Glass molecule reproductions from Erowid.org

Above is a picture of the hand-blown recreation of the LSD molecule that I received for making a donation to the Erowid Center, the non-profit 501(c)(3) organization behind Erowid.org. Erowid has been a measured, sane repository for chemical and counterculture information online for twelve years and relies on donations to continue its operation. Nearly anyone who has looked up drug and entheogenic plant information online has stumbled across — and subsequently been edified by — Erowid. For a subject as politically and personally charged as ingesting chemicals, Erowid remains one of the few rational sources of real-world experience reports, safety warnings, and advocacy of safe but individually accountable drug use available online or elsewhere. If you're like me, your recreational and experimental drug use has tailed off over the years, but even so, I still use the site as a reference and source of entertainment. (I probably shouldn't laugh, but some of the negative experience reports can be hilarious. Hang on, lil' cowboy!) Moreover, "check out Erowid" is the first advice I offer to a young head. Kids are going to experiment — better they get unbiased information about the risks and rewards of their drug use than rely exclusively on well-meaning but often ignorant peers. I am proud to give Erowid my money. Throw 'em a buck! Art Glass Molecules incentives [Erowid.org]

• [slida]

  This is a great site, it is nearly impossible to get useful information about these substances through ‘traditional’ means. The first time I did LSD, I went to the library to research it, and found almost nothing. You basically have to go to an ‘alternative’ bookstore to find out anything.

  Oh, and that glass LSD molecule is bitchen!

• [jahknow]

  @#4-clueless, funny, I was thinking they looked like a number of glass screens that melted together. Funny the way people interpret ambiguous visual phenomena.

  I’ll remember erowid in my year-end tax-deductible giving this year.

• [brainswarm]

  I thought it looked like a mutated version of the teething ring my niece used to chew on.

• [doublethink]

  Heavy, man.

• [The Unusual Suspect]

  BTW, Erowid = Weirdo spelled sideways.

• [robin_hood]

  And before Erowid was Hyperreal, THE go-to site in the mid 90s for all of us all night dancing, mind expanding, smart drink drinking trippers.

• [jetfx]

  I first heard about the site by word of mouth, when a friend learned I was interested in trying LSD. It was invaluable for learning about it, especially for having a catalog of other people’s experiences. I later sent some of my experiences for them post.

• [nonplus]

  Beautiful glass art, but while they are hand made (as seen here) they’re not actually hand blown.

• [pseudonym]

  The courts have already ruled that you could stifle the free speech rights of minors when they don’t tow the anti-drug line. They will use the “Think of the children” tactic and “homeland security” as a justification to eliminate our first amendment rights to discuss drugs in a positive or even rational manner.

• [Nasty]

  Love Erowid, love LSD. Thank the gawds for Boingboing to show me something I’ve never seen before from either.

• [palad]

  I never experimented with anything – not even tobacco. Does that mean I was never a kid? Uh oh – existential crisis time!

• [Cool Products]

  OP, would this molecule reproduction that you got work well as a paperweight? That would be an awesome gift idea for some of my friends this year. Nice post, it’s been so long since I’ve lurked Erowid, and this entry has prompted me to waste some time on that site after I get off work.

• [clueless in brooklyn]

  They looks like glass anal beads on acid.