The Trip Report 31/12

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The Trip Report

30 min readDec 31, 2021

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: Dangerously High Dose — 373mg

Substance: MDMA
Location: Manchester
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/3pFdLay
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: Variable Dose — 114–205mg

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.

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: Variable Dose — 164–241mg

Warning: Variable Dose — 178–223mg

Substance: MDMA
Location: Bern
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.

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.
Sources: https://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/bowser-261122 and https://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/bowser-261121
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: High Dose — 205mg

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 — 206mg

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 — 207mg

Substance: MDMA
Location: Biel
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://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/spongebob-241121
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: High Dose — 208mg

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 — 212mg

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://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/the-punisher-191121
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: High Dose — 219mg

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://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/signal-call-secure
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: High Dose — 220mg

Substance: MDMA
Location: Innsbruck
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/3sMQ025
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: High Dose — 221mg

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://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/telegram-231121
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: High Dose — 224mg

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 — 229mg

Substance: MDMA
Location: Almeria
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 — 231mg

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_2021_KW47.pdf
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: High Dose — 238–269mg

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 — 245mg

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 — 247mg (pink skull)

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: Extremely High Dose — 252mg

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://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/audi
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 258mg (pink Z)

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: Extremely High Dose — 258mg

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://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/the-punisher-081221
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 260mg

Substance: MDMA
Location: Malaga
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: Extremely High Dose — 264–275mg

Substance: MDMA
Location: Vienna and 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://checkit.wien/media/checkit_Warnungen_2021_KW49.pdf and https://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/the-punisher-231121
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 264mg

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://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/wickr-40822
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 265mg

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: Extremely High Dose — 265mg (pink punisher)

Substance: MDMA
Location: Tarragona
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: Extremely High Dose — 271mg

Substance: MDMA
Location: Girona
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: Extremely High Dose — 277mg

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/3sMlJAp
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 280mg

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://www.saferparty.ch/warnungen/silver-301121
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: Ketamine and MDMA
Sold as: 2C-B
Location: Lucerne
Advice: Given that MDMA is less than half as potent, milligram for milligram, as ketamine, this blend is going to produce a primarily ketty experience in users who, whether they’re expecting cocaine or 2C-B will decidedly not be expecting anything like ket. However, users who are expecting 2C-B will be taking doses in the 15–30mg range, meaning that they wouldn’t be taking enough of either ketamine or MDMA for even a threshold experience. The risk, then, is that the user becomes impatient and starts railing more and more to create the desired effect until they become ketty, but this is easily avoided by pursuing even the most basic of harm reduction principles: if at first you don’t get high, stop and work out why.

It’s probably a bit of overkill to test for this sample specifically, given that finding either MDMA or ketamine should be enough to give you pause, but let’s try it out as an academic exercise. Marquis reagent is an ideal place to begin, as ketamine doesn’t respond to it at all but the distinction between MDMA and 2C-B is pretty sharp: MD will produce a purple-black colour in your Marquis, while 2C-B creates a bright yellow/green. Testing for ketamine is a little more complicated, as it’s less responsive to reagents in general. Simon’s reagent would be your best bet here, going through either no change at all or a purple tinge in response to 2C-B but going through an orange/pink/yellow gradient with ketamine. However, MDMA produces a dark blue in Simons, so in the case of this mix you’d be more likely to end up with a horrible mottled brown instead
Source: https://bit.ly/3mKZEyF
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
Ketamine info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Ketamine

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: Heroin, noscapine, caffeine
Sold as: 6-APB
Location: Worthing
Advice: I’m not sure how this standard street heroin ended up being sold as 6-APB, but it seems like it has. Heroin is far less active when eaten than it is smoked or snorted, so as long as the buyer of this sample decided to take it in a capsule or a bomb then it would probably come off as bunk rather than another drug entirely. However, if they snorted it they may instead find themselves, well, on heroin — you probably already have an idea of what that would be like without me telling you.

Surprisingly, heroin and 6-APB test pretty similarly overall, but you can still tell them apart with Mecke reagent: heroin will turn bluish-green when exposed to Mecke, whereas 6-APB will instead turn it purple.
Source: https://www.wedinos.org/sample-results (Ref: W022562)
Heroin info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Heroin
Noscapine info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noscapine
Caffeine info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Caffeine

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: MDMA
Sold as: Amphetamine
Location: Leeds
Advice: An inversion of a classic! Fortunately, it’s a lot less dangerous this way around: MDMA is dosed much, much higher than even the most impure speed. The main worry here would be that the user would assume this to be bunk after taking a sub-threshold dose and end up throwing out some of the last good MDMA in the UK, but that’s my romanticisation talking rather than a safety concern.

A simple Marquis test will identify this: amphetamine will turn your reagent orangey-red whereas MDMA will produce an immediate purple/black reaction.
Source: https://www.wedinos.org/sample-results (Ref: W022735)
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: Ketamine
Sold as: Cocaine
Location: London
Advice: This is likely a mixed-up baggie situation rather than some new trend or ploy from a dealer. While ketamine is generally considered to be safer than cocaine, expectation plays a huge part — someone might take cocaine in the kind of unfamiliar or uncomfortable environment where an unexpected snoutful of ket may present an immediate threat to their safety/wellbeing — say they’re in a nightclub bathroom, or they’re experiencing the kind of problematic use that has them dosing up at work.

If you’ve already taken this (congratulations on navigating here, by the way), there’s really not much to be done but to find someone to keep an eye on you, or at least a nice quiet spot to sit down, until the experience passes.

Otherwise, this is a perfect example of the value of testkits: it can be easy to mistake these two by eye, but Simon’s reagent will easily differentiate them: cocaine will produce a faint blue colour, while ketamine will give you a heady pink/orange/yellow to match its general vibe.
Source: https://www.wedinos.org/sample-results (Ref: W022943)
Ketamine info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Ketamine

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: Mephedrone
Sold as: Ketamine
Location: Chelmsford
Advice: A spicy substitution, to be sure, but actually not all that dangerous thanks to the different doses involved: milligram for milligram, mephedrone is somewhat less potent than ket.

The problem is one of ketamine’s unusually long-lasting tolerance, which means that even occasional users will likely be taking a lot more than the “baseline” dose. Hopefully these repeat offenders will be familiar enough with ketamine to know the difference immediately by taste, if not by eye, and sensible enough to break up their doses rather than trying to K-hole from a single massive line. This isn’t just a benefit of ketamine experience, it’s a standard harm reduction practice which we should all be engaged in when using any drug.

Weirdly, these two drugs generally test pretty similarly for most reagents, but there’s very little that’s quite like ketamine’s response to Simon’s reagent. It will turn the reagent orange, then pink, then yellow, a giddy display which sets it apart from the total non-reaction we see with mephedrone.
Source: https://www.wedinos.org/sample-results (Ref: W022433)
Mephedrone info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Mephedrone

Warning: Adulterated Substance

Substance: MDMA and 3-CMC
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Bern
Advice: At an approximate ratio of 2:1 in MDMA’s favour, this sample would be slightly more MDMA-ish than 3-CMCish, but that’s not a lot of help when we’re not all that sure what 3-CMC is and does in the long term. Like similar cathinones, 3-CMC seems to provide a raw, antsy stimulation which psychonauts generally agree to be pretty unpleasant, and probably better avoided. The risks of hospitalisation or death seem to be fairly low with this sample, but it could still easily ruin a night.

The good news ends there, however: 3-CMC is a struggle to identify with most common reagents. It’s largely unresponsive to them altogether, only offering a clear red-then-yellow reaction to Mandelin reagent, and even that is likely to be smothered by MDMA’s signature purple/black reaction.
Source: https://bit.ly/3sNLG2Q
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA
3-CMC info: https://drugs.tripsit.me/3-cmc

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: 4-CMC
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Southampton
Advice: 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. Manufacturers are using easily-bought moulds for these presses, so identical pills can be present at the same time, even the same place and contain completely different drugs (The Loop recently identified 4 identical pharaoh pills in one weekend, containing 4 different drugs).
Source: https://www.wedinos.org/sample-results (Ref: W023188)
4-CMC info: http://drugs.tripsit.me/4-CMC

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: 3,4,5-TMA and 4-AcO-DMT
Sold as: Mescaline
Location: Crawley
Advice: Any psychedelic/psychedelic substitution is complicated to speak about, just because the subjective experience of any such drug is as dependent on set and setting as much as it is about the substance itself. This makes it difficult for us to discuss them in detail, unless there’s some kind of obvious risks to your physical health which, in this case, there aren’t. Nevertheless, knowing what you’re taking is important to have confidence going into any trip, so at least we can reagent-test the sample to understand what’s on the tab.

You can test this pretty simply with Simon’s reagent: TMA won’t react with it, while mescaline will turn it a red/brown. We don’t have a listed result for 4-AcO-DMT, but given the methylation we would expect it to turn Simon’s reagent blue instead.
Source: https://www.wedinos.org/sample-results (Ref: W022684)
TMA Info: https://bit.ly/3eBYZuL
4-AcO-DMT info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/4-AcO-DMT

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: Amphetamine and Caffeine
Sold as: 4-MMC
Location: Manchester
Advice: Amphetamine presents a specific risk of anxiety symptoms, as the stimulant effects of amphetamine are more potent at equivalent dose than those of MDMA, and unmoderated by MDMA’s empathogenic (loved-up) effects.

Fortunately, since this is such a long-standing substitution, the reagent testing around it is incredibly solid. Marquis reagent will turn orange/red in the presence of amphetamine (it’s unresponsive to caffeine, so that won’t affect the results) and purple-black when exposed to MDMA.
Source: https://www.wedinos.org/sample-results (Ref: W022618)
Amphetamine info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Amphetamine
Caffeine info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Caffeine

Warning: Unknown Substance

Sold as: MDMA
Location: Vienna
Advice: None
Source: https://checkit.wien/media/checkit_Warnungen_2021_KW49.pdf

Warning: Unknown Substance

Sold as: MDMA
Location: Vienna
Advice: None
Source: https://checkit.wien/media/checkit_Warnungen_2021_KW49.pdf

Warning: Unknown Substance

Sold as: MDMA
Location: Vienna
Advice: None
Source: https://checkit.wien/media/checkit_Warnungen_2021_KW49.pdf

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: Caffeine
Sold as: Amphetamine
Location: Falkirk
Advice: As substitutions go, this is probably one of the safer ones — caffeine is active at higher doses than amphetamine, better tolerated (particularly given that most of the population is using it regularly) and relatively safe on membranes. The exception to this, of course, is among those allergic to caffeine, who need to be careful with any stimulant — even without substitution, caffeine is commonly cut into speed and related stimulants to bulk it out. The best way to test for the presence of caffeine in your speed is Mandelin reagent, which will turn green in the presence of amphetamine and brown in the presence of caffeine.
Source: https://www.wedinos.org/sample-results (Ref: W023210)
Caffeine info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Caffeine

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: Domperidone, mCPP and caffeine
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Vienna
Advice: Honestly, I couldn’t really give you much information about this stuff — the only drug which was quantified was caffeine (5mg in the pill), so we don’t even know how much of the anti-nausea drug domperidone or the obscure MDMA-replacement from the early 2010s mCPP there is in here. mCPP can be extremely dangerous, but there isn’t much specific info about it.

What I can tell you is that this stuff is highly unlikely to evade a reagent test. Both caffeine and mCPP are unresponsive to Marquis reagent, and structurally it seems extremely unlikely that the unknown quantity of domperidone we see here will give the same purple/black response that we can expect from MDMA.
Source: https://checkit.wien/media/checkit_Warnungen_2021_KW51.pdf
Domperidone info: https://bnf.nice.org.uk/drug/domperidone.html
mCPP info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MCPP
Caffeine info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Caffeine

Warning: High Dose — 204mg

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_2021_KW51.pdf
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: High Dose — 245mg

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_2021_KW51.pdf
MDMA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDMA

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: MDA
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Utrecht
Advice: As you might expect from the name, MDMA is incredibly closely-related to MDMA, the only difference being one methyl group, and their effects are similarly comparable. MDA is generally described as mildly psychedelic and less stimulating than MDMA, but more “lovey” and more potent, milligram for milligram, than its more-famous sibling.

With all that in mind, there isn’t much harm reduction advice to offer here that wouldn’t apply to regular MDMA use around starting low, going slow and so on. You can reagent-test for such a substitution, but given their similarity the options are pretty limited. You’ll need to dig around in the back of your fridge for Simons’ reagent, which will turn red>brown in the presence of MDA but will give a dark blue response to MDMA.
Source: RedAlert app
MDA info: https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/MDA

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Substance: 3-CMC or 4-CMC
Sold as: MDMA
Location: Utrecht
Advice: 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. Manufacturers are using easily-bought moulds for these presses, so identical pills can be present at the same time, even the same place and contain completely different drugs (The Loop recently identified 4 identical pharaoh pills in one weekend, containing 4 different drugs).
Source: RedAlert app
3-CMC info: http://drugs.tripsit.me/3-CMC
4-CMC info: http://drugs.tripsit.me/4-CMC

Warning: High Dose — 224mg

Substance: MDMA
Location: Madrid
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: Extremely High Dose — 261mg

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 — 239mg

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

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The Trip Report 31/12

Standing Warnings

Warning: Dangerously High Dose — 373mg

Warning: Variable Dose — 114–205mg

Warning: Variable Dose — 164–241mg

Warning: Variable Dose — 178–223mg

Warning: High Dose — 205mg

Warning: High Dose — 206mg

Warning: High Dose — 207mg

Warning: High Dose — 208mg

Warning: High Dose — 212mg

Warning: High Dose — 219mg

Warning: High Dose — 220mg

Warning: High Dose — 221mg

Warning: High Dose — 224mg

Warning: High Dose — 229mg

Warning: High Dose — 231mg

Warning: High Dose — 238–269mg

Warning: High Dose — 245mg

Warning: High Dose — 247mg (pink skull)

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 252mg

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 258mg (pink Z)

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 258mg

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 260mg

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 264–275mg

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 264mg

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 265mg

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 265mg (pink punisher)

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 271mg

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 277mg

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 280mg

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: Adulterated Substance

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: Unknown Substance

Warning: Unknown Substance

Warning: Unknown Substance

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: High Dose — 204mg

Warning: High Dose — 245mg

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: Mislabelled Substance

Warning: High Dose — 224mg

Warning: Extremely High Dose — 261mg

Warning: High Dose — 239mg

Written by Cameron Scally