Auxin

"i bet K-Mart still sell suspicious amounts ov NO2 bulbs" N2O N2O is nitrous oxide. NO2 is nitrogen dioxide, a very corrosive and QUITE DEADLY red-brown gas used to manufacture nitric acid (I once breathed in a tiny bit of VERY DILUTE NO2 formed from a nitric acid reaction that went bad and I couldnt breathe properly for a month. More than 3 ppm in the workplace is illegal in the USA due to its health hazards. The upper limit for workplace exposure to nitrous oxide is 50 ppm, and thats just because any more will make the workers get stoned.

You fooled me. If noone responds you should title the post 'allspice nearest relatives?' For most people pimento means Capsicum annuum cv. Pimento.

"salvia in tablet form??" It does exist, I've heard several reports of people making a sublinqual soft extract partitioned into little single 'tablet' doses. Sure you dont normally swallow the 'tablet', but doctors define tablet as 'a solid dosage form of varying weight, size, and shape, which may be molded or compressed, and which contains a medicinal substance in pure or diluted form.' That doesnt say you HAVE to swallow it, and salvia can be used as a psychological medicine, so a blob of soft extract would count as a tablet.

"It came out in court that Monsanto hired a Saskatoon private investigator... to trespass onto Schmeiser's and other farmers' lands to obtain rapeseed samples.... Then, a Monsanto representative secretly approached the Humboldt Flour Mill where Schmeiser brought his harvested seed for cleaning, and asked for a sample for DNA testing." I dont know about canada, but if that happened here (USA) all evidence from trespassing and stealing seed would be supressed, as would the sample obtained from the flower mill without the permission from the owner of the grain (without those two bits of evidence there would be no case). Moreover the farmer could countersue monsanto for trespass with criminal intent, and two counts of theft of private property. If I was on the jury I would find in favor of the farmer. No wonder I never moved to canada, trespassing and burglary is legal if your a corporation, but pollen falling on your land is against the law.

Firstly, NOT ME. Next, The inspectors clearly arent trained in this sort of thing, they are just laymen. When laymen hear Ephedra if they recognize the word at all they connect it to meth labs. They surely think they are doing the right thing, have pity on the poor ignorant fools. Anyways, the reason I'm talkin' at all is I was wondering if there is a FAQ somewhere to tell over-seas people how to PROPERLY send stuff to the seed ring. I was thinkin' that if I EVER get Heimia to grow more than 1mm tall I could donate almost all the seed produced from the things. Also you said you want really good chilies, what main attributes are you looking for heat, flavor, odor (fruity, 'macho', vegetable, bland), species, size, rarity, or just anything that can be spared? I'm gonna grow lots in 2003 and I could toss some your way.

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Public-servicehuasca: Grind the dried pineal glands forcibly extracted from your countries 20 worst politicians. Boil with 3.14159g Peganum harmala seed powder. Does not lead to insight, may cause corruption and white-collar crime, but obtaining the materials for the brew could prevent a war. Prepare this brew only where legal of course.

Prometon, thats a kind of paprika right? Is it a sweet pepper or a hot pepper? Anyways, the reason I'm trying to collect every known capsicum species is because I have taken on the king of all pepper genetics projects. I am GOING to fix a error of natural selection, Capsicum pubescens has apparently lost its ability to crossbreed with other capsicum species and it has resulted in a dangerously low level of genetic diversity in the species, so with some low tech GE tricks to introduce genes from other species and then some hopeful hybridizing with rare wild species I'm gonna make a pubescens variety capable of interspecific hybridity! It just might take a decade or two. My government did come through and provide 5 of the 6 rare peppers I asked for, so now I just need the following species: Capsicum abbreviatum Capsicum brasilianum Capsicum buforum Capsicum campylopodium Capsicum cardenasii Capsicum chlorocladium Capsicum coccineum Capsicum cornutum Capsicum dimorphum Capsicum dusenii Capsicum exile Capsicum flexuosum Capsicum galapagoensis Capsicum geminifolium Capsicum hookerianum Capsicum lanceolatum Capsicum leptopodum Capsicum luteum Capsicum minutiflorum Capsicum mirabile Capsicum parvifolium Capsicum schottianum Capsicum scolnikianum Capsicum stramonifolium Capsicum tovarii Capsicum villosum

"Note reports of combos with Amanita, Cannabis or other materials not regarded as active due to Tryptamines. Also reports of alterations in perception after mixing with Phenethylamines, Melatonin and prolonged physical exertion." You forget that MAOIs prevent the degredation of most alkaloids, not just tryptamines. This explains its interactions with phenethylamines, amanita, etc. And melatonin is a tryptamine, OK- technically its not an alkaloid (really!) but it turns into one in the body (melatonin + water + catalyst = 5-methoxytryptamine + vinegar). "Your definition fits but only if the harminist tries to get technical and proposes that the MAOi potentiates the substance directly not just qualitatively" Yeah, thats why I said "learn somethin' new every day" I was agreeing with you

"Southerton said some transgenic gums may need to be rendered sterile, to prevent their transgenes from escaping into native forests and causing potential and unforeseen ecological disruption. The obvious way of doing this is to insert genes that prevent flowering, stopping transgenic plantation gums from cross-pollinating with trees in the wild." Hmmm, your right I see the problem coming. If they insert a gene to impede reproduction sooner or later the gene will be disrupted by any of a dozen routes and it will make pollen and seeds. If they disrupt a gene seemingly essential in reproduction sooner or later the genome will take an alternate biochemical pathway that doesnt need the gene and it will make seed and pollen. I'm all for GE research when its done properly, problem is no one does it properly. But after we destroy this planet we should have enough data to avoid some of the same mistakes on the next one (assuming we are lucky enough to find the next one).

Yeah, thats one of the classic novalty capsicum annuums, theres also a female version. Good for cooking, If someone asks what makes your soup spicy you can tell them you stuck a penis in it. And if you have a really puritanical neighbor it makes a nice border for your lawn. Not very hot though 30,000-50,000 SHU its a bit weaker than your average jalapeno. It doesnt sound very satisfying either, its only 2.5" long! The name for the female version is 'Goddess Hot Pepper'. [This message has been edited by Auxin (edited 15 December 2002).]

"Harminism - The belief that *everything* goes better with a MAOi" I always thought the clinical term for that was chemopharmacodynamic ignorance. Learn somethin' new every day. Chemopharmacodynamic ignorance- Lack of understanding of the relationship between chemical constitution and biological or pharmacological activity.

rev, do you know much about dos? You could write a little batch file that would move one cookie and leave the other in place and then switch them when you click on a icon. Before you get online just click the thing and the darklight cookie would be moved out and the reville cookie moved in. Just a thought.

"i know 'real' lime comes from burning limestone to drive all the water out ov it" Lime comes from heating limestone to drive the CO2 out. CaCO3 + heat = CaO + CO2 "I know it reacts violently w/water & i would never put that in my mouth/nose." Smart "i bought "edible lime paste - ingredients CA(OH)2 + water."? so that would be calcium hydroxide? should i dry the paste out before i mix it to snuff?" Yup, calcium hydroxide aka. hydrated lime. It would probably be better to mix the paste with any plant material prior to drying. Your putting it in there to react with the stuff, water will help it react (it makes about a 0.175% solution in water and it makes a 0.000% solution in air). "ov" Is that Australian for 'of'?

Limestone turns into lime at 825 C (1517 F)

No I've never heard of Prometon. Right now I have tepin, fatalii (yellow), caribbean red, dundicut, atarodo, capsicum chacoense, bulgarian carrot, chinchi-uchu, bell, and paprika. Half of those I havent got fruit from yet. I also have seeds for about 20 more varieties and I am trying to get every capsicum species known to exist, I'm over 19% the way there (I'm gonna solve the curse of the pubescens species, darn things wont cross breed with any other species- yet). Basically I'm trying to locate every species except annuum, chinense, fruitescens, chacoense, and baccatum (I might have officially named and tested flexuosum, eximium, praetermissum, and pubescens coming but I wont know for sure until they get here, I'm getting those from the government and you know how unreliable governments can be! If I do get 'em I'll have over 34% of all known species and I have actually found someone with the extremely rare galapagoensis!!! But I havent conned him out of any seeds yet, they are his pride and joy and I'll need something really sweet to offer him for trade).

Hydrated lime is easy to make from limestone. Add vinegar to limestone (careful, LOTS of foam) let it react fully, decant, filter, add the right amount of lye solution (need to know some chemistry here), collect the precipitate, wash it (by suspending in water) and filter it, do that again, do that again, dry it. Easy

"that's why those in power hate drugs because they may open our minds so we will stop becoming soldiers, policemen, bureaucrats" No, there afraid of people becoming just, compassionate, and honest soldiers, policemen, bureaucrats, etc... I'm not against cops or soldiers, I'm against cops and soldiers that lie, cheat, steal, murder for fun and profit, and commit crimes against humanity (ok, I guess that means I am against 99% of cops and soldiers but if people like us become cops that figure might go down a little). The good see that cops often become corrupt and seeing the harm caused by corruption they choose not to become cops. The bad see that cops often become corrupt and seeing the power caused by corruption they choose to become cops. I think more good people should take the risk.

"is this stuff really safe to use in snuff, or am i gonna painfully lose my sense ov smell?" Lime is more dangerous than hydrated lime, but both are caustic and can harm sensitive tissue. The lime available to westerners is fairly pure while lime made by ancient methods is often less pure (and less harsh) and some or much of the lime may be converted to calcium carbonate due to making it in a fire and storage conditions. If you do try it dont forget to post your results, it would be good to know if the harm is minimal or if it turns your nose into non-functional scar tissue.

Ayahuasca has been illegal in the states for quite some time (decades) [its only legal if its free of ANY tryptamines and even then beta-carbolines COULD be covered as illegal tryptamine derivatives in the analog laws, but that hasnt been tested in court last I heard]. Coca tea is NOT available in america, its illegal too. Both are prosecuted at the same level as heroin and crack. Anything claiming to be coca tea is mormon tea, or ephedra at best and if I remember right even claiming something is coca tea is illegal (I do know its illegal to buy bottled water if the person selling it claimed it was coca tea). Freedom of religion? Sure, we have freedom of religion... we have the freedom to practice any religion that receives official federal funding, and islam too!

Pollen longevity depends on the species and storage method. With most plants if the pollen is dried in a dessicator for 24 hrs and then stored in the freezer it should stay viable for two or three months or more (sometimes years with some plants, especially trees) [just remember to let the pollen vial return to room temp before opening it or the pollen will get wet.] To prevent undesired crosses you can use sections of panty-hose to 'bag' a branch until it makes a fruit, thats how I keep pure lines with my hot peppers. VIN'S while I have your attention what is the english translation of 'Chapeu de Frade'? Its the name of one of my peppers and I was told that it is a french name. Thanks

If they no longer claim that cannabis CAUSES heroin addiction maby one of these days they might 'discover' that heroin causes heroin addiction! My question is, if the governments are giving up on their blatant odvious lies doesnt that mean that they are preparing more not so blatant lies? In my country the government pays researchers to 'study' pot with the understanding that if the data comes back supporting pot their funding will be cut and the research deemed non-credible.

I was talking about gamma-hydroxybutyric acid precursors.

"Would it have to be converted into freebase?" It would work better that way, otherwise the salts would probably react with the soap (note- caffeine freebase IS water soluble so you'd need lots of methylene chloride). "Would a carrier (DMSO?) need to be used in order to make it worth doing anyway?" Ahhh! Would you inject liquid soap into a major vein? DMSO is the same thing.

"I'm sure you'd normally use nothing of the sort, given the legal status of such a venture... I'm sure you'd never attempt such a thing at all" With that in mind, in terms of extracting legal entheogens with chloroform there is a problem with reactivity. Chloroform reacts with air and light to form PHOSGENE and hydrochloric acid. Phosgene is highly toxic (TLV 0.1 ppm in air) and corrosive, before the doctors gave up on using it on people they had rules that before the chloroform was bottled it had to be purged of all phosgene and HCl, when bottled it had to be put into a brown glass bottle filled to the brim and sealed in such a way that no air could enter and after using it any unused portion had to be thrown away immediatly. In the past I've had the job of cleaning the toxic orange crust off the old chloroform bottles, not something I would want to eat!