Hello mightywelsh,
Welcome to the Nexus,

. Thanks so much for that Introduction Essay - I really appreciated your humble attitude. I mean, please be yourself, but yeah, when dealing with what I heard Alex Grey call, "an industrial strength psychedelic," some caution is called for in my opinion.
Please take a good look around this place. Your hunger for knowledge should be at least somewhat sated here. The wiki has all the extraction teks and you should also see that a lot of research is going on here into things like plants and chemistry, education and harm reduction techniques. I certainly hope you will like what you see, and sure ask questions as they come up.
Again, glad you decided to sign up and welcome to the Nexus.
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