My bro wants to make psychedelics, what should he major in?

My bro just told me that he had a realization that he wants to be able to make psychedelics in the future, which is good news to me since that would mean that I don't have to rely on RC vendors in the future! So what should he switch his major to? I'm thinking biochemistry.......that is what Alexander Shulgin majored in. Would he be able to make psychedelics with a bachelors in biochem?

 

It's not like you get a major and then get a golden key to the supply closet!!

Chemistry might be a good start.

hehehe

 

organic chemistry. but as was mentioned, having the knowhow is only part of it. these days its a lot tougher to get a private lab set up without attracting unwanted attention and suspicion, and if you use anything other than a personal, private lab then there are still huge risks to be taking.

an easier alternative is learning to grow mushrooms and cacti, learning to extract mescaline and DMT and such from legal sources, things of this nature.

 

i think chemical engineer, its like where you test and make drugs

 

Anything with 'Chem' somewhere in it =P

 

usually people take organic chem to make drugs, but that's only what' i've heard on this site and other ones, so maybe look into the courses and choose from there.

 

organic chemistry deals with all organic chemicals, their structure, synthesis, characteristics, etc., afaik.

virtually all (not all, but virtually) active drugs are alkaloids, which are by default organic chemicals. alkaloids must also include nitrogen, as well, but they fall under the larger grouping of organic chemicals.

organic chemistry, as far as i understand, is a bit more complex and advanced than your basic chemistry classes, and majoring in organic chemistry is your best bet for understanding how it all works.

 

biochemistry, to my understanding, primarily deals with endogenous substances...bio=life

it deals with the chemistry of living beings.

pharmacology deals with the effects of exogenous (not occuring withing the body) chemicals

psychopharmacology is similar, dealing primarily in psychoactive substances.

organic chemistry, however, deals with the actual chemicals, their makeup, their properties, etc. biochemistry is more specialized, but organic chemistry will lay down the base knowledge for your understanding of the chemicals themselves, what it all means, the procedures and methods of synthesis, etc. if you're just looking to learn to follow directions for a synthesis and have to knowledge and skill to do so, organic chemistry will establish this for you as long as you have an aptitude for it.