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Anyone tried mushroom hunting with uv light [365nm] or any uv light [365-400] Maybe you've just uv'd your mushrooms. How practical is this, how did you go in real world situation? I notice mushrooms don't fluoresce like a bleached white t-shirt. Nothing like it, but they do glow a little, a dim blue. Maybe you've tried, let me kknow thanks..

365nm is your basic forensics blacklight for fluorescing the majority of items/dyes. The light is invisible to most, except apparently kids. One photo I was looking at recently shows a mushroom with bright partial cap fluorescence at what i would expect would be 380-400nm, judging by the strong violet light. This is good in that these led lights are cheap & easy to get compared to high powered 365nm leds, negative is the violet light Potentially mask glow & and are visible. http://www.fungaljungal.org/images/Cortinarius_ahsii_Cedar_5-16-13_6.jpg With the red light, it's good that green grass & leaves absorbs it so if using a metal torch that hides the reflector it's relatively stealth. My wildlife also vastly enjoys red light more, will often freeze or run away with white light. Darklight as I understand it the UV for fluorescence should all be contained withiin UVA and so not such a risk to eye, your purpose prob necessitates using 260nm light which is very dangerous. Within waking distance all farms are hotspots so farmers have grown to be hostile & call police..Another farmer was talking to me about 'drug addict' mushroom pickers hitting his milk cows. The cows have a reflex of barging you when near so I could see how an idiot might slap a cow defending it'self or young on own property.. I've already had the experience of farmer on his verandah with rifle yelling at me. I did not have to be convinced to start walking. This was in Nimbin... talk about hotspots. DizzyAnarchist I just got to get out away from town, where farmers are not used to sometimes multiple groups of people treading his field at once.They are just sick of it.

I've had 2 negative experiences in a row. first Police car waiting outside paddock, forcing retreat via running down creek and exiting other side [had to do the creek bit to put the elite dog units off scent [seen it in jail escape movie]] then spend 40 minutes finding an exit and circling back. 2nd experience farmer comes flying down on a motorbike going on about harming in animals and just general abuse. SO I thought a night trip, but i'd have to buy a uv torch first, and although I know mushrooms have a faint glow, i'm sure there's prob other stuff that glow also, which might make the exercise pointless. I've used a red light when bush walking at night, it's good because doesnt deteriorate night vision [iris nor retina] and in a special ops mushroom hunting expedition red light is less likelly to be noticed than white. So maybe red light for finding way and uv light for detecting mushrooms amongst primarily dead grass, green grass and poo. As long as UV doen't fluoresce poo or grass maybe it's a plan

I think technically you can't buy kava in australia, as that is purchasing a scheduled4 substance without prescrption and possession of s4 substance without prescription. But that is the oddity with the kava laws. If you can legally import 2kg how can you then simultaneously have a possession offence. If i'm found in poession of kava must I have proof of my personal imporatation or am I guilty of an offence. I'd have to think police dont really care about this kava stuff except with large undeclared imports . NT & WA laws are more strict from distant memory due to the aboriginal problem

Is their anyway of getting fresh[ish] kava in australia these days and what of legality? Lets say a large family return home to Australia from fiji, Maybe 10 adults and so 20kg of Kava. I presume they can't sell the Kava to me, but they can share it with me. Is there an easy or well known route of obtaining kava from legal personal importers that may be common and above board?

edit: did some chainsaw therapy. Sad but for the best

Could this be due to seasonal bad weather or disease?

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There was a quick back and forth between a journo and Qld police detective about what is a legal or illegal drug relating to seizure of some 'legal highs' synthetic drugs. Might be interesting to someone. [There's audio/video dropouts unfortunately, if they delete it and reupload fixed version just search for qldpolice channel] FF to around 2m20s link isn't auto forwarding to the right spot in the video.

hi, found a cactus that has been laying on the ground rotting, it has grown some pups in a bid to live but some of the pups have a black death looking stuff on them. What is the blackness, and how do I attempt to save the pups. Just cut them off from the dead mother and dry the wound, or keep some of the truck for nutrition? Cut out the black death from the pups or spray them? I don't know anything about cactus, just discovered this death scene and would like to save the pups if possible.tommorow. There are 3 angles shown. Thanks [ for size aspect. the laying down cactus is maybe 4foot]

Thanks very much for those replies. I got a library book on cacti today and it would seem the black shit on the pups may be due to a systemic fungal infection contracted via rotting/dead roots. I think the cacti has been laying there for months, so can't imagine the roots are alive, or healthy.. I will try removing pups tommorow, scab the cut, and see if they'll root without turning into black gunk, and update with a picture.

Don't download the movie "Kill the Irishman" nor should you download any small independent low budget movie from a torrent. 9000 Australians are about to get a letter of demand in the mail for thousands of dollars. It's a payup or we sue deal. Luckily most of you would not have even heard of this movie, but it's getting some local media reviews now due to it's recent release on dvd, positive reviews at that. Don't let that tempt you into downloading it. https://torrentfreak.com/mass-bittorrent-lawsuits-set-to-plague-australia-111001/

Just an updated story about this. This company may also be targeting porn movie downloaders. So no independent art house/Indie movies, and no porn from torrents. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/porn-link-tipped-in-net-piracy-case-20111017-1ltex.html and much the same but with extra info about how rich they've got from porn http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/playing-dirty-20111017-1ltam.html

My last dealings with Will weren't good. Traded a bottle of 100mg 5htp capsules for a plant. I wasn't sure of the legality of 5htp in Australia as it's not sold OTC here from pharmacies [or wasn't] and also I got a prescription for the bottles I imported, so with his permission I sent him the capsules in a L-Tyrosine bottle. Never heard from him again directly, only comments to others about how ineffective his new 5htp seemed to be, and how he thought they may have been fake. Upon hearing this I feel bad for him as obviously placebo effects of ones belief can be very powerful. If he thinks they're not real he's not going to get much out of them. So I cut the label from the bottle and send to him, but still I hear nothing from him. The awkwardness of that situation, him feeling I ripped him off meant I didn't feel welcome to ever buy or trade with him again, so never did. In hindsight It's quite obvious I was being over cautious about the 5htp and should have just sent him the original sealed bottle. Sadly when I see his plants in my garden I"m sometimes reminded Gomaos decided I was one of the 'bad guys' on the plant trading scene and he likely just threw out my trade Anyway ending positively, Brugs are a declared weed here, so you can't buy them from nurseries, many thanks to Will for the opportunity to enjoy such beautiful plants.

(press release) Three men and two women have been arrested and charged following a five-month investigation into the illicit drug trade at Nimbin, near Lismore, on the state's north coast. At 11.30am today, police from Richmond Local Area Command arrested the five in the main street of Nimbin and seized drugs, including cannabis cookies and leaf. The arrests are the culmination of Operation Hurry, which was established last December to investigate people who might be involved in the ongoing supply of illicit substances to increasing numbers of tourists and backpackers visiting Nimbin. Those arrested have been taken to Lismore Police Station and questioned by investigators. Those arrested today are a: · 45-year-old Nimbin woman · 44-year-old Nimbin man · 44-year-old Nimbin woman · 43-year-old Nimbin man · 47-year-old Larnook man They have been charged with various offences, including supply and possess prohibited drugs, and granted conditional bail to appear in Lismore Local Court on 2 May 2011. Further arrests are expected. Richmond LAC Crime Manager, Detective Acting Inspector Matt Kehoe, said a large range of prohibited drugs have been seized during the course of Operation Hurry. "Among the drugs allegedly seized were psilocybim (magic) mushrooms, cannabis, cannabis cookies, LSD, methylamphetmine and MDMA," Det A/Insp Kehoe said. "Nimbin attracts a large volume of backpackers and tourists year round looking to experience the alternative lifestyle and who may come into contact with the drug trade in the township. "The community can be assured that police will continue to run similar operations targeting the drug trade in Nimbin indefinitely." Det A/Insp Kehoe said today's arrests are a timely reminder ahead of this weekend's Mardi Grass rally where a crowd of up to 5,000 people is expected. "Police will be out in numbers this weekend and I remind anyone attending Mardi Grass that we will be in attendance and we will take appropriate action against anyone involved in selling or using prohibited drugs," he said. Anyone with information about drug supply is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXqr07CG198

In the USA I've been noticing for many years how socially acceptable oxycodone, hydromorphone & Xanax abuse is from how regularly a popular character in a tv series, or maybe a real tv/radio personality talks openly about their use of the drugs recreationally rather than therapeuticly, normally in a throw away line. It's always struck me as ridiculous how these medicines are considered sexy by mainstream america & associated with being rich, famous and successful & yet if the character/real person was talking about popping morphine tablets or valium, then their image would likely be tarnished. Well not so much with valium, but xanax seems to be the 'cool' benzo that scripwriters choose to add to a line of dialogue & also popular with celebrities I've quietly wondered if the pharmaceutical companies were behind it, It's pretty good marketing when you see Dr House (from tv series House) pops a few oxycontins to help him get through his day, not for pain relief just to help him relax. Xanax is also a drug that's become hugely popular in Australia compared to 10 years ago & once again is it just a coincidence there are so many mentions of it's name in American comedy/drama. Anyway that 4corners doco was pretty interesting. Never knew you could dr shop for schedule8 pain killers, & never knew you could be prescribed oxycodone by seeing a dr you/ve never seen before without & without even being examined. Would have liked to have known that before this tv show air'd. Meanwhile I"m seeing a fuckwit dr that won't prescribe me Tramadol for IBS, the only effective medication I've tried. I'd sure like to see a 4corners doco about the epidemic that is TRAMADOL ADDICTION!!!!!!

IndoFijians are known to sell it under the counter in small quantities. Enough for a bowl Family run corner shop type establishments. If you're not known to them, as being a regular or a local then you'd likely not have any luck.

Thanks for that. Btw I wasn't under the influence of drugs or alcohol & I don't think I was behaving in a 'drug seeking manner' other than asking for Demazin, she got some demazin PE pack that I never knew even existed, I then asked for the 'original version' Uncle S I think Chemist's own cold & flu contains pseudo, codeine, and paracetamol, so you could ditch the panadeine when you take it & not have problems with taking restavit. Chemist's own brand isn't in many pharmacies unfortunately. Quite often the cheapest product too.

Thought I'd just continue here, not worth a thread of it's own. Chemist Warehouse (nearest me) will not sell me pseudoephedrine & I believe it's discrimination, but what I wish to know is if it's illegal or unethical? After telling pharm girl my symptoms & giving her my Drivers licence I have to wait near 10mins then greeted with 'I'M sorry sir we have none in stock, but we have many PE cold and flu products" . I told her "I doesn't work, I doubt it works for anyone, I don't know why you can legally sell this snake oil" . Bloke next to me says 'oh are they pulling this bullshit with you too" and said they always tell him it's out of stock, and knows to not even to bother asking. I wanted Demezin as it's only $10 there, I then asked for any comparable product containing pseduephedrine. She tells me all their pseudo products are out of stock. I believe what i'm facing is a non confrontational approach to saying no. This pharmacy is linked up to Project Stop ( http://www.guild.org.au/uploadedfiles/National/Public/Fact_Sheets/project_STOP.pdf ) as I think almost all pharmacies are now, so would know the last time I bought pseudo was in March & I can see no reason to be treated like this. I may have long hair, & was feeling & possibly looking quite sick due to the cold but I think it's impropper to refuse a person on their looks, & to lie to a customer. I don't know how to approach this situation as the line of 'we're out of stock' isn't necessarily untrue(all stock is kept out of site), although personally I know they're lying. I know it's at a pharmacists discretion to sell Schedule3 medications to a person but surely it must be based on something other than what the person looks like & surely it's not reasonable for them to lie to you. I pasted some sections from code of conduct dealing with honesty & pseduo sales. Of interest to me, are parts dealing with discrimination, honesty & how you're suspicious if you don't want to buy that PE shit. Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Code of Professional Conduct Obligations 2.1 A pharmacist must act according to the laws and regulations governing the profession and adhere to the code of professional conduct. 2.2 A pharmacist must act with honesty and integrity having due regard for standards of behaviour accepted within the profession and reasonably expected by the community and other health professionals. ( the pharmacist will treat patients with dignity regardless of manner of payment, race, sex, age, nationality, religion, disability, or any other discriminating factor... 5. Pharmacists must be satisfied that a genuine therapeutic need exists. This means that prior to supply the pharmacist should satisfy themselves that a clinical condition exists which would benefit from treatment with a pseudoephedrine-containing product. 6. The quantity supplied should be consistent with the level of therapeutic use that might reasonably be expected for that condition.It is unlikely that supply of multiple packs on any single occasion would be necessary or justified given the selflimiting nature of the conditions for which pseudoephedrine is generally used. 7. Pharmacists should act professionally when: a. more than one pack is requested b. frequent requests are received from or on behalf of an individual; or c. the ‘bona fides’ of the request is in doubt Behaviours such as refusal to purchase an alternative recommended product or evasive or aggressive behaviour when therapeutic need is discussed have been noted as alerts to possible product misuse.22 8. Pharmacists must remain vigilant to further assist the control of illicit diversion.

Yeah it seems Schedule3 is behind the counter in all states but schedule2 (pharmacy only medication) is only behind the counter in certain states. Thanks for clearing that up. I stand corrected. EDIT let me correct that again.... S2 medication applears to be "pharmacy medication" on labels. while S3 appears to be "Pharmacy only medication" on labels. But as far as S2 panadeines (24pack) and s3 panadeines (48pack and above) I've never seen them not behind the counter. but accept they are on the shelves in some states.

No not you. the junkie that needs pandeine removed from the shelves to stop him eating it but fuck everyone else.

Ok 2 people have stated they've bought it from the shelf. must vary state to state.

Are you actually on drugs right now? They are being taken away. conbination codeine analgesics in 48 packs and above will be prescription only from 1st of may. ALL CODEINE COMBINATION tablets have always been behind the counter, as they are 'pharamcy only'. I"d have to google it, but in pharmacy talk they have an area called 'professonal services area'. This means 'behind the counter' . I've never seen 'pharmacy only medication' not behind the counter. I think they are making it mandatory that codeine tablets are behind the counter but I don't believe they've ever not been behind the counter.

Codeine alone is prescription. Pseduoephedrine alone is Prescription. Drugs such as inburprofen may indeed be anti inflammatory but that's not their main mode of action for prevention of pain. For dogs as an example, anti flammatory's are most used drugs for general pain relief I don't think it's reasonable to remove these pain killers because a small percentage of juankies misuse and harm themselves. What about the vast majority that use these medications are aent' junkies, or those that use the medication recreationally but dont' do harm to themselves. REmoval of such medication should be related to the cost to the tax payer and the community due to harm caused by mis-use. An example was the 10mg gelcap temazepam. Junkies would heat the gel cap and inject, destroying veins, causing tissue death, loss of limbs, and death. Although the vast majory of people prescribed these drugs weren't junkies injecting them the sheer cost to the tax payer in monetry terms and to the junky in health terms meant it was reasonable to ban the gelcap. It'll be interesting the tensions that may occur now when people are forced to go to dr's for no other reason than pain relief. Dr's are all trained to never give pain killers to new, non elderly patients asking/requiring pain relief. My Dr that i'll be visiting more regualrly now it seems even has a sign saying no opiate based pain killers will be prescribed to under 65yo's. No doubt a bluff, but I can see this is going to casue problems

What sort of damage do you believe you've done? I can think of hearing loss and liver damage. Is there something else you suspect could have been the result of panadeine over-use?