Under perfect circumstances, your brain usually produces enough serotonin for you to go about your regular humaning duties without a problem. Except sometimes your brain can get a little too enthusiastic about how much serotonin it produces, or how fast it yeets serotonin from one neural receptor to another. We did a write-up on howContinue reading “Be serotonin syndrome savvy”
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Booze and MDMA: Not an advisable cocktail
So we’ve heard from several sources that taking MDMA can be a bit of fun if you take it properly. We’ve also heard from several sources that booze is also a bit of fun if you take it properly. But what happens when you take them together? If you stay at low doses for bothContinue reading “Booze and MDMA: Not an advisable cocktail”
Alcohol: Know your stuff, NZ with KnowYourStuffNZ
You’re probably familiar with alcohol – the drug we see advertised almost everywhere as a seductive social lubricant. It’s typically consumed as beer, wine, or spirits in social and celebratory settings due to its ability to produce both relaxation and euphoria. Four out of five Kiwis use alcohol, making it our most popular recreational drug.Continue reading “Alcohol: Know your stuff, NZ with KnowYourStuffNZ”
CK: Know your stuff, NZ with KnowYourStuffNZ
Cocaine and ketamine, also known as Calvin Klein, CK, or CK1; is a combo that’s been reported by folk on Erowid to be the best of both worlds — the jelly-like relaxation and empathetic/introspective effect of ketamine, and the active, happy, bouncy effect of cocaine. Taking more than one substance at the same time isn’tContinue reading “CK: Know your stuff, NZ with KnowYourStuffNZ”
Candyflipping: Know Your Stuff, NZ with KnowYourStuffNZ
Candyflipping. The name may lead you believe the activity involves bulk-buying skittles and reselling them off at a higher price, but it is the term used to describe taking LSD and MDMA together, either at the same time (not recommended) or, more traditionally, one a few hours after the other (still not recommended). Harm reductionContinue reading “Candyflipping: Know Your Stuff, NZ with KnowYourStuffNZ”