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LeHerpMerp t1_its3whx wrote

Reply to comment by psychsafetyalliance in We are Dax Jackson and Ally Lee of Psychedelic Safety Alliance. We are here to provide scientific, no-BS adult harm reduction education around psychedelics. by psychsafetyalliance

I'm so glad to see a real psychedelic researcher promote EROWID. This has been one of the best resources for me to get the basics of various drugs and people's personal experiences with the substances.

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psychsafetyalliance OP t1_its4y4t wrote

Erowid kicks ass.

To be clear, we're not conducting our own academic research, but we do study and aggregate a bunch of academic research for a lay audience. Many of the researchers we've spoken with have told us that science has an information dissemination problem, so we view part of our role as filling that gap.

It's also worth noting that many emergency medical professionals like Erowid, as they don't receive much education about psychedelics during their training and can be asked to care for patients experiencing some kind of medical issue that could be due to a substance that they've never heard of before.

Though Erowid doesn't always have information on *every* drug out there (especially very new ones), it's the most encyclopedic database we know of, has been around the longest, and was a major starting point for both of us in our journeys to understand WTF was up with drugs generally, psychedelics specifically, and how to keep people safe.

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LeHerpMerp t1_its791x wrote

Okay I see! Maybe not conducting your own research but consolidating the research that is already out there. Really appreciate any effort anyone puts in to spread harm reduction for recreational users.

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Tatara88 t1_itui8zi wrote

My one issue with erowid is getting pure substance reports can be tedious. Most reports seem to be instances of poly drug use

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