Hi mattskie,
Welcome to the Nexus. Yes, you may post anywhere in the Welcome Area right now and may view all areas of the Forum when logged on. The Suppliers section is very good though I'll confess you need an hour or two to give it the justice it deserves. You can also come into the chat room and discuss MHRB supplier issues with participants. I generally recommend finding a provider within country if at all possible. For example, if you reside in USA, try to find a supplier that ships from within USA borders so as to avoid potential customs issues.
The other issue is greed. Just don't get greedy. Don't order some obscene amount. Back when I had money I never ordered more than 1 kg at a time. I never had any real problems.
If you are super paranoid maybe order the MHRB first before acquiring anything else - plausible deniability that you wanted it for dye purposes . . . . Again, keeping quantities low, watching numbers of orders (e.g. never ordering lye from the same provider within an 18 month period, etc.), doing brick-and-mortar & cash-and-carry transactions whenever possible, as well as attempting to maintain a modicum of general discreteness has so far stood me in good stead.
The wiki link in the upper right hand corner of the Forum pages has many teks, though you said you had already decided on one.
If you have a moment and any desire to tell us a bit more about yourself, I am confident it would be appreciated. For example, do you have any other psychedelic experience than the smoked DMT dose 5 years ago? Things like that.
Don't hesitate to post any question as they come up. And again, welcome.
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