The Trip Report 22/08
Even if you know exactly what you’re taking, drug use is never safe — that said, it’s much safer when you do.
Through the work of organisations such as WEDINOS, The Loop, and SaferParty, we know a little more about the drugs in circulation. The report provided below is a summary of their findings over the last week. This report is primarily UK-focused and couldn’t possibly cover everything, so if you find something I’ve missed please contact me and I’ll get it updated.
The absence of a product from this list doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be there; you might have something more dangerous than anything listed, but it just hasn’t been reported yet. A vital tool for any drug user is a testkit, which allows you to identify roughly what is actually in your stash. You can find them here and if you need any help interpreting your results, DoseTest also offers a result resource here.
Final note: This report does not constitute medical advice. Some harm-reduction tips are offered, but if in doubt then for God’s sake, seek medical attention.
Standing Warnings
As the drug supply has degraded, our list of standing warnings has grown. Rather than give you the same information at the top of every report, you can find a dedicated article here and we’ll tell you here of any updates.
Warning: Adulterated Substance
Substance: MDMA (51mg) & 4-CMC (13mg)
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Vienna
Advice: Ordinarily this would be considered kind of a worst-case scenario, as it’s almost impossible to identify a cathinone adulteration with reagent testkits and the like and the effects of each drug will synergise to increase the risk of harm. However, at these doses the risks are probably lower than that of a regular MDMA pill.
That’s not to say that this is preferable, though. The general eh-ness of 4-CMC aside, a mix like this increases the chance of someone compulsively redosing, and could also be highly variable in dose. We can’t tell that from the single sample available here, but the presence of samples like the one below indicates that a lot of different folk are using similar presses and the poor quality of this press could point to a sloppiness/inexperience that would result in uneven drug distribution across pills.
Source: https://checkit.wien/media/checkit_Warnungen_2022_KW33.pdf
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
4-CMC info: http://drugs.tripsit.me/4-CMC
Warning: High Dose — 210mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Vienna
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://checkit.wien/media/checkit_Warnungen_2022_KW33.pdf
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: Mislabelled Substance
Substance: Chloroquine
Sold as: Ketamine
Location: Hampshire
Advice: It’s not entirely clear how chloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, found its way into a bag of “ket” at Boomtown this year, but it seems to have happened regardless.
While it can be a hell of a drug, causing a range of bizarre effects at higher doses (although the really weird stuff is associated with its cousin, hydrochloroquine), chloroquine is pretty well tolerated and the odds of overdose are pretty low unless you snort damn near an entire gram bag. Even at regular doses, the side effects can be pretty unpleasant and it offers no recreational value, so this is better just avoided.
Unfortunately, we don’t know how chloroquine responds to reagent tests but ketamine’s dizzying orange-pink-yellow response to Simon’s Reagent is pretty unique, so we can have some faith that such a result would confirm it.
Source: https://bit.ly/3cksNym
Chloroquine info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroquine
Warning: High Dose — 209mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Alicante
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: High Dose — 248mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Valencia
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: High Dose — 216mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Castellon
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: No Active Substance
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Barcelona
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
Warning: Extremely High Dose — 268mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Castellon
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: No Active Substance (yellow Pleinn)
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Valencia
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
Warning: Mislabelled Substance
Substance: 4-CMC
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Castellon
The risk of accidental overdose with this stuff seems to be a lot less present than the likes of NEP (think back to methylone for a better comparison), but it seems to be pretty unpleasant stuff with deeply concerning capacity for long term harm.
This means that there isn’t much for us to suggest in terms of in-the-moment harm reduction beyond the usual (start low / go slow, don’t redose if it’s not working for you etc) and to test your pills.
In this case, we can spot it with a simple Marquis test — MDMA will turn your reagent purple/black, whereas 4-CMC won’t have much of a reaction at all.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
4-CMC info: http://drugs.tripsit.me/4-CMC
Warning: Adulterated Substance
Substance: MDMA (128mg) and amphetamine (26mg)
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Valencia
Advice: 128mg might not be the most powerful pill on the market by any means, but it’s a perfectly serviceable dose and adding a full dose of amphetamine on top is a ludicrous decision whichever way you look at it. Speed may not contribute to a standard “overdose” response, but it could be a major contributing factor to pretty much every other bit of harm that MDMA can do — the risk of overheating, heart issues, panic attacks and neurotoxicity are all increased by this bizarre addition.
The combination might not be too immediately obvious if you take it, though — so long as you practice basic harm reduction protocols like starting low and going slow, it’ll be pretty similar to a normal roll with an extra stimulant edge that some folk may like, but most would rather avoid.
As with any combination of drugs, this can be a bit tougher to test for than a straightforward substitution. Your best bet would be to use Simon’s reagent, which MDMA would turn dark blue and which speed would turn red/brown. The combination of the two should give you a horrible mottled colour that’ll differentiate it from the real deal.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Amphetamine info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Amphetamine
Warning: High/Variable Dose — 165–216mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Valencia and Pontevendra
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
As this press appears to have a huge range of doses, I would strongly advise breaking them up even more finely and adopting start-low-go-slow to work up to the desired experience. After all, the window stated above is only for the samples we have — there could be pills out there that are far weaker or stronger than these.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: High Dose — 212mg (grey reaper)
Substance: MDMA
Location: Castellon
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: No Active Substance
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Castellon
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
Warning: Mislabelled Substance
Substance: Caffeine and methamphetamine
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Castellon
Advice: Without knowing the ratio of meth to caffeine, it’s impossible for us to make any claims regarding dose differential or safety advice specific to this sample. Similarly, we can’t offer much assistance in identifying them — your best bet would be to identify the difference between amphetamine and methamphetamine using either Robadope or Simon’s reagents. Robadope won’t respond to meth, while producing a red colour when exposed to amphetamine, while Simons will turn dark blue in the presence of meth in contrast to red/brown from amphetamine. We’d point out though, that we don’t know how Robadope will respond to caffeine, if at all, so this may be altered by its presence if you have one of these pills.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
Caffeine info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Caffeine
Methamphetamine info: https://bit.ly/2IxQRJJ
Warning: Mislabelled Substance
Substance: 4-CMC
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Castellon
The risk of accidental overdose with this stuff seems to be a lot less present than the likes of NEP (think back to methylone for a better comparison), but it seems to be pretty unpleasant stuff with deeply concerning capacity for long term harm.
This means that there isn’t much for us to suggest in terms of in-the-moment harm reduction beyond the usual (start low / go slow, don’t redose if it’s not working for you etc) and to test your pills.
In this case, we can spot it with a simple Marquis test — MDMA will turn your reagent purple/black, whereas 4-CMC won’t have much of a reaction at all.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
4-CMC info: http://drugs.tripsit.me/4-CMC
Warning: Extremely High Dose — 257mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Castellon
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: High Dose — 204mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Barcelona
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: High Dose — 226mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Castellon
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://energycontrol.org/analisis-de-sustancias/
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: High Dose — 249mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Zurich
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://bit.ly/3AGLzJY
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Warning: High Dose — 237mg
Substance: MDMA
Location: Zurich
Advice: These pills are generally intended to contain more than one dose and as such, most come with a breakline. If you spot a pill on The Trip report, odds are you’ll want to snap it and have a half or even less to have the best experience.
Once you’re already up, you’ll want to avoid redosing, stay cool and maintain adequate hydration. Many users will dehydrate through sweat, but sweating also sheds electrolytes and some users have suffered from hyponatremia from drinking only water to replenish themselves. If possible, find a sports drink like Lucozade or, if no other solutions are available, add a pinch of salt to the occasional glass of water.
Source: https://bit.ly/3dPjaZ6
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
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