I know quite a few people in chinatown and I can probably get ma huang very easily. However, would it be possible to extract ephedrine from it directly? Would this ephedrine be useful for, say, studiyng or working?
ephedrine is a great drug. Effectually it's a mix between caffeine and an amphetamine. Although it is closer to amphetamine in it's effects it is mild and stimulating and is better compared to caffeine. It's like caffeine except instead of getting jittery you become focused, and your thoughts are clearer. Ephedra extraction is a slippery slope... but here is some info: also... I hope you aren't making yaba .
A simple acid/base. Ephedrine also steam distills (as the freebase). Yaba is a name for meth pills in asia somewhere.
Try just making a tea from Sida Cordifolia. Tastes good (especially with some blue lotus and honey) and is a great pick me up with far less work involved
I think Ephedrine is a terrible drug. It's extremely bad for your heart and virtually everything else, has an awful come-down and an awful craving for more (which I have never experienced with any other drug, and I've done adderall, heroin, and coke) and just makes me jittery (physically) and edgy. I think turning it into Methcathinone might be more worthwhile, but I've never done it. Turning it into Methamphetamine would be ideal. Then it'd be useful for getting things done or waking the fuck up when you need to be awake for something. Of course a lot of people are dumb and will get heavily addicted and ruin themselves with it, but I believe Meth can be quite useful.