Has the New Cocaine Arrived?

I wonder if this was written by someone who recently discovered 3-MMC and is in the honeymoon phase where they think their use is only positive and the good times will never end. Quotes like this are not something you’ll hear from experienced users of this type of drug:

> “When you take it, you don’t feel ‘high,’ ” he explained. “You just feel better, with a little bit of pep in your step. It’s a functional tool, and it’s also very stealth. The outside world can’t really tell that you’re on drugs.”

There’s a subreddit dedicated to discussions of these research chemicals. It’s a strange place because it’s filled with stories that start out like this, which attract dozens of comments from more experienced users trying to warn the new user that those feelings aren’t going to last and that their altered state isn’t as covert as they believe. There are also a lot of posts from people desperate for advice about how to recover after hitting rock bottom from months of using these drugs, having discovered that they could not, in fact, take it forever like they original thought.

I don’t know what this article is, but if it made you think 3-MMC is a secret to partying hard and being productive forever without any notable downsides (other than the oh by the way it’s a little addictive aside) then you should know that this is what all of the honeymoon phase stories look like with every drug addiction stories.

All good, let people do what they want to do, but no downsides at all, even for the other drugs mentioned?

Cocaine's problem is "the irritation", Ecstasy has too much of a "hard comedown"? And all of them are addictive, but that's just a "potentially fatal flaw"?

Interesting parallel universe you got there.

Oh and:

> Perhaps it will turn out to be like MDMA, which saw its recreational market explode after being banned. So far, 3-MMC’s supply chains, which trace back to industrial labs in China and India, have held steady. With its irresistible mix of pleasure and productivity, 3-MMC might just be the drug for our time.

Illegality? Details, details...

What an odd way of saying that it's addictive.

Until then it seem to be pro-3MMC in how it's talked about which I think is dangerous. The history of it however is fascinating.

In this age of turning away from network media and embracing video podcasts, this seems like something some talk show host would offer—coffee? Water? Chatty drugs?

This sounds like Brave New World.

Okay then

Then I realised "they are all on drugs, that's why they're enjoying it".

> The outside world can’t really tell that you’re on drugs.

And if you believe that sentence, you’re already a junkie and the drug altered your psychology/character – or you’re being primed for becoming a consumer. As if khat or cocaine users aren’t noticeable as such.

Doesn’t this article read a bit like „it’s not really a drug“?

It’s hard to tell what’s even more despicable: making people perpetually high or contributing to Dr. Zee’s sales by promoting mental and physical deprivation as just another hobby. Look it feels warmer than X, smells better than Y. Now go have some „chem-sex“ with strangers getting your occasional STD. Totally normal

Soviets/Russia came up with a whole bunch of abusive drugs to deal with cold and exhaustion (racetams, etc)

Sometimes I go read the WADA banned list just to see what people are messing with

(cathinones and derivatives already banned by WADA)

A lot of the stuff comes out of horse racing

Well, that killed it for me. Talking? Honestly?

Dear lord, no.

(Now I want to see half of silicon valley come to an illegal AI rave with racks of computer terminals telling them they're absolutely right)