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This is it! Just 5 days left in Erowid's biggest matching drive ever and we still have $80,000 in matching funds available to us.

** All donations are being doubled until March 10th. **

This is an unprecedented $250,000 challenge by the Bitcoin-based Pineapple Fund. If you're looking for an extra reason to donate, the new Erowid hoodie is in.

https://erowid.org/matching_drive
Events
Semana Psicoactiva 2018
(Apr 17-20, 2018) in Bogota, Colombia
https://semanapsicoactivabogota.com/

Events covering topics related to psychoactives and Latin America including drug policy reform, cannabis, coca, harm reduction, indigenous uses of sacred plants, NPS, and more.

Who is Tobacco? Ways of Seeing this Twilight Plant
(Apr 21, 2018) in Occidental, CA, USA
http://botanicaldimensions.org/

A look at various tobacco species and their traditional roles, myths and powers, with ethnobotanist Kathleen Harrison.
Latest Additions
Erowid Crew have finished transcription of the next-in-sequence pharmacology lab book from Dr. Shulgin. Book D includes experiences with 2C-T-2, 2C-G-N, MDMA, MEM, DVC, 2C-I, LSD, DMT, mescaline, and Meta-escaline. Covers much of 1987.
The last six weeks have been eventful at Erowid: Eviction notice on office/library; horrible flu; find new better library location; sign lease; begin extensive space preparation; Pineapple Miracle; Death of a mentor-friend; flu rebound; Pineapple Miracle Part 2...
In January, our friend and mentor Dale Pendell died after a battle with liver cancer. Poet, author, ethnobotanist, alchemist, and renaissance man of great kindness and trickster ways, Dale inspired many along 'the poison path'. We miss him. A remembrance by Jon Hanna.
Ecstasy Data
EcstasyData is an Erowid project that conducts laboratory testing of ecstasy tablets, research chemicals, and other drugs. We publish our results online along with analyses from other testing programs.
Crew Notes
Erowid Center senior editor Sylvia Thyssen talks with Erik Davis about experience reports, drug geekery, and the Pineapple matching drive on Erik's Expanding Mind podcast:

Also, see below, we've already published more than 1,000 experience reports since the first of the year!

https://techgnosis.com/erowid-on-pineapple/
Mentions
Erowid is often mentioned in articles and books. Mentions may include positive or critical reviews, as well as citations of Erowid content.
More New Content
  1. Kratom Deaths/Fatalities
    The FDA released case reports of deaths possibly related to kratom. Some are poly-drug cases while others were reportedly kratom alone. Many/most do not contain toxicological or autopsy findings.
  2. Bits & Pieces - Erowid Benzo Rules
    Do not take high doses with high-dose opioids or high-dose alcohol, especially if you are alone. Do not increase your dose over time.
From the Vaults
This text's author was first exposed to psychedelics in the mid-1960s while he was caught up as an adolescent in both the politics and the counterculture of the era.
Experience Reports
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