*** Legal Highs *** re-typed by: Coroner The following are excerpts from the book "Legal Highs". All drugs listed are 100% legal to possess and buy, HOWEVER any use of these herbs for psychotropic purposes is against federal law. The dosage, effects, contraindictions (harmful side-effects), and suppliers are listed here. In writing this file I have chosen not to list the more harmful drugs listed in the book, as experimentation with these by amateurs could easily lead to death. If you're a REAL BIG drug-drug head or are just really interested in the subject, then I suggest you get a copy of the book. It may be hard to find, but is well worth the search. Here we go... Supplier abbreviations used herein --- AHD - A. Hugh Dial, 7685 Deer Trail, Yucca Valley, CA B - W. Atlee Burpee Seed Co., 6450 Rutland, Riverside, CA & 18th & Hunting Park., Philadelphia, PA & 615 N. 2nd, Clinton Iowa FM - Ferry-Morse Seed Co., 111 Ferry-Morse Way, Mountain View, CA & Stephen Beal Dr., Fulton, KY G - Germain's Inc., 4820 E. 50th, Vernon, CA GBR - Gardens of the Blue Ridge, PO Box 10, Pineola, NC, 28662 MGH - Magic Garden Herb Co., PO Box 332, Fairfax, CA, 949300 NK - Northrop-King Seed Co.,2850 S. Highway 99, Fresno, CA & 1500 N.E. Jackson, Minneapolis, MN NMCR - New Mexico Cactus Research, PO Box 787, Belen, NM WP - Wine and the People, PO Box 2914, Oakland, CA NOTE: It is best to send off for a catalog from these places before trying to order anything BETEL NUT (Areca catechu) Material: Large seed of an Asian palm tree Usage: It is wrapped in the leaf of the betel pepper and sprinkled with burnt lime, catechu gum from the Malayan acacia tree, and nutmeg, cardamom or other spices. This morsel is placed in mouth and sucked on for several hours. Effects: Arecoline (the main active constituent) is a central nervous system stimulant. It increases respiration and decreases the work load of the heart. Betel leaf has mild stimulating properties. Contraindictions: Excessive arecoline from immoderate use or unripe nuts can cause dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea and convulsions. Frequent use stains mouth, gums, and teeth deep red. Long-term overuse is said to weaken sexual potency. Supplier: MGH, RCS BROOM (Genista, Cytisus,, Spartium, spp.) Material: Blossoms of any of several species including Canary Island Broom and Spanish Broom. Usage: Blossoms are collected, aged in a sealed jar for 10 days, dried, and rolled into cigarettes. Smoke is inhaled and held. Effects: One cigarette produces relaxed feeling for 2 hours. More causes deeper relaxation and longer lasting effects (4-5 hours). Relaxation is deepest during 2 hoursand is followed by mental alertness and increased awareness of color without hallucinations. Contraindictions: Usually no undesirable side effects or hangover Some persons experience mild headaches immediately after smoking. Broom flowers are extremely toxic when ingested. Has heart stimulating properties, like digitalis. Supplier: Common in parks and gardens. Dried Broom, MGH; viable seeds, RCS. CALAMUS (Acorus calamus) Material: Roots of tall, flagrant, sword-leafed plant found in marshes and borders of pondsand streams in Europe, Asia and North America from Nova Scotia to Minnesota, southward to Florida and Texas. Usage: Roots are collected in late Autumn or Spring, washed, voided of root fibres and dried with moderate heat. Root may be chewed or be broken up and boiled as a tea. Doses range from 2 to 10 inches of root. Root deteriorates with age. Usually inactive after 1 year. Store closed in a cool dry place. Effects: A piece of dried root the thickness of a pencil and about 2 inches long provides stimulation and boyant feelings. A piece 10 inches long and acts as a mind alterant and hallucinogen. Contraindictions: The FDA frowns upon the sale and use of Calamus and has issued directives to certain herb dealers not to sell it to the public. An FDA directive is simply a polite word for a threat of hassling without a law to back it. At present there are no laws against calamus. Some experiments have indicated that excessive amounts of Calamus oil can increase the tumor rate in rats. Many of the Cree Indians of Northern Alberta chew Calamus root for oral hygiene and as a stimulating tonic. They apparently suffer no unpleasant side- effects. In fact, those who use it seem to be in better general health than those who do not. Supplier: dried root, MGH; viable root, RCS, GBR CALIFORNIA POPPY (Eschscholtzia californica) Material: leaves, flowers, and capsules of common wildflower Usage: Materials are dried and smoked. Effects: Very mild marijuana-like euphoria from smoking lasting 20-30 minutes. Concentrated extract of plant may be more potent when ingested or smoked. Contraindictions: No apparent side-effects. Not habit-forming. Appears to be innefective when used again within 24 hours. Supplier: grows wild; seeds, B, FM, G, NK, RCS DONANA Material: Small, spiny cactus from northern Mexico and southern Texas Usage:Spines are removed and 8-12 fresh or dried cacti are consumed on empty stomach. These may be chewed or crushed and brewed for 1 hour as tea. Effects: Hallucinogen somewhat similar to mescaline. Contraindictions: Should not be taken in large doses with strong MAO Inhibitors. Otherwise, none known. Supplier: cuttings, AHD; seeds, RCS, NMCR HAWAIIAN WOOD ROSE, BABY & LARGE (Argyreia nervosa) Material: Seeds within round pods of climbing plant found in Asian and Hawaiian forests. Usage: Seed are removed from pod, white layer is scraped or singed from seed coat and seeds are ground and consumed or soaked in water, strained, and drunk. Dose 4-8 seeds. Effects: LSD-like experince with extreme lassitude. Nausea may be experienced during first hour or two. Total experience lasts about 6 hours. Tranquil feelings may continue for 12 or more hours afterwards. Contraindictions: Pregnant women or persons with history of liver disorders should not take lysergic acid amides. Supplier: MGH HELIOTROPE (Valeriana officinalis) Material: Roots of fairly common garden plant. Usage: 1/2 oz. boiled for 5 minutes in 1 pt. water, strained and drunk. Effects: Tranquilizer and sedative. Contraindictions: Has unpleasant smell but tolerable taste. May add honey. Supplier: herb, MGH; seeds, RCS INTOXICATING MINT (Lagochilus inebrians) Material: Leaves of central Asian shrub. Usage: Leaves are dried and steeped to make tea. Effects: Tranquilizer, intoxicant, mild hallucinogen. Contraindictions: None known. Supplier: MGH KAVA KAVA (Piper methysticum) Material: Root pulp and lower stems of tall perennial shrub from South Pacific islands, Hawaiian Islands, and New Guinea. Usage: In the islands two methods are used. If dried kava roots are simply made into a tea, the water-soluble components are released and it acts as a mild stimulating tonic. If materials chewed, then spit into a bowl and mixed with coconut milk, powerful narcotic resins are released in emulsion. Those who do not wish to pre-chew the root may do either of the following for the same result: (1) 1 oz. pulverized or finely ground kava is mixed with 10 oz. water or cocnut milk, 2 tbsp. coconut oil or olive oil, and 1 tbsp. lecithin and blended in an osterizer until liquid takes on milky appearance. Serves 2-4 persons. (2) Extract resins with isopropyl (rubbing alchohol) in heat bath, remove solvents by evaporation. Redissolve in just enough warm brandy, rum, or vodka. Honey may be added to sweeten. A small cordial glass per person should be enough. The first method emulsifies the resins, the second method dissolves them in alchohol. The latter is the more potent method because alchohol switly caries resins into the system. Effects: Pleasant stimulation after 30 minutes (sooner in alchohol). After another 30 minutes, euphoric and lethargic sedative effects are felt but with unimpaired mental alertness. Depresses spinal activity, not cerebral activity. After a time, one may sleep. Total experience lasts 2-3 hours. Aftereffects: pleasant, relaxed feelings. No hangover. Contraindictions: Generally nontoxic. If fresh root or alchohol extract is used excessively for several months, it may become habit-forming and cause yellowing, rashes, scaliness or ulcers of skin, diarrhea, emaciation, loss of appettite, reddening and weakening of eyes. These symptoms disappear rapidly when kava intake is reduced. These conditions do not occur with normal use (once per week in islands). Used normally, kava is stimulating to appetite, and generally beneficial. Supplier: MGH YOHIMBE (Corynanthe yohimbe) Material: The inner bark of a tropical West African tree. Usage: 6-10 tsp. of shaved bark boiled in 1 pt. water, strained and sipped slowly. Addition of 500 mg Vitamin C per cup makes it take effect more quickly and potently. Effects: First effects after 30 minutes (15 minutes with Vitamin C), warm, pleasant spinal shivers, followed by psychic stimulation, heightening of emotional and sexual feelings, mild perceptual changes without hallucinatons, sometimes spontaneous erections. Sexual activity is especially pleasurable. Feelings of bodies melting into one another. Total experience lasts 2-4 hours. Aftereffects: pleasant, relaxed feeling with no hangover. Contraindictions: Tannins and alkaloids make tea somewhat bitter and unpleasant. Addition of honey may help. Slight nausea may be experienced by someindividuals during first 30 minutes. Vitamin C lessens this. MAO inhibitor. Supplier: MGH WARNING: While I have listed only the safer herbal "drugs", combinations of some drugs may be harmful or fatal. When experimenting with these or any drugs, it is wise to wait a week in between experiments. EOF X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X Another file downloaded from: The NIRVANAnet(tm) Seven & the Temple of the Screaming Electron Taipan Enigma 510/935-5845 Burn This Flag Zardoz 408/363-9766 realitycheck Poindexter Fortran 510/527-1662 Lies Unlimited Mick Freen 801/278-2699 The New Dork Sublime Biffnix 415/864-DORK The Shrine Rif Raf 206/794-6674 Planet Mirth Simon Jester 510/786-6560 "Raw Data for Raw Nerves" X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X