Feds Close Psychedelic Lab in Upstate New York
December 1st, 2008 by Perry
Federal Narcotics officers arrested four in Buffalo in connection with a DMT lab. It’s rare that such a lab is found, and a regional narcotics enforcement officer said it was only the third such lab ever found in New York.
Dale Kasprzyk, a Buffalo supervisor of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, described the drug as a growing problem, part of an emerging trend, but the naturally produced, synthetically reproduced hallucinogenic drug has been around on the streets for decades.
NOTE: For those unfamiliar with DMT, an explanation of its effects and uses can be found here. If the effects of DMT persist to peak your interest, Joe Rogan appeared on a SIRIUS radio show (hosted by Jim Breuer) a few years back describing his own personal experiences with DMT, in a way only Joe could.
Salvia Horror Stories Assist Lead to Ban, Maybe
November 11th, 2008 by Perry
With the growing popularity of the plant’s usage, inevitably there is also the occasional Salvia horror story, this one in particular told in pretty startling detail.
The biggest concern, as with any psychedelic drug, is in users who have a history of mental illness. Even more worrisome for those individuals is if they are “dosed” with the drug, which is to say they took the drug unknowingly.
Salvia, which has been used in Oaxaca for generations as a mild hallucinogenic, can have much more serious side effects including mild to severe schizophrenia for those with a genetic predisposition.
Drug Dealing May Be World’s Second Oldest Profession
October 20th, 2008 by Perry
Avoiding as many Stone Age puns as I can, archaeologists found equipment used to prepare hallucinogenic drugs for sniffing, and dated them back to prehistoric South American tribes.
The discovery was located in the Carribean Islands and are thought to be made in South America circa 400-200 B.C., and then carried 400 miles to the islands where they were primarily used for ritualistic purposes.
They found ceramic bowls, as well as tubes for inhaling drug fumes or powders, which appear to have originated in South America between 100BC and 400BC and were then carried 400 miles to the islands.
Scientists believe that the drug being used was cohoba, a hallucinogen made from the beans of a mimosa species. Drugs such as cannabis were not found in the Caribbean then.
Opiates can be obtained from species such as poppies, while fungi, which was widespread, may also have been used.Archeologists have suggested that humans were extracting mind-expanding drugs from mescal beans and peyote cacti as far back as 5,000 years ago, but have not found direct evidence that this is true.
Which drugs were used is still under speculation, but scientists have reasoned guesses based on the agriculture available to the farmers.
