I was surfing Wikipedia and came across a list of all of the psychedelic tryptamines, and I was surprised to see a novel molecule I'd never come across before called Ethocybin.

It is a homologue of the alkaloid psilocybin that we all know and love that is metabolized into a psychoactive serotonin analogue called ethocin, just like psilocybin gets turned into psilocin. It was isolated by Albert Hoffman soon after he found psilocybin and psilocin.

The experience is (supposedly) very similar in character to psilocybin, but lasts only 2-4 hours (a plus, in my book).

It's legal in the US (although the Federal Analogue Act makes that sketchy), has a short duration, and apparently closely mimics popular (illegal) psychedelics. I feel like it would be way more widely used then it is, but there is really nothing out there about it. Not on the Nexus Wiki, no Erowid Vault, nothing.

Has anyone had any experiences with this? Is there some reason it's not as popular as I imagined it would be?

Here's the wiki entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethocybin

"It was isolated by Albert Hoffman soon after he found psilocybin and psilocin."

It was synthesized by Hoffman, but not isolated from the mushrooms.

It's not really anything new..it's been around for some time and is known about in the psych community and used. It is interesting. Guess I am old fashioned though..I feel much better sticking with the mushroom spirits.