ILLEGAL ACTIVITY

Requesting or offering illegal substances is not allowed.

This includes chemicals on the UN red list, DEA List I or scheduled precursors as well as threshold or above quantities of DEA List II chemicals.

This will get you banned instantly.

If your request for a substance results in a reaction, the person reacting might be pulling your chain or an organization that will bust you. Do not be that stupid! Posts offering or requesting illegal substances will be removed. Members offering or requesting illegal substances will be banned and put upon our ip blacklist. For the same reason it is also not allowed to post that you are a drug dealer by profession or that you sell drugs for a living. This is almost the same as offering drugs and not allowed. Member names that imply dealing or soliciting are not allowed. Soliciting random off site contact with members, is seen as a hookup request, to engage in illegal activity.

This forum software contains a script which alerts the admin of specific events. If the Admin feels there is illegal activity going on, your PM’s will be searched and read. This forum software has PM searching and reading functions.

Requesting, offering or trading sources for illegal substances is not allowed.

This will get you banned instantly. This forum software contains a script which alerts the admin of specific events. If the Admin feels there is illegal activity going on, your PM’s will be searched and read. This forum software has PM searching and reading functions.

Do not PM members or moderators with illegal propositions or questions.

This will get you banned instantly.

Planning of illegal activity is not allowed.

This includes discussion of smuggling and selling illegal substances.

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS

Do not advertise any commercial websites or products

This is considered SPAM. Commercial messages will be deleted on sight. This will get you banned instantly. It is allowed to post an objective review of products. No links to vendors.

To avoid trade on this site, prices topics are not allowed.

Prices & sources of common products from large corporations, chain stores, like K-mart or from government licensed brick and mortar pharmacies are allowed.

Discussion of suppliers is only allowed in the Sources forums.

This means that discussion of vendors is not allowed anywhere on the site, not in PM. Sources forums only.

ACCOUNTS

You must be 18 to be on this site.

Sorry, but we do not allow minors to join the site. Minors will be banned until their 18th birthday.

Each member may have only one account.

If you get banned on one account, the system automatically bans you on all member accounts / member names.
Opening a second account will cause warnings or even a ban.

POSTING RULES

Use the search engine, before you post

Make sure you are not double posting, search the forum first to make sure your question has not been answered dozens of time before. UTFSE! You can find the search button at the top of the page.

Post in the right forum.

You may have your post deleted if you post in the wrong forum.

Don’t cross post.

Don’t post the same thing in more than one forum.

Use a descriptive thread title.

This will help others find threads through the search engine. There’s nothing more annoying than looking at all those stupid “A stupid question” subject lines. I mean, I’m damn lazy, but how hard is it to type “A stupid question about (insert something here)”? As a rule of thumb, most thread titles should include the full name of the drug discussed. Please avoid slang in thread titles. Do not use abbreviations.

No links to other discussion boards

Because of attempts of several other drug discussion sites to steal members, by spamming, etc. it is no longer allowed to post links to other discussion boards.

Do not use abbreviations, slang or txtspk.

Take the effort to write full words, so that everyone can understand what you are writing about. Many abbreviations can mean multiple things. Misunderstanding abbreviations can even lead to lethal situations.

Post threads about images in the image gallery.

Remove personal data from pictures

When posting pictures, make sure that the camera used does not store personal data.

Post documents in the Studies archive.

Documents can only be posted in the forum, if related to the discussed topic.

Signatures are expected to follow the same guidelines as posts.

Reputation trade is not allowed.

Trading ratings or leaving rates with your name or hints to your name in them is forbidden. Ratings need a reason. Asking or giving reputation points solely to increase member status is not allowed.

Do not complain about reputation comments in threads

This brings the thread off topic and is not allowed. If you do not agree with a reputation rating you received, you can report it from your User Control Panel.

No deletion of relevant content

We do not delete content from threads, if the staff deems the content relevant. Deleting relevant posts destroys threads and makes them unreadable. By submitting content, you agree that it is publicized on this site network. Vandalism of posts is not allowed.

No vague drug ID’s

We do not allow identification of unknown powders, street pills, vague pictures, because there is no way for forum users to know what the drug is. We do allow the identification of plants, mushrooms, pharmaceuticals as long as there is clear information to go on.

POSTING ETIQUETTE

Don’t make posts that are inflammatory just to annoy people.

Trolling is not allowed.

Personal Attacks.

Criticize ideas, not people. Flaming will not be tolerated. This includes any material which is vulgar, defamatory, intentional inaccurate information, stalking, harassing, hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy or violates any laws. When writing your messages, please use the same courtesy that you would show when speaking face-to-face with someone. Flames, insults, and personal attacks will not be tolerated. It’s fine to disagree strongly with opinions, ideas, and facts, but always with respect for the other person. Great minds do not always think alike, and that’s where the fun is!

Do not implicate or incriminate any member including yourself in drug production/creation/extraction.

Discussion of drug production/creation/extraction may only be theoretical. You may not post that you or any other member is going to be, or has been involved/implicated in any drug production or related illegal activity. Before 2011 we did not allow self incrimination anywhere. This has changed and there are no restrictions except in the creation forums.
It is allowed to describe hypothetical situations, your dreams or the actions of a third-party. Creative writing is welcome.
Examples:

Spoiler: EXAMPLES

It is not possible for staff to track your location as it applies to international drug-legality, therefore we consider implication in the production of any drug to be self-incrimination.
This rule applies only to discussion of drug creation/production.
Do not use SWIM anywhere on the site.

Do not post useless one liners

We will delete contentless posts and one liners. Only quality posts will get you to higher member levels. The mods and I read every post that is posted here (which is absolutely needed, because of the nature of this site). We want this site to be full of quality info, so please respect this. You can post your useless chatter in the ‘Some for all’ forum.

Do not post with Caps Locks on.

Please do not post messages with the subject or post all in capital letters. Words all in capitals are not only annoying but are read 50% slower than normal writing. It will not get you any more noticed. In fact, it is generally considered irritating shouting, and will piss Drugs-forum users off.

Explain yourself.

Your opinion is of no use if you do not explain why.

Keep threads on topic

Start a new thread if you want to discuss a new subject. If you have an issue with a reputation comment then report the comment. Do not complain about reputation comments in threads, as this brings the thread off topic.

Suicide threats and self-injury threads are forbidden.

These topics are beyond the scope of this site. Please see here for more information.

Media with erotic or entertaining content must be in private Albums.

You may share mildly erotic or entertaining photo’s and video’s with members you follow, but not with all members. Set your album to private.

CONTACTING STAFF

Do not PM staff with questions, that can be answered on the forum.

Staff has a busy job already, so please post questions in the forum. This way others can answer as well and your thread will be helpful to others as well.

Notifying staff of posts, PM’s, Blogs or email

If you find a post is in conflict with these rules, please use the report button on the right of the post, to alert us. You are helping us keeping this site alive and respectful. Reporting posts is explained here:

The same goes for PM’s: If you receive a PM which is in conflict with these rules, please forward it to an administrator.
If another member contacts you by email, asking for illegal substances, please alert me by mailing it to an administrator or by pasting it in our contact form.

STAFF ACTIONS AND DIRECTIVES

If you have a problem with or question about a moderator’s decision, open up a support ticket. Posts or topics discussing moderator actions will be removed.
If a staff member takes an action or posts a directive (for example, to stop with a particular topic), you must adhere to this. If you discover a directive only after you’ve posted a message that contravenes it, report your post or it will be taken to be ignoring moderators.

BREAKING THE RULES WILL CAUSE A BAN OR WARNING POINTS

Each warning gives a number of points, depending on how serious the Warning is. Repeated breaches of the rules will lead to a higher number of Warning points.
50 Warning points will get you banned for one month.
100 Warning points will get you banned permanently.
When breaking a rule, you might receive a warning message without Warning points, instead of a Warning. Such warnings have no other effect than a reminder to the rules.

SUBMISSIONS

By posting or submitting content to Websites, you grant SIN Foundation the right to use, reproduce, display, perform, adapt, modify, distribute, have distributed, and promote the content in any form, anywhere and for any purpose; and warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content and that public posting and use of your content by SIN will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

By sending scripts, creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, documents, or other information, collectively “Contributions”, directly to SIN through website contact forms, email, voicemail, non-electronic mail or other means of direct communication, you, the Sender, acknowledge and agree that your contribution automatically becomes the property of SIN without any obligation to you. SIN may reproduce, display, perform, adapt, modify, distribute, have distributed, and promote the contribution in any form, anywhere and for any purpose without compensation to you. You warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the contribution and by SIN using your contribution, SIN will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

Here is a quick summary of functions available for each group:

Permissions & Functions	Newbie	Silver	Titanium	Palladium	Gold/Iridium	Platinum	Donating Status
Access Sources Forum					X*	X
Become a member of the Inner Circle						X
Post in most Chemistry Forums	**	**	**	**	**	**	X
Post in Herbal Ecstasy Forum		X	X	X	X	X	X
Access the Improving Drugs-Forum Subforum		X	X	X	X	X	X
Edit own posts		X	X	X	X	X	X
Upload attachments*****		X	X	X	X	X	X
Add polls to posts			X	X	X	X	X
Post links		X	X	X	X	X	X
Give reputation ratings****		X	X	X	X	X	X
Post visitor messages on other members’ profiles		X	X	X	X	X	X
Add a signature to posts		X	X	X	X	X	X
Post a blog				X	X	X	X
Post a blog comment		X	X	X	X	X	X
Create a new social group				X	X	X	X
Post to a social group		X	X	X	X	X	X
Access chat***						X	X
Contribute to Drugs-Wiki		X	X	X	X	X	X
Store the following amounts of direct messages	10	20	20	30	30	30	500

*These features are for gold members only (iridium members do NOT have have sources forum access).
**All registered members can access the chemistry basics and extraction fora. To gain access to the rest of the drug chemistry fora, members must submit an access application as described on our site.
***Titanium members and up will have the opportunity to participate in pre-announced chat meetings.
****You must have at least 40 posts to give reputation.
*****Newbies can upload attachments up to 120KB.

Any of the following privileges and restrictions may be changed at any time without prior notification.

Mercury membership

Being demoted to mercury membership indicates serious problems with previous posts and is the last step before getting banned. Members who receive many negative reputation ratings will be automatically downgraded to mercury; this will occur at -50 reputation points. If mercury members do not improve their post quality/etiquette, they will eventually be banned. Mercury members have the following restrictions:

• They can only post in the “Various drug related topics” forums (“the euphoric body,” “bug tracker,” and “site use”) and in the main areas of the non-English forums.
• They can post in their own threads anywhere.
• They cannot view or post in the chemistry/cultivation or social forums.
• They also have other restrictions on their account, like the inability to upload files to the studies archive or to posts.
• Posting in other parts of the site (besides the forums) is restricted.
• Mercury members receive storage space for up to ten direct messages.

So, what should you do when you have landed in mercury membership?
You must achieve a reputation count of +10 to get promoted to silver status. Mercury members will automatically be upgraded again if their post quality increases and positive reputation is received.

Here are the steps to follow to reverse mercury status:

1. First, carefully review the reputation you have received. You can view it on your profile. (under the “Received Ratings” tab). Read it several times and check your posts to see where you went wrong. Make sure that you understand what you did wrong so that you will not repeat your mistakes when you make new posts.
2. Read the rules a few times to make ensure that you understand them thoroughly. Feel free to ask for advice or help if you do not understand the rules or the rationale for the substantial negative ratings you have accumulated. If you have received warnings, then make sure you understand what went wrong.
3. Read the FAQ articles so that you understand how the site works, what you are allowed to post, and where.
4. To prevent more negative reputation from being left on your posts, the relevant posts should be reviewed and edited. You can also request that posts be deleted by reporting them with an explanation of why the post should be edited/deleted.
5. Make sure that all your new posts are well-written, respectful, and helpful and that they add something of value and are devoid of any rule breaches or harmful advice. Review each post carefully before you hit the “post reply” button.
6. Well-researched posts generally attract a lot of positive reputation.
7. Review the “forum tasks” section to see if you can earn reputation points for completing tasks.
8. Find unanswered questions and post elaborate, well-researched replies. Use Google to research the subject if necessary.

Newbie membership

Everyone starts out as a “Newbie” immediately after registration. Newbies have several restrictions, which are lifted when they are upgraded to “Silver” membership or donate to Drugs-Forum. Newbies cannot edit their posts, give reputation ratings, post in the “Drug-related chemistry and extraction” forum, or view the “Improving Drugs-Forum” area (or any other restricted forums). Newbies receive storage space for up to ten direct messages and can only send one DM per hour. Newbies cannot post blogs either.

Most of these restrictions can be removed by donating or becoming a “Silver” member. Donating newbies can enjoy the same features as “Palladium” members and more.

Silver membership

“Silver” is the standard level of membership on Drugs-Forum. Newbies get upgraded to “Silver” automatically when they exceed ten reputation points. This is usually achieved through one or two informative posts. Silver members receive storage space for up to 20 direct messages.

“Silver” members can edit their posts, give reputation ratings, attach files to posts, and view and post in all the main drug forums and the “Improving Drugs Forum” area. “Silver” members cannot access any of the restricted forums besides the “Improving Drugs Forum” area. “Silver” members also have the ability to make moderated edits to the Drugs-Wiki.

Silver members cannot post blogs. They also need to make at least 50 posts to receive the ability to post links.

Titanium membership

“Titanium” is the next level after “Silver.” This upgrade happens during set promotion cycles (which typically happen at least twice a year). “Titanium” members can use the chat room during chat meetings, which will be announced. “Titanium” members can also post polls. “Titanium” members are also eligible to join the forum crews and help with the maintenance and development of the forums that interest them. “Titanium” members receive storage space for up to 20 direct messages.

To qualify for an upgrade to “Titanium” membership, members must meet following requirements:

• Have a membership duration of at least 60 days
• Have posted within the last 60 days
• Have at least 60 posts
• Have at least 100 reputation points & a high number of trophy points
• Have a good post-to-reputation ratio; your reputation count should be higher than your post count
• Have gathered many trophies
• Have no recent negative reputation ratings
• Have no recent warnings or active warning points
• Have had fewer than five reports filed against them recently
• Have an account and profile that are in order
• Have uploaded an avatar
• Have posted your t least one product/company listing in the “reviews” section
• Donating is beneficial but not required for promotions.
• Doing forum tasks helps.

Many Titanium members would easily reach the “Palladium” level if they rated posts.

Palladium membership

“Palladium” members receive storage space for up to 30 direct messages.
“Palladium” members can post blogs.
“Palladium” members can create new groups.To qualify for an upgrade to “Palladium” membership, members must meet following requirements:

• Have a membership duration of at least 60 days
• Have posted in the last 60 days
• Have a large number of reputation and trophy points
• Have gathered many trophies
• Have been actively using the reputation system (giving out at least 50 ratings with both positive and negative points; members should have given ratings recently)
• Have no recent negative reputation ratings
• Have made many high-quality posts
• Have a reputation-to-post ratio of at least 1:1
• Have filed recent reports
• Have added at least 50 tags
• Have no recent warnings or active warning points
• Have fewer than five reports filed against them recently
• Have an account and profile that are in order
• Have uploaded an avatar
• Have posted product/company listings in the “reviews” section
• Donating is beneficial but not required for promotions.
• Forum crew work is beneficial but not required for promotions.

Gold membership

“Gold” members have all permissions of “Palladium” members and more: “Gold” members have access to the “Gold members'” and “Sources” forums as well as the “Gold” member file archive. “Gold” members receive storage space for up to 30 direct messages.

To qualify for an upgrade to “Gold” membership, members must meet following requirements:

• Have a membership duration of at least 60 days
• Have posted in the last 60 days
• Have a large number of reputation and trophy points
• Have gathered many trophies (please see here)
• Have been actively using the reputation system (giving out at least 50 ratings with both positive and negative points; members should have given ratings recently)
• Have no recent negative reputation ratings
• Have made at least 150 high-quality posts
• Have a reputation-to-post ratio of at least 1:1
• Have filed recent reports
• Have added products/companies to the “Reviews” section
• Have added at least 50 tags
• Have no recent warnings or active warning points
• Have had fewer than five reports filed against them recently
• Have an account and profile that are in order
• Have uploaded an avatar
• Donating is beneficial but not required for promotions.
• Forum crew work is beneficial but not required for promotions.

“Gold” membership promotions require a manual review by the staff. While donating does not affect one’s likelihood of being granted gold membership, the staff prioritize the accounts of donating members; thus, they will be reviewed faster, and, if they meet the requirements, be upgraded to “Gold” status faster.

Before you reach “Gold” membership, you will reach the “Palladium” level. The qualifications for the two levels almost the same. The only difference is the requirement regrading having made at least 150 quality posts for “Gold” membership. Once “Titanium” members meet the criteria for the “Palladium” level, they will be upgraded during the next promotion cycle (which typically happens at least twice a year). We will review the posts of “Palladium” members to see if they meet the requirements of “Gold” membership.

Iridium membership

Iridium members are members who met the requirements for Gold membership but do not wish to contribute to the Sources forum. Iridium members have all privileges of Gold members except access to the Sources forum. Iridium members have access to the Gold members forum and have 30 direct messages storage.

Gold members who do not contribute to the Sources forum will be moved to Iridium membership. Iridium members can apply for gold membership by contacting an administrator.

Platinum membership

Platinum membership is the highest level of non-staff membership. Platinum members have access to ‘The Inner Circle’. The opinions of Platinum members are highly valued by the staff. Platinum members have moderator functions in the chat. Platinum members have access to the Platinum member forum and have 300 direct messages storage. They also have several other functions like moderating their own blog and moving their own threads.

Platinum membership is invitation only. However, there are certain requirements, that puts a member on the review list:

• Membership duration of at least 2 years
• Has over 750 posts
• Is actively posting in the last 2 months
• Has more reputation points than posts.
• Making use of the reputation system (giving out positive and negative points)
• Tags threads
• No recent warnings or infractions
• Reports posts
• Contributes to the Sources forum (unless the member is recovery oriented)
• The member sets an example for others by carefully observing forum rules and protocol / conventions, and also helps other members follow this example by reminding them when they are slipping up or helping teach newer members the ropes
• The member demonstrates they can maintain the calm, composed and respectable demeanor that one would expect “someone in highest level of non-staff membership” whose opinion is “highly valued by the staff” to have.

If these criteria are met, then the member will be on the applicants list. The member is then reviewed for Platinum membership by the staff.

Donating members

For an overview of all functionality see here: Donator Functions.

Validated Professionals

Validated professionals are members who have submitted evidence supporting their capacity to speak authoritatively on certain subjects. They are identified with a banner in their name so that readers can more easily identify their posts which may be more informed than lay-members posts. Members wishing to become validated professionals should open a helpdesk ticket and attach proof of their qualifications to it.

Validated Healthcare Professionals

Validated healthcare professionals are members who have submitted evidence of their medical or relevant science qualification/s to the site for verification. It should not however be assumed that they are currently practicing healthcare workers (they may be retired or employed in other fields for example), or that they specialize in a particular field of healthcare relevant to every post they respond to. The advice given by these members should not be considered a substitute for prompt in-person healthcare treatment.

Validated Published Author

Validated published authors are members who have provided evidence that they published literature relevant to the site subjects.

Validated Law Professional

Validated law professionals are members who have submitted evidence of their law qualifications to the site for verification. It should not be assumed that they are currently practicing law, or that they specialize in a particular field of law relevant to every post they respond to. The advice given by these members should not be considered a substitute for prompt in-person legal advice.

The staff

For a complete overview of our current staff, see: View Staff members.

Co-Moderators

Co-moderators moderate one or more forums. Often together with a moderator. Although Co-Moderators do not have all the functions of moderators, it is a very important and responsible position with the functionality to handle situations that need to be taken care of.

A Co-Moderator has the following tasks:

• To keep the section(s) free from breaches of the rules.
• To keep the board organized and free of misinformation and contentless posts.
• To answer unanswered topics and add information where needed.
• To stimulate and steer discussion.
• To expand and optimize the section(s) in every way.

Moderators

More commonly referred to as ‘mods’, moderators are usually responsible for one or more sections of the site. This mostly includes forums and/or subforums of Drugs Forum, the corresponding categories of the file archive, image gallery and Drugs-Wiki.

They moderate their area(s) by watching out for rules breaches, steering and stimulating discussions, and settling conflicts.
Moderators also have to keep their area organized by merging threads on the same topic, closing threads, moving threads and posts, etc. Moderators have viewing access to all parts of Drugs Forum, but their forum, wiki, file archive and image gallery maintenance functions are restricted to the areas which they are responsible for.

To be considered for moderator, following things count: attitude (responsibility, helpfulness, respect, etc), knowledge (expertise is very welcome but not required) and frequency of forum visits. Experience as a moderator does help but is not a requirement. Moderators are welcomed on invitation only.

Applying to become a moderator will often result in a negative answer. Most moderators are invited by the administration. If you feel you have the necessary skills and knowledge and want to assist with a forum or section, then you can contact the administration and or the moderator of the section. Chances are that the moderator of the section will have duties on his/her list that you can help out with. Watching out for rule breaches and notifying staff through the report button helps a lot.

Super Moderators

Super moderators are moderators with a broad knowledge and sufficient amounts of time to spend on Discuss Ketamine. Their privileges are basically the same as those of moderators, but not restricted to certain sub-forums of Discuss Ketamine.

SO, WHAT SHOULD I BE RATING?

Here are some examples of valid reasons to leave both positive and negative ratings:

Positive Ratings

• Good question
• Supportive Post
• Good advice
• Good news article
• Forum-related contributions
• Highly informative post
• Good experience report
• Good TEK

Negative Ratings (in an approximate order of severity)

• Using SWIM*
• Posting in the wrong forum*
• Post is very badly formatted and difficult to read*
• Typos or txt speak is used to the point that it is difficult to understand.
• Indescriptive thread title*
• Not using the search engine* (reposting well-covered topic)
• Off topic post*
• Useless one liners/posts which add nothing
• Not explaining statements
• Using unexplained abbreviations/slang
• Posting in all caps
• Cross posting (posting the same thing in multiple forums)
• Linking to other drug related discussion boards
• Incrimination relating to drug production or cultivation
• Drug price discussion
• Unnecessary harshness towards newbie
• Discussion of suppliers/Source discussion
• Planning of illegal activity
• Dangerous advice/Intentional misinformation
• Inflammatory post
• Personal Attacks
• Requesting, offering or trading sources for illegal substances
• Unnecessary flaming of a newbie
• Requesting or offering illegal substances
• Spamming

*Neutral Ratings should be left if this is a member’s first post

Note that giving negative rep to a newbie does not bring them closer to being able to edit their posts and correct their mistakes.

For example:

• A Newbie with just a couple posts should receive a warning for something like self incrimination or off topic posting.
• A Palladium or Gold member should receive a larger deduction of reputation for self incrimination or off topic posting.

Rating VS Posting VS Profile Message

Bearing in mind the above information, it should be pretty clear what should be posted in a post and what should be posted as rating, and what should be posted in a visitor message.
This section is to clarify any further questions.Post: Every thread has a certain topic, and all posts in that thread should be on topic. All posts should contain additional information, conflict of opinion, clarification, discussion, etc that is relevant. Any comments that are asking for clarification or adding input should also be put in a post.Rating: Every rep comment should evaluate the content of a post. This means that thanking for information, expressing gratitude for a good post, and complimenting on a good post should be in a rep comment. Also, rep comments should be notifying of dangerous information, or incorrect information, so long as the information is incorrect for sure. It is good to add a post explaining why the other post in incorrect in detail.

Profile message: If there is something you appreciate in a post, because it’s funny, humorous, interesting, friendly, or other, please continue this conversation through profile messages. You can go to the users profile and post a Message referring to a post, and take advantage of the social networking aspect of profiles on drugs forum.

WHAT IF I DISAGREE WITH A POST RATING I RECEIVED?

If you receive a post rating that you disagree with or believe is not valid, you can report it from your list of received ratings:

Simply click on the Report link below each one, and explain why you feel the post rating is unjust. Once the report is sent, it will be reviewed by staff. Note that this can take time, so please be patient… We will get back to you eventually. You will receive an alert of the final decision.

Anyway, thanks for reading. If you are unclear about something, or have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!