12-03-2019, 02:08 PM
A couple of years back a lot of pressed bars were coming out of the UK and shipped to the USA. They did contain real alprazolam. That operation got shut down. It left a lot of people on the darknet suddenly experiencing withdrawals. It was sad to see, but many people (some in their teens) had convinced themselves that by only using 2 or 3 times a week they wouldn't get addicted.
Now there are multiple people pressing bars, some of which look very real and others not so much. What is emerging is that many are pressed using research chemicals - flualprazolam being a common one. As you might guess from the name it isn't too dissimilar to alprazolam, although by many accounts it sounds like it's more prone to make people blackout (at stronger doses). The other RC that ends up in some bars is etizolam since that powder is still easily available in many places and cheap. It doesn't taste bitter like xanax, so sometimes a small amount of caffeine is added for taste.
I suppose the only "good news" is that most fake bars are being pressed with something roughly equivalent to the alprazolam people wanted. Of course that's still not great, as I think most people on this forum definitely want to know what they are taking. Besides which, if I wanted etizolam, I'd buy etizolam! Anyway, it seems moderately rare for nasty ingredients to be used, but there have been a few cases of antipsychotics being pressed in (not good).
I would use those cheap test kits, firstly to check there is no fent, and then a generic benzo test to ensure the presence of some benzo (whether it be alprazolam or a RC) rather than an antipsychotic. Those test kits are approx $1 each if you buy like 5 of them from ebay, or the big A-Z "bookshop". Especially when it comes to fent, it is a small price to pay.
Personally I stay away from bars because so many are fake and alprazolam is not my main medication.
Now there are multiple people pressing bars, some of which look very real and others not so much. What is emerging is that many are pressed using research chemicals - flualprazolam being a common one. As you might guess from the name it isn't too dissimilar to alprazolam, although by many accounts it sounds like it's more prone to make people blackout (at stronger doses). The other RC that ends up in some bars is etizolam since that powder is still easily available in many places and cheap. It doesn't taste bitter like xanax, so sometimes a small amount of caffeine is added for taste.
I suppose the only "good news" is that most fake bars are being pressed with something roughly equivalent to the alprazolam people wanted. Of course that's still not great, as I think most people on this forum definitely want to know what they are taking. Besides which, if I wanted etizolam, I'd buy etizolam! Anyway, it seems moderately rare for nasty ingredients to be used, but there have been a few cases of antipsychotics being pressed in (not good).
I would use those cheap test kits, firstly to check there is no fent, and then a generic benzo test to ensure the presence of some benzo (whether it be alprazolam or a RC) rather than an antipsychotic. Those test kits are approx $1 each if you buy like 5 of them from ebay, or the big A-Z "bookshop". Especially when it comes to fent, it is a small price to pay.
Personally I stay away from bars because so many are fake and alprazolam is not my main medication.