[ryneandal]

I second your anecdotes, it's been great within my friend group, especially with a few that were returning from deployment with injury and oxy prescriptions. The withdrawal-type symptoms are something I've also nothing I've experienced, I'm sure it's entirely psychological.

The industry is beginning to mature, with online vendors actively getting their batches tested before sales. Seeing % alkaline contents is a very nice thing to see from them.

[gavinray]

Like most things on the internet, Reddit has a great community for this haha. But yeah, it's been really cool to see how professional and business-like the industry has come in the past few years.

It's fairly expected for a serious operation to provide analytical data on alkaloid content and/or employ dedicated quality control personnel these days.

[therealx]

It's not purely psychological, especially when you get into extracts or higher potency items, but it is very minimal comparatively.