L-Meth from Vick's Inhaler -- The Experiment

[Nicaine]

SWIM's curiosity finally got the better of him, and he picked up a Vick's inhaler with 50mg L-Methamphetamine. His goal wasn't a perfect extraction, but to get enough L-Meth to get an idea of its effects.

Extraction: SWIM cut the foam inside the inhaler into tiny pieces, and placed it in a cup. Then he added a few teaspoons of 99% isopropyl alcohol, and stirred well while he boiled some water.

When the water was boiling, he added it to the alcohol/inhaler mixture, and then added about 15 drops of hydrochloric acid. After stirring this for awhile, the foam was partially dissolved and the water very cloudy.

Next, SWIM added some petroleum ether, and shook well. This removed much of the camphor, menthol, etc. He then siphoned off the top layer of petroleum ether.

Next, he added the remaining fluid onto an evaporation plate, which he placed in the microwave and evaporated.

Following this, he added 20-30ml water again to the plate and rehydrated the contents, then sucked it up and put it in a nasal spray bottle for snorting.

SWIM is now testing the effects. Although the weaker isomer, this stuff *is* methamphetamine after all. SWIM is curious to see if it's as good as propylhexedrine or not... so far, the jury is out. Hopefully he ended up with at least 30mg of the stuff, enough to test the physical effects. More coming soon.

Edit -- initial impressions is that the stuff is very energising. The peripheral effects are definitely strong, but not necessarily any worse than propylhexedrine (at least so far). What remains TBD is if SWIM actually LIKES this stuff better or not as a poor man's OTC speed. The buzz feels somewhat different, that's for sure: More head cloudiness and more sweating... *zero* entactogenic effects at this point. It feels much like weak speed, while propylhexedrine has a unique buzz that doesn't really compare to speed or anything else.