[Erowid Note: Our understanding of the literature is that there is no such thing as safe recreational use of volatile solvents, aerosols and other street inhalants : their psychoactive effects are inseparable from nerve and organ damage.
Chloroform
Limited data
Limited data
Sparse data. Doses and effects may be unreliable or untested.
- 2 corroborating sources
- no dose data
- duration data present
- PubChem toxicity data
- classified Tentative
Limited data
Sparse data. Doses and effects may be unreliable or untested.
- 2 corroborating sources
- no dose data
- duration data present
- PubChem toxicity data
- classified Tentative
Summary
A naturally occurring organic compound once used as an anaesthetic. Has practically disappeared in this usage due to numerous harmful effects including danger of sudden death through cardiac arrhythmia. Has been implicated in numerous murders.
Dose Information
No curated dose ladder is available for this substance. The figures below are drawn from SubstanceIndex (DoseWiki) as a fallback — often a conservative threshold only. Treat them as approximate and cross-reference before use.
Light
Common
Strong
Heavy
Onset, Duration & After-effects
Tolerance
Build-up
develops over 1–4 weeks of regular use
Reset
days to weeks depending on duration of use
Tolerance Decay
Full tolerance
3d
Half tolerance
8d
Baseline
~14d
Acute tolerance: develops within a single session — the reset numbers above apply after sustained heavy use, not after one binge. Within-session tachyphylaxis usually resets largely overnight.
Effects
Aggregated from 11 Erowid experience reports
Positive Effects 2
Sedation
27.3%
70%
Tactile Enhancement
27.3%
70%
Adverse Effects 1
Headache
45.5%
70%
Community Trip Reports
Anecdotal first-person accounts from Reddit, Erowid, and Bluelight. Click a source to expand. Reports are harm-reduction context, not medical guidance.
Erowid 8 reports 5 neutral 3 cautionary visit
I recently took a little bit of chloroform from the lab where I work to try it out. At night, I put a few milliliters on a tissue and put the tissue into a plastic bag, which I then breathed out of (I didn't want to put the chloroform soaked tissue directly against my skin in case I had an allergic reaction to it).
It had been about 3.5 months since I had used drugs of any kind, and since I had ready access to it, I figured I'd try some chloroform. Having watched movies and TV shows in which people are rendered unconscious instantly with a chloroform soaked rag, I was intrigued and figured I'd try some.
[Erowid Note: Our understanding of the literature is that there is no such thing as safe recreational use of volatile solvents, aerosols and other street inhalants : their psychoactive effects are inseparable from nerve and organ damage.
[Erowid Note: Our understanding of the literature is that there is no such thing as safe recreational use of volatile solvents, aerosols and other street inhalants : their psychoactive effects are inseparable from nerve and organ damage.
[Erowid Note: Our understanding of the literature is that there is no such thing as safe recreational use of volatile solvents, aerosols and other street inhalants : their psychoactive effects are inseparable from nerve and organ damage.
It has been five days since my last chlorofom binge. This is by far the best solvent that I have had the pleasure of huffing! :) I obtained some CHCL3 sometime ago, analytical grade.
[Erowid Note: Driving while intoxicated, tripping, or extremely sleep deprived is dangerous and irresponsible because it endangers other people. Don't do it! ] I had two experiences with chloroform which I wish to report. The first one was several months ago.
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