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Menu Home Home -- What's new Latest activity Authors Forums Forums -- New posts Search forums What's new What's new -- New posts Latest activity Donations (via MAPS) Research Portal Mission Statement Log in Register What's new Search Search Search titles only By: Search Advanced search… What's new Latest activity Authors Menu Log in Register Install the app Install JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser . Bluelight.org Two Decades of Blacklight in Remembrance Today marks 20 years since the passing of our friend, Ryan Haight, who we knew fondly as “Quicksilver.” Each year, Bluelight turns “black” on February 12th in remembrance of all whom we’ve lost... Global Drug Survey 2021 - tell us about your drug use in the crazy year of 2020! Global Drug Survey is back for 2021! As well as the usual modules that measure your drug use, this year we have some new modules which you can read more about here: Partying like it’s 2021. How... Trip Report: Flubromazolam The "knockout Night Nurse" benzo - a 6yr retrospective... Prescription Cocaine & MDMA Government urged to sell cocaine, MDMA and amps in pharmacies... Trip Report: Heimia Salicifolia 10g Tea - First time - Extreme Pain! Trip Report: Brugmansia Known as Angel's Trumpet - First Time - Horrible trip! COMING SOON: Profile Posting! Check out the details here... Heroin-prescribing Scheme Reductions in crime and homelessness... Two Decades of Blacklight in Remembrance Feb 11 Sebastians_ghost Feb 11, 2021 3,929 25 Today marks 20 years since the passing of our friend, Ryan Haight, who we knew fondly as “Quicksilver.” Each year, Bluelight turns “black” on February 12th in remembrance of all whom we’ve lost and as a solemn opportunity to reflect on our mission of harm reduction. As a community, Bluelight does not condone or condemn drug use. Instead, we seek to encourage open discourse designed to empower wiser choices and deliver our message of harm reduction where it is most likely to be received. Whether you’re a longtime member or new to our community, Bluelight invites you to be part of this important dialog. In doing so, you will join a growing number of people around the world committed to challenging outdated stereotypes around drugs, drug use and addiction, while providing informational resources and encouragement for those seeking treatment or in recovery. On behalf of the entire Bluelight community, please join us in our mission of reducing harm through honest and accurate... Continue… News Positive drug stories - announcing a new research publication in collaboration with Bluelight.org Dec 11 Tronica Dec 11, 2020 3,427 13 At Bluelight.org we encourage collaborative partnerships between academic researchers and our community. In 2016 we were approached by Liam Engel with a proposal to utilise data from Bluelight for his PhD, using an engaged and participatory approach. Liam is now Dr Engel (well done!) and we are thrilled to announce research from our collaboration has been published in the journal Addiction Research and Theory. Abstract: People who use drugs understand drugs and drug use in ways that are often different to the way knowledge of drug use is constructed within the dominant medico-legal discourse. Their experiences are, more often than not, represented in negative ways within dominant discourse, a disconnect that can create adverse consequences for people who use drugs, through the production of stigma and shame leading to poor health and social outcomes. A key difference in how drugs are understood by people who use drugs is the capacity of the former to recognize positive aspects... Continue… News Spiritual use of cannabis: Thanks, Bluelight community! Oct 30 Tronica Oct 30, 2020 3,429 11 A study titled 'Cannabis as entheogen: survey and interview data on the spiritual use of cannabis' was recently published in the Open Access 'Journal of Cannabis Research'. The Bluelight community contributed to the survey, along with other online communities, including the Shroomery and DMT Nexus. Abstract: This article uses qualitative interviews and quantitative survey data to explore spiritually motivated use of cannabis. Of 265 survey participants who reported their motivations for cannabis use, 25% indicated a spiritual motivation (the corresponding figure for psychedelics was 69% ). These spiritual cannabis users reported experiences with cannabis that, at least in some ways, tended to resemble experiences with psychedelics. In interviews, spiritually motivated cannabis users often emphasized that overuse would diminish the impact of the cannabis experience, which supports previous research that has identified a build-up of tolerance to the effects of cannabis. Some... Continue… News Bluelight Research on Ketamine as a Treatment for Depression and PTSD Jun 17 Tronica Jun 17, 2020 10,772 36 Bluelight Research on Ketamine as a Treatment for Depression and PTSD Bluelight would like to congratulate Tharcila Chaves and her colleagues on their recent publication: The use of ketamine to cope with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder: A qualitative analysis of the discourses posted on a popular online forum. The paper was published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. The abstract is quoted below: Background Because of the shortcomings of traditional pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), there has been growing interest in the rapid mood-enhancing effect of ketamine. Objectives To analyze what has been posted about ketamine use for dealing with self-reported depression and/or PTSD on one of the biggest international message boards on the internet. Methods Qualitative study with online observation of threaded discussions on Bluelight. In-depth online searches were conducted in 2018. Twenty-nine... Continue… ***COVID-19 Thread Directory*** Apr 10 S.J.B. Apr 10, 2020 5,687 0 Hi Bluelighters! Want to find out the latest info about the COVID-19 epidemic, discuss how it affects the lives of those who use drugs, read the experience of others who have had the virus, or vent about how the virus or the measures enacted to combat it have affected you? During the pandemic, we will be regularly updating this handy listing of COVID-19-related threads that can be found throughout the forum: Basic Drug Discussion [Opioids] Oxycodone for Coronavirus, will Oxy ease any of the symptoms? (Mar. 19) [Heroin] Covid-19 What about the junkies? (Mar. 20) Has Covid-19 affected drug supply/anything drug related in your community? (Mar. 21) Cannabis Discussion Cannabis use and COVID-19. (Mar. 29) Lawmakers push congressional leaders to include marijuana businesses in coronavirus relief bill (Apr. 23) Sports & Image Enhancing Drugs The Official SIED Coronavirus Thread v. My Nuts & City is shutdown (Mar. 18 ) If I catch Corona should I stop taking AAS? (Mar. 22) Corona... Continue… News Attachments have been disabled Feb 19 TheLoveBandit Feb 19, 2020 4,063 0 Over the past 6mo of 2019, we saw an incredible growth in the size of our database, far outpacing anything in our 20y history. While we might initially say "YAY! We are growing and really active!!!" this is not entirely true. It is partly true, and we'll bump the stats thread with that bit. But this is not site traffic, this is the SIZE of our database. We've identified that is tied to the ability to upload attachments in some parts of the site. As such, we are switching off the ability to upload attachments. If you need to share a picture, please get it hosted somewhere and use the image linking that is available. We're sorry for the inconvenience, but this is necessary to keep the database manageable. Thank you. Continue… February 12th is Black Bluelight Day Feb 11 Sebastians_ghost Feb 1...