Erowid
Erowid.org is an online library of information about psychoactive plants and chemicals (drugs) and related topics. The information on the site is a compilation of the experiences, words, and efforts of hundreds of individuals including users, parents, health professionals, doctors, therapists, chemists, researchers, teachers, and lawyers. Erowid acts as a publisher of new information as well as a library for the collection of documents published elsewhere. The information found on the site spans the spectrum from solid peer reviewed research to fanciful creative writing.
The library contains over 20,000 documents related to psychoactives, including images, research summaries and abstracts, media articles, experience reports, information on chemistry, dosage, effects, law, health, traditional and spiritual use, and drug testing. Over 25,000 people visit the site each day, making more than 6 million unique visitors in the past year.
Erowid itself is a small non-profit organization that has operated for more than six years in the controversial and politically challenging niche of trying to provide accurate, specific, and responsible information about how psychoactives are used in the United States and around the world. They are committed to protecting the privacy of contributors and reporting on the topic non-judgmentally. Although their primary focus is on the web site, they also provide research and data for other harm reduction, health, and educational organizations.
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