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Vendors often use the term "research chemical" to bypass legal restrictions for selling psychoactive compounds. Research chemicals commonly come in packaging labelled "not for human consumption" and are stated to be solely used for the purposes of scientific research.

Most information about them is based on first-hand experiences and anecdotal evidence. Research chemicals have chemical structures and effects to ~~many illicit~~ substances and are ~~often invented~~ to ~~improve upon~~ existing psychoactive substances, or ~~more commonly,~~ bypass government regulation.<ref>Interview with a Ketamine Chemist By Hamilton Morris (Vice) | https://www.vice.com/read/interview-with-ketamine-chemist-704-v18n2</ref>

Most information about them is based on first-hand experiences and anecdotal evidence. Research chemicals often have chemical structures and effects similar to known substances and are typically initially synthesized in order to create potentially more useful variations of existing psychoactive substances, and/or to bypass government regulation.<ref>Interview with a Ketamine Chemist By Hamilton Morris (Vice) | https://www.vice.com/read/interview-with-ketamine-chemist-704-v18n2</ref>

The use of research chemicals carries more risks than the use of more common, well-studied drugs mainly because of the lack of medical investigation. There have been multiple deaths caused by research chemicals, including drugs in the [[25x-NBOMe|NBOMe series]], [[Bromo-DragonFLY]]<ref>Bromo-Dragonfly Fatalities / Deaths by Erowid | https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/bromo_dragonfly/bromo_dragonfly_death.shtml</ref>, [[2C-T-7]], and others.

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 Vendors often use the term "research chemical" to bypass legal restrictions for selling psychoactive compounds. Research chemicals commonly come in packaging labelled "not for human consumption" and are stated to be solely used for the purposes of scientific research.
-Most information about them is based on first-hand experiences and anecdotal evidence. Research chemicals have chemical structures and effects to many illicit substances and are often invented to improve upon existing psychoactive substances, or more commonly, bypass government regulation.<ref>Interview with a Ketamine Chemist By Hamilton Morris (Vice) | https://www.vice.com/read/interview-with-ketamine-chemist-704-v18n2</ref>
+Most information about them is based on first-hand experiences and anecdotal evidence. Research chemicals often have chemical structures and effects similar to known substances and are typically initially synthesized in order to create potentially more useful variations of existing psychoactive substances, and/or to bypass government regulation.<ref>Interview with a Ketamine Chemist By Hamilton Morris (Vice) | https://www.vice.com/read/interview-with-ketamine-chemist-704-v18n2</ref>
 The use of research chemicals carries more risks than the use of more common, well-studied drugs mainly because of the lack of medical investigation. There have been multiple deaths caused by research chemicals, including drugs in the [[25x-NBOMe|NBOMe series]], [[Bromo-DragonFLY]]<ref>Bromo-Dragonfly Fatalities / Deaths by Erowid | https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/bromo_dragonfly/bromo_dragonfly_death.shtml</ref>, [[2C-T-7]], and others.