Since the UK’s legislation was amended on February 2013 in an attempt to combat the widespread legal use of synthetic cannabinoids the market has been quick to respond. Just 2 months after the ban there are already a handful of new synthetic cannabinoids which remain legal post-ban. The Home Office document outlined a blanket ban on all cannabinoids containing an indole element within their formula. This covered the vast majority of synthetic cannabinoids – The AM Series AM-2201, AM-694, AM-1220, AM-2233 as well as popular cannabinoids MAM-2201 & UR-144. The European market was quick to evolve however as the US constitution’s tight narcotics laws had already led to replacements being synthesised in China which did not contain an indole element. Step forward the Indazole-based synthetic cannabinoids. These new wave of synthetic cannabinoids are based around an indazole ring as opposed to an indole ring which makes them completely legal throughout the UK and Europe. The new compounds which have been released so far include AKB-48, PB-22, 2Ne1, BB-22 plus their fluorinated counterparts 5F-AKB-48, 5F-PB-22 and STS-135 – and they are all legal to acquire without the need for a home office license. We give a lowdown of some of these new compounds below:

2NE1 / APICA

When a newbie to the research chemicals industry first sets out on their endeavor to purchase genuine high quality research chemicals it can be a bit of a challenge weeding out the legitimate suppliers from the small time scammers. Many new websites crop up on a weekly basis and often manage to find their way into the search rankings. Quite how Google puts these sites above genuine, long standing sites is still a mystery to me. Now I am not saying every new site is some sort of poor imitation – you do get new sites cropping up with great chemicals and attentive service but many of these new sites are here one minute, gone the next. It is also true that a lot of the new sites are setup by the owners of one of the bigger sites so the chemicals they sell are of the same great quality and the prices are often cheaper because they are desperate to build a customer base. It is widely known however that the nature of the industry means that there are many cowboys out there running websites which should not be trusted. When you are on a mission to buy research chemicals online our advice is to scour the forums and the blogs to find a website which is well regarded by customers and one which can be trusted with providing you with the correct chemical. There was a case a few years back whereby a guy was sent the wrong a chemical and as a result he ended up overdosing on a chemical in which the dosage was miniscule compared to the comparable chemical he thought he was testing. This highlights the importance of buying from a genuine retailer.

If you have followed the research chemicals industry with any interest over the past few months you will have noticed the huge resurgence of herbal blends. Made popular in the past through blends like Spice, JWH etc there are a new range of cannabinoid-based blends on the market. Names such as HAZE, KUSH, ZOOT & InSense have all shot to prominence in various online research chemical vendors over the past month or 2. Well now our favourite shop has launched their very own incense blend MIST and I can exclusively reveal it is the most potent aroma I have ever experienced! The smell is very pleasant – made with a combination of herbs including Marshmallow Leaf, Damiana Leaf, Wild Dagga & Blue Lotus it offers a much smoother experience than other blends made solely of Damiana Leaf. Also it has been infused with a blueberry flavouring which makes it smell so good it makes you want to eat it (Please do not do this however). The aroma itself is quite potent and long lasting so you only need to use a small amount which means your blend lasts longer! Also at just £20 for 3.5g it offers the best value of any blend on the market! Definite thumbs up from us.

Leading “Plant Food” vendors have recently started stocking an exciting sounding new Research Chemical which goes by the name 5-IT. 5-IT is an indole derivative meaning It has a bicyclic structure, consisting of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing pyrrole ring.

First discovered by the chemist Alexander Shulgin, it was first introduced in his book TiHKAL. 5-(2-Aminopropyl)indole (5-IT) is said to be an area of study similar to 5-APB and MPA and as such is only permitted for use as a laboratory re-agent.

We recommend that any scientist wanting to purchase 5-IT powder should only purchase 5-IT from a legitimate supplier such as Plant Food Palace or Just For Research.

Legal Status: 5-IT is legal within the EU but is illegal in the US.