I wanted to write about my experience as when I came back from Amsterdam I did a bit of research on the legal highs I had taken and there was no information or reviews what so ever. I truly believe people need to know about it. I had never touched legal highs before till the night of the 28th March 2015 where I attended the Drum N Bass event Innovation in the Dam which believe me was fucking incredible. Me and my friends arrived and had got the vodka ready, the weed ready but not the party drugs. Out there we made a strong decision not to buy off the streets as white heroin was being sold to tourists as cocaine and quite frankly I was not ready to die.
So we went to one of Amsterdam's Legal high shops. I can't remember exactly what it was called but it did have a giant Mushroom outside of it of course. I went round and had a browse at all the "legal" drugs. There was so many to choose from. Instead of picking myself I asked the man behind the counter for advise. This guy clearly knew what he was talking about. You could see it in the way he spoke and looked. Poor man. Anyway, I told him about the rave and what I was use to taking back in the UK. The man offered me a little tube with a random sticker over it covering the label. He said it was a form of liquid Ecstasy a little similar to the illegal drug MDMA. He explained it would not make you trip out but would give you lots of energy...As I'm use to this I asked for something else which would do make me trip. He then offered me Psychedelic pills called E happy caps. They came with 5 in a pack and he said to take two to get the full effect. He also said the liquid Ecstasy could be taken all at once if you wanted the MDMA coming up rush effect or you could spread it out through out the night. I then asked them could the legal highs be mixed. His reply was not or no nor a yes. He simply replied with: I have never taken them together but it could be amazing...so, I was happy! I had my drugs which were legal and safe and in the back of my mind I thought, what if these are shit as there legal..? boy, was I wrong...
We began the night buy getting ready in our hotel drinking Vodka. I never normally drink and mix drugs but I was on holiday and thought why the hell not. Just before we left for the rave I downed my liquid Ecstasy in one gulp as back home I'm use to large quantities of MDMA bombs. We got to the rave about 10.30/11PM. An hour later at the rave I was feeling good. I knew something was happening but I mainly just felt happiness and very energetic. We decided to get water and I also got a beer to go with it. Joints were being passed around the rave and in the smoking area like there was no tomorrow so I clearly smoked a bit too. After all it is legal isn't it? It was now 3am, I thought to myself: This rave is on till 7 and I'm not gonna last. I then remembered I had 5 Psychedelic pills in the pouch of my underwear so I decide to take 2. Everything seemed fine, the music was poppin, my friends were all happy and I was tripping beautifully....
Then Bam, I'm in a fucking fish bowl... Yes, I thought I was a fish swimming amongst other fish. I kinda thought this was incredible to be honest! Then BAM....The music starts to fade out and I hear nothing. Nothing but the sound of my friends asking if I was okay. The scenery completely changed. Imagine spinning a world globe very very fast... so take that image and put me in the middle of the dance floor with the rest of the room spinning around me. I had to keep so still as objects, people, words, numbers, shapes etc started to fly past me. It was like my whole life and past experiences I had were flying past me. Believe it or not I even seen my best friend who wasn't even in Amsterdam. This might sound like the best trip ever but believe me it changes...Ashley my best friend came up to me but I could only see him when he was really close to my face. He asked me if I was okay as my eyes were rolling in my head and it looked like I was about to topple over. This never happens to me. I'm normally a pro. seriously. My breathing then begins to start going in a different rhythm. I wasn't sure how to breath anymore. It felt like my heart was expanding and my lungs were filling up with water or air. Can't say I've felt that before. I didn't want to scare my friends so I acted as If i was okay. Although at this point I couldn't even see where I was anymore.
From standing in a packed out rave it then turned into an underground dirty skate park. People started to disappear and all I could see was skateboarders and BMX'rs flying past me. I decided to take a step as it might make me come out of this crazy trip. But no, everytime I took a step a barrier would appear infront of me so I thought I was trapped. So I turned around to walk the other way but once again a barrier was there. I could even hold and feel it.
To be continued,
