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I'm not entirely convinced that there were not some underlying mental health issues here. She worked as a psychologist; a stressful job that often negatively impacts on the clinician. Like police and other front line workers, psychologist often work for years and seem 'fine', before having sudden breakdowns. There's also a lot of pressure on people not to be unwell. She was seeking out shrooms while in her 70s. While ostensibly 'training' to help others, I would be unsurprised if she was actually seeking out this training as a form of therapy for herself.

I once participated in a (different) forum, that had people adding MSG to their microbrews, in the hope that the yeast would then convert some of the added MSG into GHB along-side the alcohol. This wasn't as wrong-headed as it sounds, since trace amounts of GHB is sometimes found in wines. Anyway, I don't remember anyone being able to show that this works; but this thread reminded me a bit of that other thread. Happy brewing everyone!

Gone

Same as here then

I would suggest it's more an extremely low risk tolerance driven by politics and community attitudes.

Does erowid still add things to their experience vaults? Might be good to document given it's traditional use, even if the experience is "no effect"

Nevermind

Cocaine is clearly the only responsible choice...

First lesson was that DMT occurs in the bark of many acacias. This would have been around 1998 or 1999 and the forum looked very different back then (pretty sure it was still SAB).

I've just been reading about this (in fact, it's my reason for checking SAB today). In both cases it is clear the organisers decided not to bring in medical assistance when they clearly should have (and were probably hoping these people would just pull through so they could avoid outside scrutiny and some difficult conversations). This Guardian report on Jarrad Antonovich is saying that after his death, one of the people involved told his partner that he died "beautifully" and that “the koalas were making a special sound known to the Elders when the land accepts a spirit”. Dickheads.

Cheers, but hoping for domestic.

I'll throw my hat in the ring for S Recognita seeds. Good for a seed swap, or $.

Hey, here's a picture Suggest you caption it "Portobello Mafia". If you get sick of people asking what it means, set up a QR code pointed at this link and have it tattooed somewhere else on your body.

SAB did sell a product called 'Zonk' that worked amazingly. It hasn't been available for some time (or so I believe), but you might find something of interest in its ingredient list (pasted below). "Contains extracts of Scullcap, Blue Lotus, Hops and Celandine."

Yep, I got the 404s, so it's not just you. Can't claim any insight into what the issue was.

Today, Scott Morrison said that the jobseeker rate (formerly known as Newstart) was $46 per-week. He's cooked, time to put him in a nursing home. https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/prime-minister-scott-morrison-wont-rule-out-election-deal/news-story/234ac33d95b393185e9c7e4490d21343

https://twitter.com/SquizzSTK/status/1515555600721416201

Came across this, thought it was interesting. Not sure where to put it, but it doesn't seem to belong in the chill space. Google podcast link.

Got a 404 error on that link, but I think I tracked down the same article. Interested stuff.... https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190701-why-plants-survived-chernobyls-deadly-radiation

It seems like an interesting decision by the FSANZ to describe foods with thousands of years of use as a ''novel" food that "doesn't have a significant history of consumption". Surely they could employ some Chinese speaking scientists to trawl through the relevant literature, rather than blanket banning things and waiting until someone is motivated and cashed up enough to ask for an assessment.

The Fiji Kava website has powdered root powder for pre-order. My guess it's similar to the 'instant kava' stuff that was going around just before (and immediately after) the Kava ban. No personal importation by individuals allowed, but I consider this a win. If it starts getting popular in Australia, that's certainly a win for Fiji provided there isn't another moral panic.

Just on the whole voting via an app thing... The closest I can see to that is Jacqui Lambie, who has been using polls to guide (not decide) how she votes in Parliament. Seems like a reasonable approach given whatever people say won't ever be completely representative. I don't think people are engaged or informed enough that I'd support Timothy Leary's approach for day-to-day decision making.

If people stopped voting in the Liberal and National Parties that'd be nice.

Hands up Burma

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/mother-and-daughter-jailed-for-importing-tea-the-abf-wrongly-identified-as-drugs-20211116-p599du.html I'm so angry reading this. Just a word of warning to anyone that's importing anything, that you are taking a risk no matter how innocent you are.