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    Question only for people who know what they are talking about, please no conjecture or unconfirmed hearsay.

    Has anyone here actually ingested mandrake root? If so, can you suggest a safe dosage?

    I have a need to contact the northern gods and valkyries, won't go into reasons here, but as samhain is fast approaching it is quite pressing.

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    Hey mama, when you leave,

    don't leave a thing behind
    I don't want nothing, I can't use nothing
    Take care into the hall and if you see my friends
    Tell 'em I'm fine, not using nothing

    Almost burned out my eyes

    and threw my ears down to the floor
    I didn't see nothing, I didn't hear nothing
    I stood there like a block of stone knowing all I had to know
    And nothing more, man, that's nothing

    'Cause, brothers, our troubles are

    locked in each others arms
    And you better pray that they never find you
    'Cause your back ain't strong enough

    for burdens double fold
    They'd crush you down,

    down into nothing

    Being born is going blind

    and bowing down a thousand times
    To echoes strung on pure temptation
    Sorrow and solitude,

    these are the precious things
    And the only words

    that are worth remembering

     

    Townes van Zandt

     
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    If nothing else good has come out of the last 4 years, at least the US has exposed it's own ugliness in the light of day. I really do think the US superpower days are coming to an end. The western states are talking about secession if Trump steals the win.

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    29 minutes ago, withdrawl clinic said:

    i think it's mostly in the cambium layer, not the woody core.  we don't know why plants contain alkaloids, but often they are seen as a defence mechanism.

    the woody core doesn't need to protect it's self but the outer cambium part is vital for survival.

    the thicker the better, is used traditionaly, but it's not more potent, it's milder and kinder to the human, thats why "thick" material gets used.

    more alkaloids are contained in younger shoots.

     

     

     

    What leads you to think the cambium layer is the highest concentration? I'll run a few small changes experiments to see if it adds up, might take a while though. It's an interesting discussion for sure, but I'm not sure what difference it makes in the end though. If, for a length of vine, the majority of alkaloids are in the cambium, you would still need to cut the same length of vine to achieve the desired result. It would certainly be easier to process the whole cross section that it would be to remove only a part of the cross section.

    My experience with thicker vine leads me to believe it is stronger per weight than the same weight of thinner material. And thicker vine would have a higher proportion of core than thinner vine by weight, so my assumption is that the core holds the bulk. Maybe it's like cactus though. The green layer of outer flesh has the highest % but overall, often more total alkaloids are yielded by the white flesh due to its total weight. 

    It's been a while since we have done any experiments like this here, back to what SAB used to be about; knowledge!

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    Vine doses are measured by weight, and by weight, they are mostly wood. There wouldn't be a linear relationship between weight and dose if the majority of alkaloids weren't in the wood. But it might be an interesting experiment to try. I'm happy to try some amateur science to add some data.

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    Haha yeah I know the feeling! My cats shit everywhere. I have to fence off vege gardens to stop my familiars from using them. Pretty much every new bed I make for plants, they assume I made just for them to shit in.

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    7 hours ago, Responsible Choice said:

    ^Indeed!

     

    Now let's just say someone had some Nexus psychotria as well. What kind of ratio of vine to psyc is a common admixture? :huh:

    Ok, I have heard nexus is about half as strong as regular viridis, and for viridis you'd need 100-120g. So probably 200-250g of nexus per serve.

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