Quote:I'm curious - harmine is so cheap (and legal) to buy, why extract?
Hmmmm... My take on it : I rather enjoy extracting first of all, i find it fulfiling and interesting.Then,there is always the little idealist in me: we already are knee-deep in "buying", some people even subconsciously define themselves as "I Buy,therefore i Am"

.Look around you how many of the things you have are bought: now if you show your shoes and clothes,grow your food and make your own furniture (no,not from Ikea( , i pass

.So i try not buying if something i can do myself quite good.For the same reason i also plant the peganum harmala plant, so i will not have to go back to buying from a vendor. As an extra point, its ...an illusion thinking that all those plants and substances will be forever and ever available to you from a vendor.
As an extra security measure of sorts, its more secure (read:invisible) to extract your own rather than have "weird powders" arriving through mail.
By no means i say people shouldnt buy: The motto is "Do what you want,as long as noone is harmed"(hmm does that include yourself also?

) .