Many people know about Erowid because it's a great resource for obtaining information about psychedelics. That being said, it's also a huge archive of many many many other drugs.

For me I was referred to this website when I was embarking on a journey to discover what psychedelics could offer in terms of altered states of consiousness. I could very easily at this point start talking from the perspective of a counter cultural rebel who takes psychedelics to f*ck the system and to see 'the truth', I could don my psychonaut shirt, I could refer you to Alan Watts lectures, to long and complex paths towards the idea of following Tim Leary's famous mantra; tune in, turn on, drop out.



That's not what education is about, it's not what sincere and impartial drug harm reduction is about. We don't make progress in society by attempting to dissolve it and then run away from it. We do so by the means of excellent resources like Erowid and it's contributions to society through FACTUAL, IMPARTIAL, EVIDENCE BASED SCIENCE. We do that through the long arduos goal of working within the system to change the system, and we do that through tools like Erowid to find the necessary support, funding and exposure to then highlight what really is important, what needs to be told, what can be done, what is possible and what actually happens when you take psychoactive drugs.



For a long time Erowid has been fighting the hard fight. And it has done so by maintaining a level head when many others have allowed themselves to be left open to accusations of quackery and obsoletion through their dangerously risky decisions to detour from the facts and verge on spurious, dreamy and often idealistic premises. Erowid has remained throughout their existence on the fence and because of this they have become a pivotal building block in educating the world on drugs and their relationships with humans.



Behind the identities we all assume, behind the cultural conditioning, the political ideologies, the founded/unfounded assumptions we all have we ALL NEED resources that transcend these limitations and restrictions by means of simply providing the information we need in a context that is verifiable, factual, scientific and unattached as best as possible from the mistakes of the past when entitites have attempted to create their own utopia seperate from the reality of the social fabric of society. They all fall eventually, and what remains are those willing to absorb reality as it is collectively, to work with it, and influence it towards a better future.



Erowid is for ALL people from ALL backgrounds and it's information is there for MANY MANY purposes.



Truly a great resource and should never be discounted when embarking on learning about drugs and their relationship with humans.