Erowid Extracts D OCUMENTING THE C OMPLEX R ELATIONSHIP B ETWEEN H UMANS AN D P SYCHOACTIVES July 2014 Number 26 Roadtripping to Colorado’s Post-Pot-Prohibition Cannabis Cup We’ll Miss You, Sasha! • Psychoactive Zeitgeist • Teafærie: Let There Be Light LETTERS & FEEDBACK I was delighted to read “Novel Drug As a recreational drug user, I’m un- Erowid treats people as intelligent Briefs” in issue 25 with its descrip- derstandably apprehensive when beings capable of understanding the tions and reports of two ergoloids taking a new substance. Your site risks of drug use, by providing high that are intriguing me these days. I has been extremely helpful to me for quality information and a vast amount hope to find in-depth analysis on other understanding the full positive effects of data on psychoactive drugs that are compounds, for example bk-2C-B, in and risks involved with taking these very hard to find in other places. future issues. substances. 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I’m glad to see The article “Novel Drug Briefs” in Erowid, in my experience, is a Erowid isn’t just a druggy site that Erowid Extracts issue 25 incorrectly measured and informed source that encourages foolish, harmful actions, but identified 5-IT as a tryptamine. gives chemical/scientific information remains open and shows all angles. It’s Although 5-IT has a tryptamine-like and helps professionals to understand easy to tell that you take this seriously chemical structure, the nitrogen- the draw of psychoactive substances. and that the site is run by professionals. containing amine chain extends off the — BURKHOP — D.M. opposite side of the indole double-ring Review on GreatNonprofits Email to Erowid structure compared to tryptamines. )ii Erowid Extracts — Number 26 / July 2014 Table of Contents Erowid Extracts Number 26, July 2014 Letters & Feedback .............................................................................................. ) A Legal Green Giant: Founder, Editor in Chief Fire Erowid Roadtripping to Colorado’s Post-Pot-Prohibition Cannabis Cup ..... 2 Founder, Executive Editor Earth Erowid JL 4/20 on Hippy Hill in Golden Gate Park........................................................ 7 Technical Developer Shipping & Archiving Bläk The Teafærie: Let There Be Light ..................................................................... 8 Senior Editor Sylvia Thyssen Psychoactive Zeitgeist ....................................................................................... 12 Crew Plutonic, Matthew Dunlap, David Bey, The Distillation ...................................................................................................... 14 David Arnson, Psilo, GuruStu, Jon Hanna Casey William Hardison’s New Column (on Erowid.org) ................ 14 Associate Editors We’ll Miss You, Sasha! ................................................................................. 16 Rev. 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MeO; 2) Candle at Ayahuasca Ceremony—The Teafærie; 3) Alexander Shulgin—Erowid; Know Your Mind 4) Hippie Hill T-shirt—Erowid; 5) Retail Marijuana Stamp—State of Colorado; Know Your Substance 6) Playboy Tablet—Erowid; 7) Ayahuasca Ceremony Venue— The Teafærie Know Your Source Erowid Extracts — Number 26 / July 2014 A Legal Green Giant Roadtripping to Colorado’s Post-Pot-Prohibition asked with exploring the Cannabis Cup United States’ first legal recreational marijuana scene Rev. MeO in nearly 100 years, what I Tencountered was a mix of red tape and turned off. The establishment is a worn, jubilant celebration. Despite traveling whitewashed house with a dinosaur on to Colorado from the Deep