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'''Research chemicals''' (also called '''experimental chemicals''' or '''unresearched chemicals''') are psychoactive substances which have undergone little to no human or animal medical research or investigation.<ref name="faq">Research Chemical FAQ - Experimental and Research Chemicals used as Psychoactives by Erowid & Murple v 1.6 - Jun 4, 2010 (Erowid) | https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/research_chems/research_chems_faq.shtml</ref> It is for these reasons that the use of research chemicals may be more risky than the use of more well-studied drugs such as [[MDMA]], or [[cannabis]]. Most information about research chemicals are based on first-hand experiences and anecdotal evidence.

'''Research chemicals''' (also called '''experimental chemicals''' or '''unresearched chemicals''') are psychoactive substances which have undergone little to no human or animal medical research or investigation.<ref name="faq">Research Chemical FAQ - Experimental and Research Chemicals used as Psychoactives by Erowid & Murple v 1.6 - Jun 4, 2010 (Erowid) | https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/research_chems/research_chems_faq.shtml</ref> It is for these reasons that the use of research chemicals may be more risky than the use of more well-studied drugs such as [[MDMA]], or [[cannabis]]. Most information about research chemicals are based on first-hand experiences and anecdotal evidence. More than one hundred research chemicals were discovered by Alexander Shulgin and written about in his books [[PiHKAL]] and [[TiHKAL]].

~~More than one hundred research~~ chemicals ~~were discovered by Alexander Shulgin~~ and ~~written about~~ in ~~his books~~ [[~~PiHKAL~~]] and ~~[[TiHKAL]]~~.

Research chemicals have similar effects to many illegal drugs and are often invented in order to bypass current drug laws or improve upon existing substances. For example, [[MXE]] was invented to be "a stress-free version of ketamine" and the "perfect dissociative."<ref>Interview with a Ketamine Chemist By Hamilton Morris (Vice) | https://www.vice.com/read/interview-with-ketamine-chemist-704-v18n2</ref>

There is currently a very large market for the production, sale and use of research chemicals, driven by their implicit legality; vendors and users alike pursue research chemicals to avoid legal troubles encountered from being involved with the more traditional chemicals. Governments tend to ban research chemicals a short while after they become popular, and this in turn leads to more being discovered and sold. Some legal systems, such as that of the USA, have moved against research chemicals with acts of law implicitly banning analogues of drugs which are already banned.

===Harm potential and toxicity===

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-'''Research chemicals''' (also called '''experimental chemicals''' or '''unresearched chemicals''') are psychoactive substances which have undergone little to no human or animal medical research or investigation.<ref name="faq">Research Chemical FAQ - Experimental and Research Chemicals used as Psychoactives by Erowid & Murple v 1.6 - Jun 4, 2010 (Erowid) | https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/research_chems/research_chems_faq.shtml</ref> It is for these reasons that the use of research chemicals may be more risky than the use of more well-studied drugs such as [[MDMA]], or [[cannabis]]. Most information about research chemicals are based on first-hand experiences and anecdotal evidence.
+'''Research chemicals''' (also called '''experimental chemicals''' or '''unresearched chemicals''') are psychoactive substances which have undergone little to no human or animal medical research or investigation.<ref name="faq">Research Chemical FAQ - Experimental and Research Chemicals used as Psychoactives by Erowid & Murple v 1.6 - Jun 4, 2010 (Erowid) | https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/research_chems/research_chems_faq.shtml</ref> It is for these reasons that the use of research chemicals may be more risky than the use of more well-studied drugs such as [[MDMA]], or [[cannabis]]. Most information about research chemicals are based on first-hand experiences and anecdotal evidence. More than one hundred research chemicals were discovered by Alexander Shulgin and written about in his books [[PiHKAL]] and [[TiHKAL]].
-More than one hundred research chemicals were discovered by Alexander Shulgin and written about in his books [[PiHKAL]] and [[TiHKAL]].
+Research chemicals have similar effects to many illegal drugs and are often invented in order to bypass current drug laws or improve upon existing substances. For example, [[MXE]] was invented to be "a stress-free version of ketamine" and the "perfect dissociative."<ref>Interview with a Ketamine Chemist By Hamilton Morris (Vice) | https://www.vice.com/read/interview-with-ketamine-chemist-704-v18n2</ref>
+There is currently a very large market for the production, sale and use of research chemicals, driven by their implicit legality; vendors and users alike pursue research chemicals to avoid legal troubles encountered from being involved with the more traditional chemicals. Governments tend to ban research chemicals a short while after they become popular, and this in turn leads to more being discovered and sold. Some legal systems, such as that of the USA, have moved against research chemicals with acts of law implicitly banning analogues of drugs which are already banned.
 ===Harm potential and toxicity===