2C-B is usually taken in either powder or tablet form, with low doses ranging from 5-10mg, a medium dose of 10-25mg, and a high dose being 25-40mg. The onset is roughly about 45 minutes, with effects lasting for around 2-4 hours, and a relatively mild comedown lasting around 2 hours, although obviously there might be some after-effects depending on how much sleep you’ve had after your experience. A low dose might give you some subtle visuals as well as an increase in empathy with others, but when you start to get into the medium dose range, then things get a bit more interesting, especially with visuals looking more textured and things generally being quite funny.
I’ve never taken more than 25mg, as I was always aware that this could potentially lead to a rather intense psychedelic experience that might turn into dysphoria. I’ve also known people to insufflate (snort) the powdered 2C-B, which in theory provides a much stronger experience (especially in a visual sense) but is also supposedly extremely painful, with a friend of mine once describing it as having a “red hot screwdriver shoved up your nose” – although supposedly this pain subsides over a relatively short period of time and is replaced by a huge wave of euphoria.
There have been limited human studies on the effects of the drug; however, some research has suggested that it can create a euphoric feeling, with a constellation of psychedelic-like effects similar to those associated with serotonin-acting drugs like MDMA or LSD.
Many people seem to report these euphoric effects, with Redditor ‘AluminumOrangutan’ stating:
It differs a little from person to person, but most people experience at least some of the following. There’s often some mood enhancement, but not nearly as intense as MDMA’s euphoria. For me personally, it feels like a weaker version of MDMA’s euphoria and loving feeling. Sensory enhancement, e.g. lights look prettier, music sounds better, touch feels more intense. Like other psychedelics, it does help you be more present in the moment and lowers your psychological barriers. On higher oral doses or on moderate snorted doses, you may experience closed eye visuals, synesthesia, and time dilation.
Another study that looked at the acute emotional effects of 2C-B has shown that it can increase a sense of openness, enhance prosocial behaviour, allow for greater introspection, and elevate sensory perception, which we might think of collectively as having a positive effect on mood. However, this substance doesn’t seem to have the same level of positive effects regarding the perception of faces compared to something like MDMA, which would suggest it doesn’t necessarily have the same kind of empathogenic qualities. I have personally enjoyed myself around other people while tripping on 2C-B, but it just allows me to sit back and enjoy everything that’s going on, rather than necessarily being involved in social interaction in the same way that I would be on something like MDMA or LSD. This isn’t necessarily always a positive thing as I’m quite a hyper sociable person, but it does provide a different kind of experience that certainly has its time and place, especially if the situation is more like a rave or gig, rather than a house party involving close-up social interactions.
I always used to refer to it as “backseat tripping”, where I felt like I didn’t have to involve myself in the same way as other psychedelics, because there always felt like less potential for a negative experience to occur. There was a fondness for this kind of experience as myself and others had probably ventured out quite far with classic psychedelics, and 2C-B almost provided some kind of light relief, where things would never get too intense and the visuals would always be quite soft and melty, almost cartoonish in a way, like being in a movie about someone tripping.
The visuals I’ve had on something like LSD in comparison are more structured and patterned, almost as if there’s some intrinsic meaning to the patterns, where I have felt like I’ve uncovered some kind of code within the deeper layers of reality. 2C-B on the other hand, has never given me any kind of visuals which would imply some deeper, more profound sense of understanding about the nature of reality – they were just fun and “trippy” in a rather vague sense, but still thoroughly enjoyable and almost quite playful, which I think is the general feeling I get with 2C-B.
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