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TRIPPIN' ON TUSSIN

Scientific Phrase: Dextromethorphan

DXM is a dissociative drug that has some similarities to hallucinogens but without the hallucination side affects. The predominant part of DXM is feeling disconnected from one's self. You typically feel as if you are somehow watching yourself. The dissociative substance has been described as interference of the transmission signals from parts of the brain, especially the senses of the conscious mind. The decrease of normal consciousness can allow one's self to self explore without the normal mental garbage that interferes with introspection. It also has side affects of panic or anxiety due to feeling one has lost himself. Differentiating the internal experience from what is happening externally to one's self often becomes difficult, leading to confusion between real and imagined, this can result in paranoia for some people, especially when there is a lot of external stimulation. Most people describe the experience as pleasant or euphoric. Other people describe it as intense anxiety, panic, and even paranoia. The negative mental effects are more common as the dose increases. Visual perception is altered, the ability to keep things in visual memory is also altered. Closing the eyes produces more intense visual effects. The ability to visualize things mentally, while the eyes are closed are increased. The perception of time is usually altered and time seems to slow down. Speaking can become difficult and you often have trouble forming words. Physical effects often include increased sweating, nausea, and vomiting. There are also effects of slower heart rate.

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Artemisia absinthium is a perennial plant. It grows to a height of approximately one to three feet. It flowers from summer to early fall. This plant is more commonly called wormwood. The most famous beverage made from wormwood is Absinthe. Absinthe is a highly alcoholic, distilled spirit that contains wormwood as a primary ingredient. An elaborate ritual surrounds the traditional serving of absinthe. water and sugar are mixed with absinthe to mask its flavor. The absinthe is poured into the glass first. special glasses with a small bubble in the bottom are traditionally used to help the pourer measure the amount of absinthe to be poured. Absinthe is poured until it reaches the top of the bubble. A specially slotted spoon, often resembling a pie server, is placed on the top of the glass. a single sugar cube is placed on the spoon. water is then poured over the sugar cube, through the slotted spoon. Everything is mixed together. There are psychoactive chemicals in absinthe called Thujones. There are many sources for wormwood. Here are some:
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This information came from a book called "Legally Stoned" by Todd A. Thies

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Amanita Muscaria: The divine mushroom

The Amanita Muscaria mushroom is native to North America and Europe, but it has spread to many other parts of the world. It has been ingested for its psychoactive properties for thousands of years. Here is some general information about this wonderful fungus:

Amanita Muscaria Basics

Amanita muscaria, also referred to as as the fly Amanitaor fly Agaric, is one of the most common psychoactive Amanita mushrooms. Unlike psilocybin "magic" mushrooms, which contain psylocybin/psylocin as the active compound, theFly Agaric contains two different compounds - ibotenic acid and muscimol - which bring about a completely different experience.

Amanita Muscaria's cap is usually deep red in colour with white spots and white gills. This mushroom is one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture - the archetypal "toadstool". As such, it is found in many places throughout the world; native to the boreal and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and unintentionally conveyed to many regions of the Southern Hemisphere. For more information on the cultural and historical uses of Amanita Muscaria, see our Amanita Muscaria History article.

Effects

Effects from fly Agaric can be many and varied. These include euphoria & feelings of wellbeing, mental clarity, physical relaxation & dream-like states, increased social interaction and some users even report enhanced sexual feelings. Amanita Muscaria would probably be considered more of a sedative and relaxant rather than a true hallucinogen, such as their illegal psylocybin-containing cousins.

Negative effects can include the nausea/cramps usually associated with many other hallucinogenic plants, increased sweating, muscle twitching and delerium at high doses.

The experience has been described by some people as being in three stages. The first stage describes the nausea and other effects on the body. The second is when the sedative and relaxing effects are felt before stage three; the active psychedelic experience.

Dose

The correct dose for dried Amanita Muscaria is between 3-10g of dried mushroom. This will depend on the person and on the potency of the mushroom itself. The latter can vary depending on regional variation and season. As with all drugs, start out with a low dose and increase if necessary.

Chemistry

Fresh fly Agaric contains two compounds: muscimol and ibotenic acid. During the drying process, the latter transforms into the more potent former. Muscimol affects the GABA system of the brain, associated with relaxation, anti-anxiety and anti-convulsive effects. Another compound, muscarine, which has been linked with some of the negative side effects (such as increased sweating), is also present in smaller quantities.

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The Drug War- A waste of time.

NEW YORK -- The global war on drugs has failed and governments should explore legalizing marijuana and other controlled substances, according to a commission that includes former heads of state, a former U.N. secretary-general and a business mogul.

A new report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy argues that the decades-old "global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world." The 24-page paper will be released Thursday.

"Political leaders and public figures should have the courage to articulate publicly what many of them acknowledge privately: that the evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that repressive strategies will not solve the drug problem, and that the war on drugs has not, and cannot, be won," the report said.

The 19-member commission includes former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former U.S. official George P. Schultz, who held cabinet posts under U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. Others include former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, former presidents of Mexico, Brazil and Colombia, writers Carlos Fuentes and Mario Vargas Llosa, U.K. business mogul Richard Branson and the current prime minister of Greece.

Instead of punishing users who the report says "do no harm to others," the commission argues that governments should end criminalization of drug use, experiment with legal models that would undermine organized crime syndicates and offer health and treatment services for drug-users in need.

The commission called for drug policies based on methods empirically proven to reduce crime, lead to better health and promote economic and social development.

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The commission is especially critical of the United States, which its members say must lead changing its anti-drug policies from being guided by anti-crime approaches to ones rooted in healthcare and human rights.

"We hope this country (the U.S.) at least starts to think there are alternatives," former Colombian president Cesar Gaviria told The Associated Press by phone. "We don't see the U.S. evolving in a way that is complatible with our (countries') long-term interests."

The office of White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske said the report was misguided.

"Drug addiction is a disease that can be successfully prevented and treated. Making drugs more available – as this report suggests – will make it harder to keep our communities healthy and safe," Office of National Drug Control Policy spokesman Rafael Lemaitre said.

That office cites statistics showing declines in U.S. drug use compared to 30 years ago, along with a more recent 46 percent drop in current cocaine use among young adults over the last five years.

The report cited U.N. estimates that opiate use increased 34.5 percent worldwide and cocaine 27 percent from 1998 to 2008, while the use of cannabis, or marijuana, was up 8.5 percent.

Lets start with good old marijuana!!

Here are some myths about marijuana:

Myth #1: Marijuana use has been scientifically proven to be really harmful.

• Fact #1 In 1972, after reviewing the scientific evidence, the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse concluded that while marijuana is not entirely safe, its dangers had been grossly overstated.
• Fact #2 In 1995, based on thirty years of scientific research, editors of the British journal Lancet (the British equivalent of New England Journal of Medicine) concluded that "the smoking of cannabis, even long term, is not harmful to health."

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Myth #2: Marijuana has no medicinal value.

• Fact #1 Marijuana has been shown to be effective in reducing nausea induced by cancer chemotherapy, stimulating appetite in AIDS patients, and reducing intraocular pressure in people with glaucoma.

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Myth #3: Marijuana use by kids is OK.

• Fact #1 Marijuana use by kids, like alcohol and tobacco, is not OK. Its use is illegal, and the effect of marijuana on kids in their developmental stage has not been studied. Common sense tells us that marijuana use by kids is not a good idea.
• Fact #2 Marijuana use by kids, coupled with other drug use and behavioral problems, can be a sign that a child needs professional attention.
• Fact #3 90% of kids who try marijuana don't go on to use other drugs, and do not continue to use marijuana.

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Myth #4: Marijuana is highly addictive.

• Fact #1 Most people who smoke marijuana smoke it only occasionally. A small minority of Americans --less than one percent - smoke marijuana on a daily or near-daily basis. An even smaller minority develops dependence on marijuana. Marijuana is not physically addictive.

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Myth #5: Marijuana leads to harder drugs (the "gateway theory").

• Fact #1 Over 70 million people have tried marijuana. Most marijuana users never use any other illegal drug. Indeed, for the vast majority of people, marijuana is the last drug they try, not a "gateway" to other drugs. If it were a gateway drug and if it were so addictive, we would have more than 3 million heroin and cocaine addicts in the U.S.
• Fact #2 Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug in the United States today. Therefore, people who have used less popular drugs such as heroin, cocaine and LSD are likely to have also tried marijuana.

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Myth #6: Marijuana impairs memory and cognition.

• Fact #1 Marijuana produces immediate, temporary changes in thoughts, perceptions, and information processing. The cognitive process most clearly affected by marijuana is short-term memory. In laboratory studies, subjects under the influence of marijuana have no trouble remembering things they learned previously. However, they display diminished capacity to learn and recall new information. This diminishment only lasts for the duration of intoxication.

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Myth #7: Marijuana causes crime. Under the influence of marijuana, people become irrational, aggressive, and violent.

• Fact #1 Every serious scholar and government commission examining the relationship between marijuana use and crime has reached the same conclusion: Marijuana does not cause crime. The vast majority of marijuana users do not commit crimes. Almost all human and animal studies show that marijuana decreases aggression.

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Myth #8: Marijuana can cause infertility and retards sexual development in adolescents.

• Fact #1 There is NO evidence that marijuana causes infertility in men or women. Most studies of humans have found that marijuana has no impact on sex hormones. In those studies showing an impact, it is modest, temporary, and of no apparent consequence for reproduction.
• Fact #2 There is NO scientific evidence that marijuana delays adolescent sexual development, has a feminizing effect on males, or a masculinizing effect on females.

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Myth #9: Marijuana is more damaging to the lungs than tobacco.

• Fact #1 Moderate smoking of marijuana appears to pose minimal danger to the lungs.

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Myth #10: Marijuana use is a major cause of highway accidents.

• Fact #1 There is no compelling evidence that marijuana contributes substantially to traffic accidents and fatalities. In driving studies, marijuana produces little or no car-handling impairment - consistently less than that produced by low to moderate doses of alcohol and many legal medications.
• Fact #2 People should not drive while under the influence of marijuana. At some doses, marijuana affects perceptions and psychomotor performance.

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Myth #11: Marijuana-related hospital emergencies are increasing, particularly among youth.

• Fact #1 There is no lethal dose of marijuana. You cannot die from "binge smoking" like you can from binge drinking.
• Fact #2 The number of people in hospital emergency rooms who say they have used marijuana has increased. This does not mean that people come to the emergency room because of marijuana. Many more teenagers use marijuana than hard drugs like heroin and cocaine. As a result, when teenagers visit hospital emergency rooms, they report marijuana much more frequently than they report heroin or cocaine.
• Fact #3 In 1994, fewer than 2 percent of drug-related emergency room visits involved the use of marijuana alone.

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Myth #12: Marijuana is more potent today than in the past.

• Fact #1 Marijuana is the same drug it has always been.
• Fact #2 Potency data from the early 1980s do not show an increase in the average THC content of marijuana.

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Myth #13: Marijuana use can be prevented.

• Fact #1 There is no evidence that spending billions of dollars over the past 20 years for anti-drug messages has diminished young people's interest in trying marijuana.
• Fact #2 For most age groups, rates of marijuana use in the Netherlands are similar to those in the United States. However, for young adolescents, rates of marijuana use are LOWER in the Netherlands than in the United States. 

I've been a medical marijuana patient for 3 years now and have not had any negative side effects from it. There are many uses for it. I use it for a seizure dissorder and chronic pain. Not only does it help many people with debilitating illnesses it provides a pleasant and euphoric high for those who are suffering. This post is just one of many on the subject of marijuana. Please feel free to post your thoughts on this subject.

 This information was gathered from another site. I will publish mostly original content but will also borrow information from other sources on occasion.