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Good questions. I had to jog my memory -- I first heard in the 1980s a method like this: https://www.marijuanapassion.com/threads/potent-vodka-marijuana-tincture.167/ (as opposed to cannabis-infused vodka, a more common Internet recipe). I think diluting the vodka was not the best idea, in your friend's case. The only time I've ever had a bottle of vodka, I drank it. Didn't much care to taste it ever again.

$160 is nothing to a federal politician (who gets an allowance of several hundreds of dollars per night they have to stay in Canberra -- even if they already own a second home there). $160 will hit an unemployed person pretty hard.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-30/act-experienced-foragers-highlight-food-safety-after-brain-worm/102791050

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36252614/ Abstract Introduction: Mescaline (3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine) is one of the oldest hallucinogens, with evidence of use dating back 5700 years. Mescaline is a naturally occurring alkaloid found in cacti, mainly in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii) and in the cacti of the Echinopsis genus. Since the prohibition of psychoactive substances in the early 70s, research on mescaline and other classical psychedelics has been limited. Objectives: This article aims to review the pharmacology and behavioural effects of mescaline, focusing on preclinical and clinical research. Findings: Mescaline is a serotonin 5HT2A/2C receptor agonist, with its main hallucinogenic effects being mediated via its 5HT2A receptor agonist action. It also exerts effects via agonist binding at α1A/2A noradrenaline and D1/2/3 dopamine receptors. Overall, mescaline has anxiolytic-like effects in animals and increases prosocial behaviour, locomotion, and response reactivity. In humans, mescaline can induce euphoria, hallucinations, improvements in well-being and mental health conditions, and psychotomimetic effects in a naturalistic or religious setting. Conclusion: The pharmacological mechanisms of mescaline are similar to those of other classical psychedelics, like psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Mescaline appears to be safe to consume, with most intoxications being mild and easily treatable. Improvement in mental well-being and its ability to overcome alcoholism render mescaline potentially beneficial in clinical settings. This article is part of the Special Issue on 'Psilocybin Research'. Keywords: Clinical research; Mescaline; Preclinical research; Psychedelics.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02698811211013583 Abstract Background: Mescaline is a naturally occurring psychoactive phenethylamine found in several cacti and historically used ceremonially by Indigenous and Latin American populations. Broader recognition of its possible therapeutic value in Western science began in the 1950s; however, knowledge of the safety profile of mescaline and the extent of its use remains limited. The primary aim of this study is to examine the epidemiology of mescaline use among English-speaking adults. Methods: About 452 respondents completed a web-based survey designed to assess their previous experience with mescaline (subjective effects, outcome measures, and mescaline type used). Results: Most respondents reported that they had consumed mescaline infrequently (⩽once/year), for spiritual exploration or to connect with nature (74%). A small number of respondents reported drug craving/desire (9%), whereas very few reported legal (1%), or psychological problems (1%) related to its use, and none reported seeking any medical attention. Overall, respondents rated the acute mystical-type effects as “moderate,” ego-dissolution and psychological insight effects as “slight,” and challenging effects as “very slight.” Most respondents reported that they used Peyote and San Pedro in their most memorable mescaline experience. Overall, the intensity of acute mescaline effects did not differ between mescaline types. About 50% of the sample reported having a psychiatric condition (i.e. depression, anxiety, etc.), and most (>67%) reported improvements in these conditions following their most memorable experience with mescaline. Conclusion: Findings indicate that the mescaline in any form may produce a psychedelic experience that is associated with the spiritual significance and improvements in the mental health with low potential for abuse.

They think the infection probably occurred when the patient ate a native ground cover, similar to spinach, which she foraged from a lake-edge near her home in south-eastern NSW. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-08-29/living-roundworm-pulled-from-brain-of-patient-suspected-to-have-/102784908 (no pythons in my vege patch)

Q: If you're going to the trouble of using tweezers to vertically orient each sprout, why not plant them directly into growing tubes rather than seedling trays? I've never nicked the seed coats, always use just-boiled water to soak prior to cold stratification, never use tweezers, don't usually fertilise or add inoculant, and still have pretty good germination rates, 90% or better. I have much more trouble with A. courtii, here in Melbourne (the one Herbalistics, in Queensland, says is "easier in cultivation"). As soon as a few of mine have sprouted in the refrigerator (in moist sphagnum moss, in a ziplock bag) I scatter the whole batch into a prepared seedling tray and lightly cover with coarse sand. Most if not all find their own way, eventually. I guess I'm doing a "no fuss" version of the Herbalistics tek, but it's always good to learn of alternatives and enhancements. Groot's plants look a lot lusher than mine, and I'm used to using SwiftGrow too these days, on his recommendation. I have trees grown from seed that are several years old, container-grown. They are yet to flower, but show no signs of giving up the ghost just yet. (I killed an entire batch of seedlings one year, by going too hard, too soon, with fertiliser. The only one that survived was a straggler that was randomly spared my clumsy TLC.) Granite chips could be a useful amendment, given the plant's native habitat. But I usually stick to the general formulae given in Marion Simmons' book Growing Acacias. I sprout legumes in my kitchen and often give the rinse-water (and occasional legume) to my acacias, although I'm not 100% sure it assists rhizobia colonisation (more of a hunch, if you will).

This old scopulicola was listed on eBay as "fencepost XXL" (there is still a piece listed on eBay). I went with my camera to get a picture of the mother: it'd been chopped down, the branches having been snapped up by a Geelong nursery. All that's left of its former glory are these eBay listing pics. And a colossal branch I was able to acquire for a decent price.

Our data demonstrate that flicker light stimulation is capable of inducing visual effects with an intensity rated to be similar in strength to effects induced by psychedelic substances and thereby support the investigation of potentially shared underlying neuronal mechanisms. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34197510/

This book (which you can GET) includes comparative studies of A. annua so maybe of use: http://library.lol/main/785C0F3DAFD022F6AFA415D8AF9546D3 There are more recent volumes on Artemisia annua, also hosted at libgen.is -- but they probably won't tell you anything about common wormwood.

I'm reading that (for commercial purposes) this tree isn't propagated from seed. I wonder who here might know of a local source of male cuttings, for clonal propagation? http://sakizagaci.gen.tr/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/PROPAGATION-OF-MASTIC-TREE-FROM-SEED-TO-TISSUE-CULTURE.pdf

Looking for a small plant to grow, for fragrance and tea. I have plants to trade, or $.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamachine

I usually wait until the leaves turn paper-dry on the bush. Maybe it's better to harvest the leaf when it's still tender?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/16/i-went-cross-eyed-australias-former-deputy-pm-taken-to-hospital-after-drinking-entire-bowl-of-kava news to me - different species, I assume, or different preparation method?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-05/australian-kava-company-takes-on-muddy-water-reputation/102674924 Flavoured kava drinks, but not for Oz ...

https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/24/why-medical-cannabis-patients-should-be-allowed-to-drive/

Leaves on this one look much larger than the variety I have growing, approximately the same "heart" shape.

https://cactilicious.com.au

Personally, I think Rodriguez was the better filmmaker (funnier, more humane, less misogynistic). How Tarantino evaded scrutiny in the wake of #metoo has left a lot of film critics puzzled. Tarantino knew about Weinstein's sexual predation and abuse long before the general public became aware. The machine-gun leg in Grindhouse: Planet Terror is Rodriguez and McGowan's feminist riposte to Harvey Weinstein. Tarantino seems to have had less of a problem with his employer's sexual misconduct, or with gratuitous cinematic representations of misogyny (consider the final scene of Hateful Eight). QT8, the recent documentary on Tarantino, struck me as a PR exercise by which to deliberately distance Tarantino from Weinstein (I can smell a new studio contract in the offing). Neither Robert Rodriguez nor Rose McGowan appeared in QT8 to lend Tarantino moral support. If QT is a director's director (the gist of the documentary) then Rodriguez's absence is all the more curious.

Not the experience of my household, where exactly the reverse held true. As I say, anecdotally, in my experience, etc.

Anecdotal evidence, in my experience, supports only the first of your three conjectures. The third one is impossible to prove, especially as adverse vaccination outcomes are systematically underreported, i.e. excluded from data collection. I can't speak to symptoms such as tinnitus, but I'm still struggling with social anxiety after being abused and discriminated against on account of my vaccination status. That's been a downward spiral as far as mental/physical health is concerned. But absolutely none of this will be counted against the official public health response to Covid. The map is not the territory.

https://chacruna.net/this-is-how-ayahuasca-is-brewed-at-a-santo-daime-feitio/?mc_cid=b36c0fe35f&mc_eid=cbbc326c01