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- Information from:
- Psychedlic chemistry,
- By Michael Valentine Smith,
- Loompanics Unlimited,
- Port Townsend, Washington.
- Pages 163 - 167.
-
- Loompanics Unlimited, PO Box 1197, P.Townsend, WA 98368.
-
-
- MISCELLANEOUS PSYCHEDELICS
-
- Mexican Mint
- Leaves of the Mexican mint family (Saliva divornum) are chewed
- by some Mexican Indians for their Hallucinogenic properties. Nurseries and seed
- companies sell various species. Saliva divonorum is cultivated by the
- Mazatecs of Oaxaca, Mexico and seems not to grow wild. They use the juice from
- about 60 leaves.
-
- Catnip
- Smoking leaves of Catnip (Nepeta cataria) produces only mild effects in
- man.Freshly pickled leaves are probably more potent. Seeds seem to be readily
- available.
-
- Nitrous Oxide
- The laughing gas trip is very interesting, but very short
- (a few minutes). Since breathing N2O for longer periods will produce
- anoxia, mixtures containing 20% oxygen and up to 80% N2O can be breathed
- for longer periods. DO not breath gas directly from a tank as it can freeze
- your lungs. N2O can be produced by heating ammonium nitrate at 240 degrees
- until gas evolution ceases (The gas should leave the flask through a tube
- passing successively through a water trap and a water filled bottle, before
- collection in a plastic bag.)
- Alternatively, N2O is present in the bulbs used in whippped cream dispensers.
-
- Rat Root
- The root of the plant Acorus Calamus (also called flag root
- and sweet calomel), grows over much of the world, is chewed by the cree indians
- of Canada to produce psychedelic effects.Active compound asarone - a precursor
- on an hallucinogenic amphetamine.
-
- Ibogaine
- Active constituent of the plant Tabernanthe Iboga, used by
- African Natives.
-
- Kava kava
- Plant Piper Methysticum extracts have been used in Polynesia for thousands
- of years, and Piper Plantagiveum is similarly used in Mexico and the
- Caribbean. Produce a sleepy, relaxed feeling with eventual difficulty in
- walking. About 3 grams is neccessary
-
- Heimia
- Leaves of various kinds of Heimia species found in the
- highlands of Central and South America. Hallucinations are mainly
- auditory. Active compound cryogenine.
-
- Betel Nut
- The nut of a palm tree chewed by millions of asians with the leaves
- also of Piper betel to produce mild stimulatory effects. Arecolin and
- arecaidinen are among the active constituents.
-
- Canary Weed
- Blosoms (mainly) of Genista Canariens and probably the related
- genus Cytisus give a mild psychedelic effect when smoked. Plants are
- available at many nurseries.
-
- Club Moss
- Lycopodium gnidiodes is said to be similar to Marijuana when smoked.
- Some members of the genus Myrothamnus are also active.
-
- Nutmeg
- About 75 gramms taken in milk (25 gramms per glass, skull it) will
- produce in about 3 hours some interesting effects, including visual
- hallucinations. Active costituents similar to mescaline and amphetamines.
- Available at any grocery store at a cost of about 80 cents for 50 gramms.
-
- Mimosa
- Roots of the sensitive plants of the genus mimosa are
- known to contain DMT.
-
- Phenothiazines
- Some phenothiazine derivatives (tranquilizers) can be hallucinogenic
- at high doses. eg imipramine (Tofranil) at oral dose of about 1 g and Parsidol at 100 mg.
-
- PCP
- Not recomended as has tendency to produce bummers. Sold as Angel dust,
- Sernyl, Phencyclidine. Has been used as an animal tranquiliser and general
- anaesthetic for human surgery.Produces no visual effects, a tendency to fear and
- anxiety. Trip is short (2 hours), at about 10 mg.
-
- Antiparkinson Drugs
- eg Benactyzine can be hallucinogenic at higher doses, but because of there
- simularity to glycolate esters, they should be avoided.
-
- Ditran and other glycolate esters
- Usually complete amnesia for all but the early portion of the experience
- However, judicious use of small quantities may provide a seperate reality
- unattainable by any other means. Best classified as simple delirium.
-
- Belladonna
- Hysoscyamine is the active constituent of the shrub Atropa belladonna
- and of jimson weed (Datura stramonium). Related drug scopolamine occurs in various
- plants such as henbane (Hyoscyamus niger). These compounds found in many non
- prescreption cold remedies, motion sickness tablets, etc. Produce excitation,
- dry mouth, increased heart rate, etc.( Can be lethal if use heaps too much.), and
- later hallucinations. The trip is very heavy, people often being delerious
- for long periods, unable to tell real from imaginary; carrying on imaginary
- conversations, smoking non-existent ciggarettes, etc. Not recommended as have
- a strong tendencie to make you delerious and totally spaced out..
-
-
- MTQ
- Also known as wallbangers , this drug is sometimes fatal(especially when used
- with alcohol) and best left alone.
-
- Ketamine
- Snorting ketamine gives brief but bizzare effects.
-
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- Also, I included this for your interest:
-
-
- From: The Sydney Morning Herald
- Date: Monday August 17 1992
-
-
-
- THE DECRIMINALISATION OF MARIJUANA
-
- We wish to support the views expressed by Mr John Marsden (Herald, August 10)
- concerning the "decriminalisation" of marijuana. We would like to make
- several brief comments on this issue. [John Marsden is president of the NSW
- Law Society]
-
- 1. The major concern with the use of any drug is the potential that the drug
- has to cause harm. Although marijuana is certainly not a perfectly harmless
- drug(no drug is!), it is our considered view, based on laboratory and clinical
- literature, that it is, indeed, less dangerous than alcohol.
-
- 2. Marijuana has been the most widely used of the illegal drugs in this
- country for at least the last 25 years. However over this time, the proportion
- of this using population who have sought or required treatment for marijuana-
- related problems has been very small. Certainly they have been far less
- numerous than those from the smaller population of users of other illegal drugs
- who have sought or required treatment.
- It is also strongly arguable that, in proportion to the number of users,
- there are still fewer casualties to marijuana use then there are to alcohol
- use.
-
- 3. In those places where a policy of decriminalisation has been introduced
- (eg. South Australia), there has been no evidence of an increase in the use
- of the drug or in the number requiring treatment for marijuana-related
- problems.
-
- 4. The social costs associated with the treatment of marijuana-related
- illness cannot be seen to be a cause for concern and these are dwarfed in
- comparison with those associated with alcohol or tobacco.
-
- 5. On the other hand, the financial costs to the State for the enforcement of
- the present marijuana laws(both policing and court costs) appear to us to be
- not only very high, but without justification.
-
- (Dr) G. B. Chesher
- (Dr) M. J. Christie
- Department of Pharmacology,
- The University of Sydney,
- Sydney.
-
- [MBG - n.b. Mac Christie is one of my lecturers in Pharmacology. ;-)]
- --
- Curse you yogurt! You have brought me to a condition where only death
- offers solace! A solace that is denied.
-
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