Petroleum Ether Drug Use

by cross-one

Petroleum ether is a list II watched chemical due to its use in clandestine drug labs. Most chemical supply stores won't even sell you watched chemicals because of the stigma attached to them. However it is a very useful solvent commonly used and for personal use all you need is a small bottle.

Ether can also be extracted from starter fluid but you'll need a fractal distillation apparatus or you might as well be huffing gas. An acid base water extraction will not suffice contrary to popular belief. Using water will remove some contaminates but it will not remove hexane and upper cylinder lubricants so don't even bother.

Ether can also be synthesized by reacting ethyl alcohol with sulfuric acid which megalomania has described here: http://roguesci.org/megalomania/synth/synthesis2.html#ether

Neither methods are as hard as they seems, you just need to learn something about chemistry and pay some money for lab equipment.

As for what it is like, it smells like gasoline (and if you use it so will you), and the high basically lets you think at the speed of light. If all the world happens at once and time is only an illusion ether helps you wake up from the illusion. For about 5 or so minutes.

For dosage if you the first rag you inhale only sets the stage. You do not need to huff it or deprive your brain of oxygen in order for it to work, just breath it in between normal oxygen breaks. When the first rag is no longer wet breath another one to begin your journey.

I also highly recommend using whip-its at the same time (nitrous oxide, whipped cream) as it will make the trip much much much more powerful.

It's also easy to hallucinate and hear voices one ether, at least to the well trained eye and ear. This is largely because nothing will make sense and you will be in another reality, reality being described as what we our senses tell us and how our brains interpret it, ether heavily changing the latter. The glare on the window can become a vast gigantic barren wasteland.

It's good times, I've been meaning to dump a gallon or so into my cars carpet and go driving around my town like Hunter S Tompson.

Ether is also extremely flammable so don't do stupid things around it like smoking. Try doing a hair spray flame thrower with a can of starter fluid (it'll be over a yard long). When people talk about meth labs exploding they're usually talking about ether exploding. Old ether or ether exposed to air can also form an explosive peroxide. Respect the chemical.

Oh yeah and as a final note put red or blue food coloring in the bottle of ether when you get it so some fool doesn't think it's water and gets a nasty suprise. Well my friend drank a bunch and everytime he burped he got high, but still that can't be good for you.

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