Editing Erowid (section)

== History ==
Erowid was founded in April 1995 as a small business; their website appeared six months later.<ref>{{citation |last=Erowid |first=Fire |url=https://erowid.org/general/about/about_article5.shtml |title=Erowid F. "Erowid: 10 Years of History." Erowid Extracts. Jun 2005;8:12-14 |publisher=Erowid.org |access-date=2010-02-08 |archive-date=2020-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518210518/https://erowid.org/general/about/about_article5.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The name "Erowid" was chosen to reflect the organization's stated philosophy of education. Using [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] linguistic roots, "Erowid" roughly translates into "Earth Wisdom" ([[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁er-|*''h₁er-'']], [[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weyd-|*''weyd-'']]).<ref name=trip>Emily Witt. [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/the-trip-planners "The trip planners."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503190502/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/the-trip-planners |date=2020-05-03 }} ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]].'' 23 November 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-05.</ref>

In 2005, the [[501(c)(3)]] non-profit educational organization, "Erowid Center", was formed.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/20-3256212/erowid-center.aspx |title=Guidestar Entry |publisher=Guidestar |access-date=2012-07-05 |archive-date=2013-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211212533/http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/20-3256212/erowid-center.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> The organization is supported by donations, and its [[website]] is free of advertisements. Although its primary focus is on the website, Erowid Center also provides research and data for other [[harm reduction]], health, and [[education]]al organizations. The organization is based in [[Northern California]].<ref>{{citation|url=https://erowid.org/general/about/about_faq.shtml#located|title=Where is Erowid located?|access-date=2013-04-07|archive-date=2020-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518012550/https://www.erowid.org/general/about/about_faq.shtml#located|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fire Erowid and Earth Erowid are the [[sobriquet]]s of the two creators of the site. Both work full-time on the project, along with speaking at conferences, producing original research, and contributing to [[entheogen]]ic research.<ref name="trip"/> According to the site, the creators' vision includes a "world where people treat psychoactives with respect and awareness; where people work together to collect and share knowledge in ways that strengthen their understanding of themselves, and provide insight into the complex choices faced by individuals and societies alike."<ref name="AboutErowid">{{cite web |title=About Erowid: Mision, Vision, and Crew |url=https://erowid.org/general/about/ |website=Erowid.org |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=25 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825103602/https://www.erowid.org/general/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Erowid Center's mission is to provide and facilitate access to objective, accurate, and non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants, chemicals, technologies, and related issues.<ref name="real">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9M2qN8Oi4AcC&q=real+drugs+virtual+world |title=Real Drugs in a Virtual World: Drug Discourse and Community Online |publisher=Lexington Books |date=2007 |access-date=June 24, 2022 |isbn=9780739114551 |last1=Murguía |first1=Edward |last2=Tackett-Gibson |first2=Melissa |last3=Lessem |first3=Ann |archive-date=July 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712225714/https://books.google.com/books?id=9M2qN8Oi4AcC&q=real+drugs+virtual+world |url-status=live }}</ref> According to one study, "Erowid is a trusted resource for drug information—both positive and negative,"<ref name="real" /> and Erowid has been extensively cited worldwide by book authors,<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.springer.com/medicine/forensic/book/978-1-934115-06-0 |vauthors=Khan JI, Kennedy TJ, Christian DR |title=Basic Principles of Forensic Chemistry |publisher=Springer.com |year=2012 |access-date=2012-05-31 |isbn=9781934115060 |archive-date=2012-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112070155/http://www.springer.com/medicine/forensic/book/978-1-934115-06-0 |url-status=live }}</ref> scientific and medical journals,<ref>{{citation |author=Corazza O. |s2cid=29318833 |title=Phenomenon of new drugs on the Internet: the case of ketamine derivative methoxetamine |journal = Human Psychopharmacology|pages=145–9 |volume=27 |issue=2 |date=2012-03-05 |doi=10.1002/hup.1242 |pmid=22389078|display-authors=etal|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{citation |author1=Ambrose J.B. |author2=Bennett H.D. |author3=Lee H.S. |author4=Josephson S.A. |title=Cerebral vasculopathy after 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine ingestion |journal=The Neurologist |doi=10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181a3cb53 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=199–202 |date=May 2010 |pmid=20445431|s2cid=35035721 }}</ref> newspapers,<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/movies/hamilton-morriss-web-series-hamiltons-pharmacopeia.html?_r=1 |author=Simonini, R. |title=A Psychonaut's Adventures in Videoland |page=AR17 |work=The New York Times |date=2012-02-12 |access-date=2012-05-31 |archive-date=2018-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917020235/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/movies/hamilton-morriss-web-series-hamiltons-pharmacopeia.html?_r=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{citation |author=Valerie Vande Panne |url=https://thephoenix.com/Boston/life/107572-higher-education-how-to-do-drugs-in-boston/ |title=Higher education: How to do drugs in Boston |publisher=Thephoenix.com |date=2010-09-01 |access-date=2012-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204053928/http://thephoenix.com/boston/life/107572-higher-education-how-to-do-drugs-in-boston |archive-date=2012-02-04 }}</ref> magazines,<ref>Piore, A. 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