Individuals have not been able to buy any reagents from lab supply houses for a few years now, courtesy of the DEA. So amateur chemistry is dead as a hobby in the US. Even for guys who want to do perfectly legal stuff, like play with batteries or heat storage.

Anyway, based on my experiences as a youth, all the really fun stuff has an indole ring in it, like psilocybin and DMT. And anybody can make those with stuff they can order on the internet.

Just a fun fact: You can start an MDMA synthesis with black pepper from Costco. It's all the in between stuff that's impossible to get.

Anyway, can't you just buy that stuff at raves? No raves now, I suppose, but wouldn't an MDMA trip sitting home alone be really sad?