I have used this site for research on multiple projects and papers and the sheer amount of information available is mind boggling, ranging from Layman's terms explanation to dense, advanced analysis-es.
Erowid is the best place for information on drugs. This site probably saved my life with all of the useful information it provided me with in my younger, reckless college years. I'm most likely not alone in this regard. They are doing great work educating people with information you can not receive anywhere else.
I found Erowid roughly 15 years ago while in high school. At the time myself and many of my peers were becoming interested in mind altering substances. Erowid proved to be a great resource in educating us on safe usage and informed experimentation. I had spent an entire summer reading everything I could about the various plants and chemicals and was able to distinguish those of which interested me from those of which seemed overwhelmingly harmful and dangerous. Even to this day I hear a lot of misinformation and rumor being spoken about different substances and I feel obligated to advice these people to do further research on Erowid to better their own understanding and the collective understanding of all.
Erowid has been, since I was introduced to it, my go-to for information about active components, dosages, risks...
I often recommend Erowid to people when they want to have an objective view on psychoactive substances.
Erowid is simply laid out and provides accurate information about the effects of all classes of drugs in an attempt to help people understand them, their effects, and potential dangers better.
Erowid has been an invaluable unbiased tool in all of my psychoactive research and shamanic studies. I appreciate its availability and hope that it continues to be available as a superior research platform for many years to come.
This is the most comprehensive and detailed website to get informed before taking decisions which might shift your life to an unexpected experience. would love to see this website continuously updated with new information, eventually developed also as an app so you can always have it with you.
When one seeks knowledge pertaining to recreational drug use, its benefits, risks and all other information surrounding it, Erowid is the vault to open. The community does not judge, but does make sure that the information presented is as correct as possible, and when one chooses to partake in any substance, Erowid is the guide to do it as safely as possible.
For non-users it can be a great resource to better understand substances, their users and the community that surrounds drugs.
Erowid has helped to educate me on SO many things! If my friends encounter a new substance and want to try it, I highly encourage them to visit Erowid to learn the effects before ingestion. This website is an encyclopedia for all things drugs, spirit expansion, and mind growth. If you have any questions about anything you want to dabble into, visit Erowid to have a basic, but reliable understanding as to what you might experience. Erowid is basically my primary tool to get a grasp on any substance I am interested in learning about. I tell all my friends to visit this website before trying anything new or if they have a general interest in learning about the things Erowid has to offer.
Erowid is an invaluable resource. The information and resources provided have helped thousands of individuals, from all walks of life, enjoy themselves responsibly. Drug use is a divisive issue, there is no getting around that fact, but there are people alive today that are still breathing because they were able to research what they were putting into their bodies. As law enforcement continues to drive drug users underground, communities like Erowid will become even more invaluable. I cannot put into words how much this site has helped me and people I know. They are saving lives and I'm hopeful that future generations will identify them as one of the reasons behind drug education, harm reduction, decriminalization, and better quality of life.
This is a good source for information and certainly plays a role in the harm reduction related to entheogenic experiences. Lack of information and lack of research is one of the causes of fear in many aspects of life. Erowid facilitates to obtain and share information for the benefit of all those interested.
Erowid is a blessing. It is one of the only supremely objective websites that provide routinely consistent data and information about drugs. Whether it's the legal status, health effects, safest forms of usage, other's experiences, or the pharma-kinetics & chemistry of a drug, it's all there in an organized efficient manner.
Without a doubt, absolutely zero exaggeration, Erowid has saved my life by providing the wonderful harm-reduction advice in the very nuanced yet factual manner that they do.
Thank You Erowid from me, and from all of my friends whom I've recommended it to.
You are truly a life-saver and one of the last bastions of almost fully unadulterated information.
Once again, Thank You.
Erowid is exactly what a website about psychoactives should be, it is neutral. It's a great vault of knowledge about any drug or mind altering substance, this subject is inherently subject to suspicion from a lot of people, and as a result can be difficult to talk about. But Erowid is a place where people learn and discuss about these things without a filter. I commend erowid for being a safe space, and for undoubtedly saving lives through harm reduction.
Erowid has helped me and several friends out over the years. It has been a valuable resource for all of us when it comes to understanding the experiences, dangers and benefits of mind altering substances of every stripe. This website undoubtedly allows people to make safer decisions in there every day lives when it comes to the subject matter dealt with on the website. Erowid will always have a special place in my heart and always be my first stop when encountering new mind altering substances.
Have been utilizing Erowid website for 10 years give or take. It's taught me many unforgettable + valuable facts as well as provided hours of entertainment, amazement & awe by perusing the different topics and subjects available. Thanks for having this site available it's saved mine and a couple friends lives by providing access to this normally tabooed area of life
Erowid truly surpasses expectation, as an honest and transparent organization. Primarily accessed through the world wide web, their website is dedicated to the education and safety of the public on subject matter most shy from. I myself have felt completely confident with all of the information I have sifted through and absorbed.
Erowid is an amazing resource as it includes vital information for both professionals and laypersons about substances and their effects. Their blend of both scientifically rigorous information and anecdotal evidence from the general population means that it creates a very non-biased, informed view for anyone interested in really understanding a substance, it's pro's and con's and how to discuss it's use accurately and in a non-stigmatizing way. As a health professional and community member this service is leaps and bounds beyond many other available resources. An A+!!
Erowid is an unrivalled source of unbiased information about psychoactive substances and related issues. In a global climate of blanket prohibition, Erowid is a vital panacea for the rampant ignorance and downright misinformation surrounding these topics. I am just one of countless people that it has helped to make an informed decision about substance use.
Erowid has a fascinating collection of real accounts of people's experiences, both good and bad, with every psychoactive substance in existence. Totally unbiased source of valuable information that keeps people safe. A must read for everyone, whether you use substances or not.
Erowid is a wonderful resource for harm reduction. It is by far the most efficient way of obtaining information on psychoactive substances, and holds great value in today's society, as the usage of drugs will most certainly never stop, and having information readily available on how to be safe with them has proven most useful in keeping people safe and out of harms way. Keep in mind, every experience read must be taken with a grain of salt, and any information on dosages and responsible use must not be acquired from the experiences. I'm confident in saying that erowid is an extremely integral part of keeping people safe and out of harm's way.
The best site for drug information and first person experiences. The information is delivered in an unbiased manner and the experiences reported to be taken with a grain of salt, though what does someone have to gain by making their anonymous experience up?
A great starting point when you've heard something about something and feel a pull to learn more so you can BE SAFE and decide what is right for you.
Erowid is an invaluable resource
erowid is the best website for an unbiased view on all drugs from caffeine to heroin, if you want unbiased and accurate information on doses, effects and experiences go to erowid
Outstanding. Good unbiased information is hard to find, but Erowid puts it all on the table, and within the reach of those who need it. I have personally seen it save lives. This is an invaluable resource, of which I cannot speak highly enough.
Thank you, for doing what you do.
Generally, when it comes to drugs, it is hard to get accurate information. Since the government criminalizes certain drugs, it might be hard to get accurate information on, let's say, heroin. On the flip side, some people who don't have the agenda of "don't do this" might give inaccurate information, either because they are trying to sell you heroin or because they just don't know. Erowid isn't perfect, nobody is, but they bring accurate information in an easily accessible way and work within a drug legalization, harm reduction point of view that views drugs as chemical substances rather than as the devil incarnate or as the greatest thing ever. They provide a huge service for anyone who wants, or more importantly, needs to know about drugs, from caffeine to fluoxetine to nitrous oxide to amphetamine to heroin and more!
Erowid has always been an important impartial source with regards to pychoactive compounds. They are an independent source of information regarding these substances, providing important safety information to the community. I can safely say that the information they provide has saved many lives, especially among those that are already disadvantaged and downtrodden in life.
This site has helped keep me safe and informed. I don't know any other site like it. May it always serve as a light house for those distant travelers to not end up ship wrecked
Erowid has become my default reference for anything drug and plant related. It provides information ranging from dosage amount to personal experiences, as well as law and health issues. I know that when I visit Erowid I will be given honest, well-researched, and unbiased information regarding whatever I am researching. The wealth of information Erowid provides allows the public to be more informed and more responsible in their usage. The site is a plethora of helpful information put together in one, easily navigatable, place. I highly recommend Erowid to anyone who's curious about the fascinating world around us.
I was happy to find such objective information about the effects of all substances on people.Usually information about experiences is tainted by other agendas like drug war recreationists or pharma companies.Prople can be unpleasantly surprised by hidden effects in their meds and this site shares/records all sorts of reactions adding to our knowledge.Erowid also documents the range and possibilities ofexperiences that our brains are capable of.
Erowid is a fantastic source of knowledge, has probably saved me from making bad decisions and allows me to get useful information that I know is trustworthy so I can pass it on to others
Erowid is the ONLY place you should ever go for information on these topics. I have used Erowid exclusively for over a decade now and I am continually disappointed by the lack of accuracy and thoroughness when I stray to other sources of information. The only time Erowid has ever disappointed me was when I saw them asking for help to achieve 20 reviews. How we don't have dozens of people leaving positive reviews for this nonprofit every single day is a mystery to me. You are doing yourself a disservice if you are conducting research any other place.
Erowid is the ONLY place you should ever go for information on these topics. I have used Erowid exclusively for over a decade now and I am continually disappointed by the lack of accuracy and thoroughness when I stray to other sources of information. The only time Erowid has ever disappointed me was when I saw them asking for help to achieve 20 reviews. How we don't have dozens of people leaving positive reviews for this nonprofit every single day is a mystery to me. You are doing yourself a disservice if you are conducting research any other place.
Erowid is an indespensible tool to the community. If ever there is a question concerning harm reduction, basic information, and experiences, Erowid is the go-to. It's one of the most useful websites available.
Erowid is a big part of my life and contains all of the information I need in an easy and encyclopedic manner. It has had helped me make difficult and perhaps life-changing decisions wisely and perhaps even saved my life on several occasions. A most humanistic enterprise and one of the most important sites on the internet.
An invaluable source for information on psychoactive substances. I used it to write my original oratory for speech and debate on the benefits of legalizing marijuana.
Hi. What emotion has given me to find this page.
I am a graduate of Medicine and I am passionate about the neurosciences and these psychoactive drugs. What motivates me to study these drugs is for my brothers, the one is 19 years old and my younger brother is 14 years old. They have neurological sequels due to medical negligence. Each one in different degree.
I have studied and I have experienced and I know that these substances have the ability to ignite those brain functions that my brothers have been extinguishing.
Erowid is the de facto source of information for those who seek more information about drugs. It is a fantastic harm reduction resource, a place to delve into archives to learn all there is to learn about any drug you can think of. I have no doubt it has saved countless lives and helped many other people have safer, more beneficial drug experiences. Donate if you can, because Erowid NEEDS to stay around.
Excellent website full of coutless firsthand experiences and relaible unbiased info. There is entertainment and educational value in the experience vaults as well as all and any info you could seek on substances you may have never heard of.
I've been visiting this site since the early days of the internet. They have had the most accurate, helpful information I've seen online. I also love reading the experimentation stories, sometimes they are very funny... and always informative.
Best site on the web for up-to-date, apolitical, fact-based information about drugs, drug use, and drug information. More and more people are turning to their tablets and phones for information.
Between the "War On Drugs: Just Say No!" and the "Everything is Fake News!" Sites very few sites have the depth or scope of information that would allow one to make educated choices. However, Erowid stands out precisely because it has that depth and scope of facts that are missing from so many others.
Far, far exceeds expectations. This is a 6-Star website and archival resource disguised as a 5-Star site. I found Erowid and bookmarked it somewhere in the mid-to-late 90's. It still sits at the top of my bookmarks concerning drugs, power plants, pharmaceutical history, cultivation, law, and persons of interest in the world of inner exploration.
Today I am sharing Erowid with a fellow member of a cannabis forum. He wants detailed info on mushroom cultivation and i know without even looking that I'll find everything he needs in the Vaults of Erowid. I myself have used the site's archives for learning more about specific entheogens as well as plain old cannabis.
It's extremely valuable to have a website that is detailed, accurate, and basically neutral in its presentation of facts concerning legal and illegal substances. Erowid has not succumbed to outside pressure to change anything that they want to say or present and has remained the preeminent website for a comprehensive and encyclopedic resource on drugs, plants, pharmaceuticals, law, and even the cultural aspects influencing the use of such substances. Besides, they're brave to do all of this in such perfect style considering our society in recent decades. Bravo.
I have spent countless hours reading through Erowid. I've learned so much about various chemicals and have been able to pass this information to friends and acquaintances for harm reduction. Many people do not know about safety precautions and Erowid has helped to educate them.
Amazing website. Have used since I was much less experienced and now I still rely on the information provided to make sure I know exactly what I'm doing to help people on their way to feeling better and enjoying life. Thanks Erowid!
I love erowid. it's a fantastic sourse of information, and always the first website I check when I need hard to get info about any psychoactive drug. I've used it academically and personally, and I always find valuable information.
Can't thank Erowid enough for this unique and invaluable resource. I consider myself a 'Client Served' by Erowid.org since I routinely come to it seeking information, anecdata, and advice which I simply cannot get elsewhere. I am always rewarded with sane, thoughtfully curated documentation that is clearly a labor of love by all involved. This work deeply enriches and saves lives. Thank you!
Erowid is one of the best and most reliable drug information and experience vaults. Its very important and beneficial for safety in drug use to be as informed as possible, and erowid greatly helps in achieving this.
Idon't usually post reviews or do this kind of mind-numbed cleaning you are all used to daily. so when I saw the option to reveiew erowid, I was thrilled. These guys have not only inspired me to be my own person. simply by doing their own thing. Plenty of places kind of do that.
but these guys saved my life on numerous ocassions when noone else was there for support. young people the world around use erowid as a reliable source of information to stay safe and smart about their recreational activities. I found out about erwoid when I was 13, 15years later as a father of 2. I really think this is one of the greatest human factories ever. if were going on farming humans, this is how to do it!
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As history has shown, prohibition does not work as intended. With that in mind, Erowid brings a clear vision for harm reduction and education that is sorely lacking in many official channels. Humans have always, and will always explore their world, inside and out. Erowid proves to be a welcome guide to safely exploring these inner spaces when consenting adults choose to do so. Earth and Fire are truly advancing the cause of safe experimentation and personal responsibility and I am grateful for their work.
Erowid is one of the best places to get information regarding psychoactives. This information has helped me and many others. Most other resources do not offer the same in-depth information about psychoactives that Erowid does.
This is by far one of the single most important resources for harm reduction on the internet, without it many lives are at risk. I have used it personally hundreds, if not thousands of times researching the intended effects of particular substances friends, family , myself or even strangers have ingested.
Without this i would have potentially overdosed many times.I believe instead of the war on drugs harm reduction is where we should be focusing.And i believe erowid is a good start on harm reduction.
This website has honestly taught me a lot of things and gives the correct and proper information to keep people safe!
Erowid is the most comprehensive, accurate resource for drug/pharmaceutical information I can think of. It's my favorite non-profit and my favorite drug-related website. Insanely valuable for harm-reduction, and its vaults of user-submitted information about certain substances is wonderful.
All the time, every second..every hour people are doing drugs. This site is a LIFE SAVER.
They don't ask for money they just save so many lives by giving information, harm reduction (the only way you win against drugs) letting other people tell their stories and you really learn from them and you keep you and the people you love safe. All thanks to this website. It's my favorite if you haven't noticed.
I have not used Erowid for a long time, but I can tell you that this website is very welcoming and pleasing to read. User reports of drug use are well written and informative. They may invite others to safely try substances or to stay away from dangerous substances.
The community is very loving, and I would love to see this website stay up for a long time.
It's so good to have a free-speaking drug encyclopida, to look up dosage, or legal status, or potentially harmful interactions, I would not want to take drugs in a world without Erowid!
this is the number one information resource for psychedelics & other mind altering substances amongst the millennial generation.Since being introduced to this site by my son,it has become an invaluable resource for my own investigations.Covers just about every question as to plant source;dosage;contra-indications:the science & molecular structure;user reviews and many more resources than a short review can do justice to.Visit the website https://erowid.org
Erowid is a fantasitc site thatblays out clear easy to access informatio. Form.many sources combining anecdotal first hand with scientific sources and more
Fantastic resours
Erowid is no doubt the best vault of information regarding substance use. Its info is trusted and it has helped me out many times, and has helped out countless people since 1995.
Where can I start? As a young college student I became curious, as many do, with the subject of drugs. Although I personally do not believe in the criminalization of psychoactive drugs, unlike some drug advocates I will not say they are not dangerous. All drugs have the potential to be very harmful when used irresponsibly. However, Erowid is a shining example of the power of information. Simply put, the website provides users with a huge library of knowledge including both scientific research, personal experiences, dosage guidelines, and countless other information. Because of this, when I started to experiment with drugs during my youth, I was able to avoid several costly mistakes. Although I no longer use drugs the way I once did, I can attest this website saved me on multiple occasions and that without it I might have done something stupid enough I wouldn't have survived it.
If Erowid was a piece of toast, I would never ever eat it, the reason being is that I don't ever ever want it to go away. It would undoubtedly be the most delicious piece of toast in the world, yet still I would restrain myself. Plus ditto what everyone else said.
Erowid provides useful information about a vast number of substances and plants. In doing so, it helps to educate, reduce stereotypes and make drug use safer.
For years, this has been an excellent source of information for me. As I grew up, I was told lies by me parents, different lies by the schools, and different lies by the church. When I found Erowid, I began to learn the truth about a world of a chemicals and pharmaceuticals. I have never tried doing anything with risk without fully studying Erowid. Because of this, I always know the risks, my responsibilities, and what to expect going in to something. I have decided there are some things I will never try because of what Erowid taught me. They are perhaps the leading source of unadulterated harm reduction information available through any source. Erowid saves people's lives, about that there is no question. It may have saved mine.
I was born in 1990. It was just the beginning of personal computers in the home. And I was just lucky enough have one. I grew up learning things about commuters, video games that play with others. While my mind grew up so did the internet's and then one fateful day I discovered Erowid. From then oh it was a new obsession. Learning about drugs through the experiences of others. I read so many trip reports. It was all very fancy. The sources spoke for themselves. Over all the years Erowid has been a place to learn objectivity, not in a D.A.R.E. class where you are simply taught to just agree and say no.
Erowid is a great and simple way to get the right answers.
Very good and broad information containing photos, references and also precautions. Highly recommended.
Erowid has played a positive and informative role in my life and the lives of many friends my entire adult life. Without their honest and clear documentation, various myths and misconceptions about dose, composition, and effects would have persisted in an otherwise well-educated and appropriately skeptical community. Their information averted some mistaken plans which could have led to catastrophic consequences. It is not hyperbolic to assert that people personally known to me are alive, not imprisoned, and not institutionalized in part due to Erowid's efforts. These are people who have gone on to fulfilling, successful, and noble careers in a variety of professional fields. Erowid is pro-knowledge and pro-intelligence. We desperately need more such humanistic entities in a world wrecked by ignorance, fear, and pettiness.
Immensely useful information that focuses on harm reduction and real-world information. No scare tactics of "everything is bad" or naive "everything is good." Q&A responses are thoughtful and respectful, citations are plentiful, and they have fostered a great community of safety-minded individuals, with research and knowledge as a common core. Whenever I'm doing research on this subject, Erowid is always the first site I visit.
Erowid provides accurate and unbiased information regarding substances that alter perception. It helps me to decide for myself whether they are safe through analysis of research, law, news, and many other sources. If all recreational substance users read Erowid, there would be a marked drop in harm from all drugs.
Erowid is undoubtedly one of the longest running and most reliable sources of information about medications, pharmaceuticals and other mind altering substances. Untouched by corporate interests, it's served in its purpose honestly and faithfully since the dawn of the internet and deserves all the praise I can muster.
Erowid is one of the best harm reduction web pages. Despite the site's old appearance, it is very easy to find information about almost anything. Thanks Erowid!
I feel confident this sites has prevented many traumatic experiences, trips to the hospital and even deaths. The curated sources range from scientific experts to end-user experience reports. The warnings on common problems such as critical/small dosing, adulterants, and the actual report of the analyses contents of some drugs carry more weight from this source than from a governmental or traditional news source. Whenever I see a sensational headline involving some drug, Erowid is my first resource to get a breadth of information from a single trusted source.
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erowid is a lovely mix of detailed information, resources, and first hand stories. I've no doubt this site has saved many lives, my own included :p
Erowid is an amazing website that has more information on drugs than most people want or need, it offers you the chance to truly receive education about the drugs you may have been prescribed or are taking for recreational benefit.
When most governments around the world see that teaching abstinence as the only acceptable form of drug education, you need a website like erowid to pop up on google when you are searching for information on a drug.
Any other site such as webmd, would simply say to you that drugs are bad, and you shouldn't do them. This doesn't stop kids from guzzling cough syrup and anti-histamines for a cheap high, all this does is keep them unaware of dangerous dosage levels and other information that can reduce the risk of harm.
Using Erowid before using a drug is like putting on a condom before having sex. Knowing is half the battle, and in practice it keeps everyone in society safer.
Thank you Erowid for always being there.
Excellent site, it's a classic. It's the go-to website for drug safety information, and I'm sure that it has saved many lives and prevented many people from making dangerous mistakes.
this site has educated me and allowed me to make informed and safe decisions in my undertakings. many other reviews speak to my experience as well
This site gives the experiences of many people with pretty much every substance out there. It saved me from making mistakes that could have potentially hurt me and/or been very unpleasant since I was 15. I am now 27 and still turn to the site for info and advice about a multitude of subjects. I love this site!
This site is a classic. It has been extremely useful and is amazing to get any required information I ever need about drugs.
Erowid is an amazing resource! The people behind this extraordinary site have done more constructive work than any government organization. I have used Erowid for years to inform myself on both the positives and negatives of many different substances, both legal and illegal. I can't imagine the Internet without it!
This non profit has helped me make safe choices and decisions. Most of the harm of psychoactive substances is a result of misinformation, and Erowid is a reputable source for harm reduction and education relating to pyschoactive substances
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Erowid to me is one of the most useful sources of information when I seek new, and most importantly safe, experiences. If I ever have questions about any sort of drugs I can't turn to elders or the government, whose idea of harm reduction is throwing people in cages for drug possession, but i can turn to erowid for safe and reliable first hand accounts, scientific articles, and harm reduction guides. It is truly an amazing resource
This site is literally saving lives. By providing extensive human experience information on many officially untested substances, it serves as an invaluable database for observers and users to base their own intentions on. This site should be on par with Wikipedia as far as popularity goes because countless lives would be saved if that were the case.
awesome, free, the very best there is . really nice user interface easy for anybody to access for reliable information and quality first hand accounts/experiences
Erowid is my go-to source for information on herbs and their effects. There's no better site I've found for detailed, accurate discussion.
My friends and I have been using erowid since we were in 8th or 9th grade to find great and accurate information on drugs that we were curious About trying so that we wouldn't make the mistake about getting into a dangerous situation with taking some drug. I think it is a amazing website that everyone should know about
Erowid provides me and many other people with real information about psychoactive drugs, substances, plants, etc. (which humans have been experimenting with for thousands of years--just saying). Without websites like erowid, people could die or cause unnecessary damage to themselves and others because of lack of knowlege about what you're doing or how to properly do it, and not overdo it, etc. Usually, any other drug education is false, propaganda, or just lies to scare people from doing it, such as all the marijuana myths. That is why we need websites like erowid, so that people can practice safe and responsible drug use.
Erowid provides a great platform for people to talk about and learn about psychoactive substances. Big love!
Great information on Erowid. Much better education on drugs than any agency or government will give.
At first as a medical practicioner, and eventually I began to read Erowid. For reasons ranging from curisity to morbid curiosity. God bless the country where experiences can be shared without the war on drugs slogans drowning out logical thought. While some of it is disturbing, it can hardly be less disturbing for juveniles conficted as felons for life for having a plant in their pocket or a synthetic version in the mailbox. The "War on Drugs" ends with mutual understanding. I do not believe in internet censorship, Don't incite abuse, share your experiences, for better or worse knowledge is POWER. Keep it up you junkies ;) ;)
Erowid provides quality, unbiased information on any chemical you could imagine. It has saved my life at least once by allowing me to make informed decisions about what I put in my body. It is a resource I almost constantly use, and is well deserving of a five star review.
Amazing information about a fascinating topic. Erowid is the go to source for science of psychoactives. I appreciate the up-to-date information and the scientific presentation.
Erowid has been an indispensable source of information regarding psychoactive chemicals throughout my life. Without the information available here I might have seriously hurt myself because of lack of knowledge of what I was doing.
Fantastic resource for accurate information on psychoactive substances of all varies ranging legal to health based information.
Every time I want unbiased information about a substance that I am not familiar with, or would like a refresher on something I am, I check Erowid. The diagrams for the impact strength of a substance over time is incredibly valuable to me. I would like if all substances had this on their Basic Info page, but nonetheless this site is phenomenal and my first choice for information.
Phenomenal website with accurate and helpful information. This site has the drug education that the school system should be teaching the kids. It's a shame that people have to get their information about drugs from the internet. However, this site is fantastic at minimizing risk and maximizing safety.
Erowid is an easily accessible, free, detailed, and community-based vault of knowledge that cannot be found anywhere else. Not only it highlights and respects indigenous practices surrounding psychoactive substances, but also provides a scientific and personal perspective.
If one wants to reduce the drug problem, it has been proven that one cannot eliminate drugs. We must inform ourselves and the general public, so as to encourage responsible use as responsible adults.
Great and plentiful information to help make sense of the world around us. Information particularly interesting to adolescents who don't always have the best research skills.
The single most comprehensive website about mood-altering substances on the web. Neither glorifies nor demonizes any substance, just states the facts. Frequently used by doctors and medical professionals.
Even though I've never used any drug besides alcohol, Erowid has proven to be a highly valuable resource when it comes to finding reliable information on psychedelic drugs. I'm a University student really interested in science. Any way I can help keep Erowid up on the web as a resource for the public, I will.
Knowledge is indeed power, and gatekeepers can manipulate info.
Erowid's databases cover chemical and spiritual routes to altered states.
Great online library of religious texts, too.
This is a valuable repository of knowledge, both technical, anecdotal, while meandering in-between. This site should be preserved and maintained...
So this is a great resource. Simply fantastic. Erowid lets you learn about the subjective experiences of substances, which gives you a point of reference for your own experience. Are you freaked out? Look it up on Erowid, find out you're not alone and this too shall pass, and then you feel better. It also provides unbiased reviews by individuals which will tell you: don't try this drug, it's awful and decreases your quality of life. Or about another substance which is awesome and enlightening, should you decide to try it. Real people tell you: don't do meth, but LSD can be really fun. Instead of the normal societal "drugs are bad!", Unless they come from a licensed professional and make you have weird dreams and thoughts of suicide :) those are okay drugs. It's a great resource for learning about drugs as an experience and helping in harm reduction through education, like drink water!! Especially using rave drugs in a place packed with people that's 100°. Simple peices of information like that which can reduce the uncomfortableness of an experience and make it a learning experience for yourself, rather than a regretful memory. So, five stars, for keeping me rooted during a transitional period and teaching me that psychedelics are like vacations, not like going to sleep. Only once in a while.
Erowid has been a source of educational harm reduction for over 20 years now. When scouring the web for information regarding chemicals, or harm reduction, Erowid is always the end state. Now it is the first resource I use. 5/5
I have been using the Erowid spirit vaults for a very long time. I find it to be a comprehensive source of information for all my plant medicine needs. I recommend it to patients all the time.
Helpful catalog of data for people who have the capacity and understanding to make informed decisions, as well as information for those willing to learn.
I first stumbled upon Erowid probably over a decade ago, and immediately became a fan of the organization and the website they operate. The plethora of information on psychoactives and their combinations, many of which are unknown in the "main-stream" drug culture, are explored in depth. The plethora of information provided is only further reinforced by the peer volunteer edited and submitted experience reports. The site does wonders in offering a non-biased, scientific as well as personal, catalog that I'd say more than adequately provides readers with accessible knowledge which can only result in a better understanding of the psychoactives which in turn helps spur harm reduction.
With a lot of reliable information and people sharing their experiences and knowledge Erowid became the main source/database when you need to research or get started with new studies. Thanks
Unbiased reliable information on a very broad, common and potentially life threatening subject.
Invaluable.
What is best about the internet.
Erowid saves lives, relationships and careers by providing accurate and useful information about psychoactive substances. It's like sex education for things that phuck with your mind.
This charity is a pool of non-judgemental people who's righteous agenda is not only showing the real risks of drug, but also tells stories and shows millions that drugs are not as bad as we think. research work and people get together and talk about ways to inform and reform the public and there opinion on drugs.
Erowid is one of the best things on the internet ever. Striving to put together a database of studies, personal experiences, side effects, etc of every recreational drug known to man(even caffeine!), Erowid is a lifesaver in a sea of harmful misinformation leftover from the failed drug war. Erowid has held my hand through every psychedelic experience I've ever had and has definitely had a positive impact on my life experience. Love you, Erowid! You are doing Eris' work!
One of the greatest non-profit websites out there. The sheer amount of database content and great information does wonders for incredibly vast community it serves. Easily one of the best websites on the internet, thank you Erowid
Unbiased website. Its database on experiences with psychoactives covers very bad experiences as well as heavenly experiences of people with psychoactives. And it covers a lot of psychoactives, a range of plants, fungi, artifiicaly substances and animals. Just reading the experiences is a delight in itself. I have come across some beautiful prose. Reading from other people's experiences can also gain you new insights. Most of all the website encourages responsible use of psychoactives. It can be a medicine, but if used incorrectly it can be damaging. More awareness of the potentials of psycoactive should be spread. And not all should be labeled as 'drugs' or be demonized. And yes, it actually covers more than psychedelic substances, also sedatives and uppers and what more. Go check for yourself! :)
A wide array of knowledge available to the public for educational growth. An excellent database, as well as a wonderful library for the curious. It is necessary to share this type of knowledge, rather than dismiss it.
I just found out about this and I already love it. Will come back for sure. KEEP IT UP - YOU ARE AWESOME
This has been a great organization in helping me make educated decisions towards my use of mind-altering drugs for the purpose of menta and spiritual growth.
A treasure trove of material presented in an unbiased, professional format. If I am looking for anything to do with psychedelics, my first stop would be Erowid Center
Erowid is most likely one of the best organisation that holds non-biased material relating to psychoactive substances and other forms of an altered state of consciousness. If anyone is looking for information regarding psychoactive substances; Erowid is among the best references for such a subject.
This site has taught me and many of my peers how to safely administer a variety of chemicals, plants, and drugs. For each page there is usually many third-party scientific studies that can confirm the information posted on the site. This site does NOT encourage drug use. Rather, it promotes harm reduction. I have no doubt in my mind that the Erowid Center has saved countless lives through the sharing of non-biased information regarding a myriad of substances.
This is an excellent source of information that should be available to anyone with questions. Educating the public with first hand experiences.
When you have an empty void in your heart that can only be filled with drugs but are also an extreme hypochondriac, you'll come to realize that a site like Erowid is your best friend. I cannot express how many times this site has saved my life by informing me of the side-effects and/or complications of any drug I decide to ingest. Thank you Erowid.
Without Erowid Center, I personally wouldn't be alive, and I know that there are many others like myself, who have used drugs and had nowhere to turn for reliable and accurate information and experience reports, who would also not be around today without Erowid. Personally I have relied on their website for over 10 years. In that time, their archives have grown exponentially, while their mission has remained the same. No shaming, no self-righteous opinions, just facts and experiences for the people who need it most.
Carries a wealth of knowledge build by experts and it's community alike, over many years. Is and has been a consistent source of unbiased and fact based information about psychoactive substances, in a climate of extreme polarisation and bias. Never encourages drug use, but is a clear proponent for scientific, harm reduction strategies and policies.
Always my first choice when experimenting with my body, mind, and spirit! Always very helpful, non-biased information.
An absolute goldmine of information regarding psychoactive substances of all kinds. Many external links for further reading. Basics for what to expect, chemistry for those with a bit more knowledge for most common substances, and a wealth of personal reports from the occasional user to those struggling with dependency (whether through prescriptions or other less-than-legal aquisitions.) I personally believe it has saved my life by having a place to start with harder drugs other than word of mouth (DXM, Oxycontin, and to a lesser degree psychedelics.) Must read for anyone who wants to be halfway responsible with their drug use.
Erowid has helped me throughout several years of research and studying about psychoactives and psychedelic culture.
If erowid.com didn't exist, we would lose a great amount of knowledge about this ambiguous yet interesting and rewarding world. Please, keep it up guys!
This website can really help ib making you a better individual. You can and will understand alot on substances, as well as on life and the meaning of our existance by reading experiences from people. 11/10 would recommend.
This is an amazing resources for everyone who uses drugs or considers using drugs. It has without a doubt saved many lives throughout the years and continues to do so by providing accurate information in a non-judgemental way about drugs. The great thing is, you don't have to do illegal drugs to benefit from this website.
Reliable and incredibly in-depth source of facts without a hidden commercial or judgmental agenda. This non-profit is there for the public good and to make a difference, period. As trusted and credible as it gets.
The best source of informations that you can find on the entire web. Helps you to stay in the "safe side" when handling chemicals or plants.
Also teaches their powers in a scientific way that gives you info, pro's and con's and leaves you completly informed.
Thank you for your work, Erowid. You'll never know how man lives you saved and/or made better.
If every time we need factual, accurate, unfiltered information we had access to a source with the quality of Erowid the humankind would be in a far more advanced position in every field. Erowid stands as one of the best examples of transparency and reliability even though it deals with very complex data. I would recommend any professional, student, explorer or curious to pass by and check it. Very rarely you find high quality information that is also enjoyable.
Ditch the TV, come to Erowid.
These guys are always there when I need them. From the basic info pages, to the experience reports I can count on things being factual and interesting.
changed my life for the better probably saved it once or twice.
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I started simply reading erowid, and over the past few years i have gone from a user to a volenteeer to a donating member. i cannot explain the significance of this website to me. without it i would have never been able to get over my anhedonic depression or fully realize myself. I have also been able to help many people over come, or reduce their addictions by using information from erowid
The best and complete source for honest, accurate information relating to any psychoactive. It is the most trustworthy of any drug information site, and deserves full recognition of this.
The famous Erowid is famous for a reason: there is alot to learn from this website, vast amounts of knowledge and experiences collected from thousands of people across 2 decades! It gives straight, un-biosed facts on psychoactives and that is the best way to keep people away from harm. Much love to the creators of the website and all the people who contributed to it. Adios!
I have been using and reading on this site for years. It's a great way to get new information and it's easily categorized with interesting articles. I'm glad you guys didn't go under.
I live in the UK and our government, despite all the evidence to the contrary,still believes prihibition saves lives, despite anyone with a brain - and common sense - knowing otherwise. Recently, there has been a spate of kids dying after dropping a single E. Now, I've no idea whether it was the tab itself that killed them (if so, what the फ़क was in it, because it certainly can't have been (just) MDMA - what would be so toxic that a single pill would cause death…?). My money's on the fact that because it's illegal, they had no access to information on how to take it safely, and what to be aware of regarding adverse reactions and side-effects (which, with MDMA, include extreme thirst and, obviously therefore, frequent urination caused by an imbalance of potassium and sodium. Y'see, if it was legal, clubs could have proper, medical-grade, rehydration fluid behind the bar, so that calling an ambulance wasn't necessary).
Y'see, it's actually illegal to publish information on recreational substances, because the government believes that it will encourage their use, this is to ignore the obvious that people will use 'em anyway, so why not make the info freely available…? Oh there are sites, but you have to know about them, they can't advertise their existence).
I apologise for the length of this, but this is a topic that makes me apoplectic, especially as our former PM, on introducing the воІІох that was the Psychoactive Substances Bill (now the PSA), had the audacity to claim that parents were demanding tougher legislation, which is utter BS - parents want legalisation and regulation, so they know their kids have access to the info that will allow them to take these substances SAFELY.
I want as many people as possible to know about EROWID, because the information it contains, and the experience reports, should be easily accessible - ideally there should be a localised version in every country where its info would be useful. Until this happens, parents are going to continue to grieve. What REALLY needs to be prohibited is stupidity, especially when combined with government. EROWID, and resources like it, must continue to flourish, the work they do, and the information they provide is absolutely vital - here's to the next 20 years and many, many more! Thank you.
this website is so important. its everything you are looking for and more. 10 stars. thank you erowid for existing!!!
This has been the most systematic review website I've ever known. The information and articles are very precise and accurate.
This amazing wealth of straight forward information is a fantastic resource promoting education and harm reduction around the world. I have relied on this website hundreds of times and thank my lucky stars it exists. The write up on interactions with prescription antidepressants will have saved numerous lives. This is as important, if not more important to humanity than Wikipedia.
Fantastic archive of information, very helpful and a very practical tool for staying safe. Education is power.
Erowid supports a vast wealth of accurate and unbiased information on nearly any substance, exercise or practice one might undergo in order to achieve some change in perception. Not just about the raw facts and data, but also with the user-submitted reports from thousands of people who have had very real experiences ranging from absolute nightmares to life-affirming realizations and pure bliss. The information provided has no doubt saved lives and helps to educate those that are curious, regardless of whether they use or even approve of the behavior. The only possible con is that the website's layout/style could use an update.
An amazing foundation that has provided myself and countless others unbiased information about drugs, plants and other chemicals. The honest information on their website saves lives!
Personal recounts for people to read and deduct their own conclusions from, sets the bar high for websites similar in nature to erowid and it is the number one drug information distributor.
I've been using Erowid since 2004! It's been an amazing recourse for learning about drugs and staying safe while doing it. The curious mind wants what it wants, but why not educate it a bit first? Seems like education is the best form of harm reduction. Thank you Erowid!!
The number one resource for safe drug use. A wealth of knowledge that's the best on the internet. Drug forums and personal use forums are decent, but erowid has scholarly articles along with experience vaults and general information, allowing you to consume any drug safely and with relative ease.
Erowid is by far the most complete database on a wide variety of drugs and chemicals. I refer to them often before I take anything, and the information therein is always accurate, non-biased, and very to the point. The data contained within is easily navigable and is presented in a very well-thought out layout.
An essential database of material for everyone. Erowid provides an unbiased tool for factual information regarding substances and society with a huge collection of articles, experiences, studies which provides a catalyst for society to benifit from substances.
Erowid is my go-to source for trustworthy first-person accounts and reliable, uncensored information about psychoactive drugs, plants and other substances. Having access to this type of information is vital for public health and policy, especially for teenagers who may wish to experiment and have no other access to safe, unbiased, non-judgmental information on the topic. Erowid neither encourages or discourages illicit drug use but simply acts as a repository of unique knowledge and history.
Best unbiased source of information on drugs.I have used this site extensively for academic and personal research.
From something as extreme as saving a life or something as simple as some light reading, Erowid is an incredibly useful and helpful sight.
I highly recommend anyone who has any sort of doubts, questions or interest about any type of drug to check Erowid out.
I will just say this: without Erowid I would probably be dead. It has provided me with an invaluable compendium of resources, thus allowing me to explore and experiment safely.
Whenever I need unbiased and accurate information regarding drugs and drug safety, Erowid is the first organization I think to look up. The Erowid website is an excellent method of researching drugs, spirituality, human rights, law, etc. This website provides experiences, drug information, safety tips, and much more for free. I highly recommend using this website.
erowid provides unbiased, user-and-expert-sourced information about mind altering substances from LSD to spider venom. they are one of the oldest and most respected resources for medical information about drugs out there, and one of the best websites on the Internet.
The #1 resource on all things drug related, truly a shining beacon of psychoactive research in the mire that is drug "information" disseminated by the media.
I owe my life to the massive sea of objective, unbiased data on MDMA that I found on Erowid. No positive effects of anything are overstated, nor are downsides understated. The references are legitimate, and most of the "trip reports" are corroborated by other people having similar experiences.
In a world rampant with misunderstanding of drug/psychedelic use, I'm only one of thousands - if not millions - of people who have achieved a better understanding of themselves and the world because of Erowid's existence.
Erowid is by far the most educational source of information on almost every type of psychoactive substance in the world. Since the day I first opened a link to an Erowid experience from it's "Experience Vault" it became my go-to source of information when I want to look up information about any type of substance that I have used, am using, plan on using, or just want to read about to satiate my curiosity. I had ALWAYS done quite extensive research on any substance I planned to ingest (spending hours in front of the computer looking for any and all types of information, for days and even weeks at a time), and, let me tell you, it's no simple task when you want to be absolutely sure and feel completely at ease with whatever you are going to put into your body. Erowid puts all that research into one web address and more; it provides a forum on which users can post their personal experiences, so you know EXACTLY what to expect. There is no better, more educational, unbiased source of information on drugs, medications, substances, whatever name you want to call it than Erowid.org
This is the place to go to for information about responsible substance use, and at the same time can be a great place to research other peoples positive and negative experiences with supplements, medicine, recreational substances and so on.
This site is an absolute mine of information!
There are many differing opinions on the use of drugs in human culture and history, as well as in society today. Erowid takes the stance that whilst drugs are being used, there ought to be some valid information that one can refer to, for reasons of safety, curiosity and education. Erowid is unlike any other resource. It is the biggest and the best reference for anything related to drugs and their use. I'm sure this website has saved many lives.
The first time i visited Erowid, I found the information I needed easily, and wound up spending over two hours reading so much more information. From personal experience accounts, history, warnings, related law, this has been my go to site for all information related to plant, or chemical substances.
While it may not be the most productive charity, one cannot deny it is indispensable for the service it does provide.
I have used Erowid for over ten years now and still crucial as ever. Simple interface and great user/comunity sharing wich has lead to direct action. This site has saved me and many others having to learn from VERY dangerous trial and error methods.
Very well maintained site. I LOVE IT
For over a decade I have been using Erowid as a great place to get accurate, and complete scientific information.
This is the most neutral and comprehensive drug information database out there. I have a big curiosity about drugs and whenever I need information about them I visit Erowid because I can trust it completely.
It's the greatest resource about chemical compounds in the web. It's very organized and it's thoroughly updated with revised information to lessen harm.
Great resource that helps users avoid fatal drug overdoses and interactions. Literally a life-saver.
Erowid is a great website! I love it much! Everyone can improve his knowledge there, and this is great, cause druggies recently doesn't know what are they using, and what issues this will have.
This website does the wonderful and potentially life-saving work of getting comprehensive, unbiased, scientific as well as experiential information on drugs to the public. If people do not have information, they will still do drugs, but they will not be as safe!
This website is extremely helpful and one of the easiest places to find valuable info on harm reduction. I feel the information on the site is trustworthy and reliable.
A wealth of information on every imaginable (and many unbelievable) drugs.
The information is centred around effects and safety so users may practice safe and responsible use without worry of overdoses, unexpected effects or otherwise unwanted symptoms.
Since the moment I was young (high school), adventurous, curious and always exposed to various drugs between organic and pharmaceutical from my peers I wanted to naturally experiment with a few things presented to me or things I've heard through word of mouth.
I've always been curious to try new things and fortunately I'm a somewhat cautious person.
Through simple google searches to research the potential experiences I was hoping to try, Erowid repeatedly came up at a top result. I was amazed at how thorough and objective their site was laid out. Informative and I love how the personal experience section is laid out.
The admins moderate and give fair disclaimers on the personal experiences that people submit only to warn of potentially very irresponsible actions to not follow, but typically do not censor them to allow the original submitter to give their best recollection of their experience.
The structure and layout of the site between the proper dosing, typical times of affect, general pro, neutral and con effects of the drugs, etc are very accurate to my experience and just extremely informal.
I have not found any other convenient source that has this much vast information for those that want to educate themselves in potential experimentation in what is in the website.
Of course the information on that site is not going to be 100% consistent with every user, but just use common sense and do as much research as possible before diving into whatever experience you intend to go after.
I wished every recreational user knew of and used Erowid before taking the plunge into whatever it was they were experimenting with.
Much appreciation to those that created and continue to progress Erowid and all other similar sites.
Helpful website with plenty of great information. I have been using it for years and hope to continue for many more to come.
This is a really great resource for learning about substances which affect the human body. They have educational material on many things, from coffee to cannabis. Erowid provides citation and sources for their statements.
A no-nonsense, non-judgemental goldmine of information for the curious. Has no doubt saved lives through providing practical information rather than "don't-do-it" advice which will simply be ignored by youngsters in any case.
An informative website that doesn't take a partisan perspective, but rather does its best to simply provide true information, backed by personal accounts.
Erowid is a wealth of unbiased information. Besides the flat out science of Pharmacology there's also plenty of entertaining articles. If you want the truth about drugs, then check it out.
Erowid is by far one of the best sources for these subjects of interest on the whole Internet. There simply are not any other of this kind that is for the public at large as these would either be very scientific-specific (only describing the chemical components, or write about the legal status but not anything else than that on that site) or one-sided in one or another direction (taking a stand on some issue). Their scope simply isn't available anywhere else on the Internet.
This site may well have saved my life - and I'm certainly not alone in that. Having accurate, timely and non-judgmental information available to consumers of psychoactives is an often undervalued and dismissed public good. It is a public good nevertheless, and one of the highest order. With better information at hand, tens of thousands of overdose deaths could be prevented annually, as could any number of deaths that result from the consumption of contaminated or mislabeled substances. No one is better than Erowid at providing that information to the people who need it, and if the organization had more resources, it could do that important work even more effectively. Thank you for being a resource for so many, and for so long - you are unsung heroes.
Has been super helpful for me countless times. They take a while to post things that you submit (I don't think I've ever seen anything that I've submitted!), but makes sense with the volume:staff ratio.
Erowid is helping spread truth & harm reduction & I am happy to see it at work. I support it & hope it continues grow!
Erowid provides accurate, honest information about psychoactive plants and chemicals. No lies, no misdirection, no preaching - Erowid is exactly the type of service the world needs to stay safe, healthy, and informed.
Erowid gives you the "real" information you won't find anywhere else. Anything you want/need to know about any substance or chemical compound, Erowid is where you go, no questions. Erowid saves lives!