For a while I just smoked a lot of weed and hash while taking large doses of methadone and amphetamines. Krist and I went to NYC one weekend to catch a free show in Tompkins Square. The show was pretty good. On the way there and on the way back I smoked and we’d both do some lines. Everything seemed better. For months things seemed better because there was a steady supply of everything. I was in a state of constant happiness. But funds flew away as fast as they came and I managed to spend all of my money before I had the chance to invest it in something that would make me money.
I remember one morning Krist came over and I was really tired and trying to go to sleep, but I stayed up because he bought me some methadone for hooking him up too. He had to go to the post office to drop some packages off and on the way there I started feeling really sick. The watery eyes, the runny nose, and that terrible feeling in my stomach started coming on earlier that day. I hadn’t taken my dose yet because I was waiting for the tagamet to kick in when all of a sudden Krist turns down the next street and I can’t hold it anymore. I rarely ever throw up but I was overwhelmed with sickness, I felt it coming up and forced my head out the window and puked a liquid spray all the way down the street and the next one he turned on to. There was puke all over the side of his car door but he said, “that’s ok I’ve done that to my own car myself.” Krist had the tendency to throw up when he took a big dose but I rarely ever threw up from anything. Maybe I throw up once or so a year and usually when I take a dose with too much alcohol. This was one of the only times I could remember throwing up from being sick and I hoped it was not an indication of a new regular withdrawal symptom.
Methcathinone is almost exactly the same as methamphetamine. There is only a very minor structural difference between the two. They can both be synthesized from pseudoephedrine but the methcathinone is much easier and doesn’t leave a toxic mess as a result of the reaction. It’s also supposedly more euphoric. It’s a simple oxidation reaction you can do in your kitchen. Prices are similar to methamphetamine. Sounds very interesting.
Lately I’ve had an interest in the old tinctures of the 19th century. Things like tincture of cannabis, wine of coca, vinegar of opium/tincture, laudanum, and all of the variations. In the US Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals still markets deodorized tincture of opium, man I would love to try that stuff someday. Paregoric is still made as well but isn’t as potent. They prescribe the modern laudanum for diarrhea and pain.
I’m still not sure if I want to go on the trip or not. To be in a constant state of sickness doesn’t sound fun but if I can raise some funds I’ll definitely go. Amsterdam sounds like a better vacation. $5 a gram hash, OTC dihydrocodeine and codeine, legal mushrooms (though I’m not much of a fan), legal khat, the red light district, and absinthe and lots of other interesting goodies. It just sounds like a fun place.
Please keep your patience I hope to write a lot more often soon.
