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by loves_mangoes 1384 days ago
A kilogram is a lot, considering LSD is active at microgram doses, although in practice there are labs producing and handling kilograms of it.

LSD in powder form is readily available on the black market. Expensive (because you don't just go and ask to buy only 1mg of LSD powder), but not exceptionally unsafe or rare.

Now the people who handle Fentanyl and Fentanyl analogues, those probably want to triple check their gloves and mask before putting them on.
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elevaet 1384 days ago
> in practice there are labs producing and handling kilograms of it.

Really? I doubt it. 1kg is about 10 million doses (@100ug each). I don't think there are enough people gobbling acid for there to be labs producing on that scale per batch. The cost of making a mistake with a batch that big would be quite high.

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herbst 1384 days ago
You would be surprised but there are reputable online shops who offer exactly that.
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elevaet 1384 days ago
Do you think they actually have that in stock, and if they've ever fulfilled a 1kg order? I don't mean that facetiously, but I am skeptical that it's just a marketing stunt!
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herbst 1384 days ago
I am not gonna name drop anyone, but there is one reputable seller that is online for 10+ years and is resold in all colours on all popular platforms. If they announce that bulk stock is available and shortly after the announcement it's sold out. It's either really smart marketing or just the reality of how big the market actually is :) However 1g Gramm is available too, maybe it's more like 1000 people buying 1g?

Edit:// having more acid than you could ever need is somewhat a novelty in this scene

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elevaet 1383 days ago
Very amazing. I wonder if you're talking about a clearnet analogue vendor or a darknet one.. regardless it brings me joy to consider that there are multi 1kg stashes around the planet and that the well will likely not run dry in any foreseeable future.
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herbst 1383 days ago
Some of my friends grand parents still have a bottle sandoz LSD around from back then when Hoffmann shared the love aggressively.

IMO it's wonderful to know that this substance won't disappear anytime soon.

It's a darknet vendor btw and their name contains small mythical creatures. No personal experience with them, but I know their product and have a morbid interest for the market :)

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jet_32951 1384 days ago
That's been thoroughly debunked by Derek Lowe: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/fainting-fentanyl-...
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KarlKode 1383 days ago
I think OP didn't mean that you can absorb fentanyl through the skin but rather that you'd have trace amounts of fentanyl (or even the more powerful analogues such as carfentanyl) on your hands and then touch your mouth or eyes. That can certainly kill you.
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fitch321 1384 days ago
May I debunk that debunking ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolokol-1

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