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Newsgroups: alt.drugs
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The following is from several sources, but the primary source is called
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"The Encyclopedia of Psychotropic Drugs.":
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BTW, If I'm posting repeats of FAQs already researched, or wasting
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people's time, tell me and I'll be glad to stop researching and
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posting this material. I don't want to waste bandwidth on something
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which has already been analyzed or is well known.
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The spice Nutmeg comes from the seed 'Myristica fragrans',
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a tropical evergreen tree grown in the Moluccas and East Indies. In the
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17th century, nutmeg was introduced to Europe by Dutch explorers for
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the pungent fragrance and sweet tasting qualities as a flavoring for
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baked goods, candies, puddings, meats and beverages like eggnog.
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The achieve the equivalent experience of 1-marijuana
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cigarette, one would have to imbibe 10 grams of nutmeg. However,
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the side-effects are not so pleasant: dizziness, flushes, dry mouth,
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accelerated heartbeat, consitpation, urinary difficulty, and on
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some occasions - panic. Nutmeg very rarely causes hallucinations,
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simply due to the fact that the required dose to cause them is so
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high that a person could die from the toxic effects.
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Due to the severe side-effects, nutmeg is not a popular
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street drug and the people who tend to use it are prisoners who don't
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have access to anything else.
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Newsgroups: alt.psychoactives
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\subsection*{Nutmeg}
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{\it Myristica fragrans}, a tropical evergreen tree found in East and
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West Indes. Contains a number of methylenedioxy-substituted compounds,
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including myristicin (3-methoxy,4,5-methylendioxy-allylbenzene, and a non-amine
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precursor of 3-methoxy-4,5-methylenedioxyamphetamine), elemicin, and safrole
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(specifically 3,4-methylene-dioxyallylbenzene, and a non-amine precursor
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of 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine). It also contains elemycin, eugenol,
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and methyleugenol \footnote{Weill, Andrew. Nutmeg as a Narcotic. 1965. 19(3),
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194-217.}.
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Myristicin constitutes about two thirds of the aromatic ether
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fraction, but it cannot account entirely for the psychoactivity of nutmeg. A
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400-mg dose of myristicin, almost twice the amount present in 20 gm
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of nutmeg (20 gm being assumed to be the quantity required to
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produce psychotropic effects) produces only mild effects\footnote {Schultes
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and Hofmann. The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogens. p. 121}. The author is
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am not aware of any trial involving an accurate mix of all of the
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known aromatic ethers. Those occurring at more than 10 mg per 20 g
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are myristicin (210 mg), elemicin (70 mg), safrole (39 mg),
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methyleugenol (18 mg), and methylisoeugenol (11 mg). Safrole is
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probably not psychoactive, so elemicin might be worth investigating,
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thought it is doubtful that it alone can account for the activity.
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The only known mechanism of metabolization of these compounds is the
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detoxification of safrole to piperonylic acid, a reaction which also
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shows the capability of oxidizing olefinic side chains. If this same
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degenerative process will act on myristicin, or elemicin, then a
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possible intermediate (a vinyl alcohol) could undergo transamination
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producing 3,4,5-trimethoxyamphetamine, which is known to have similar
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effects.
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Whatever it is that causes the psychotropic effect, it is known that
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various terpenes enhance the absorption. 5-20 grams of the ground
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nutmeg may be ingested for mild intoxication lasting about twelve hours
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and followed by deep sleep. May cause temporary constipation and
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difficulty in urination, nausea, increased fat deposits on liver, etc.
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Beneficial as a spice but not recommended in large amounts as a
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hallucinogen. Safrole may be carcinogenic, and is definitely a hepatotoxin
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in larger amounts.
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Newsgroups: alt.drugs
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I know not many of you in here like nutmeg, but for those of you who do,
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but decided you couldn't handle the shitty taste, this'll be a big relief
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for you I hope. For those of you who put up with this shit in milk, or
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right outta the can (real brave mother fuckers) you're gonna be immensely
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pleased with this trick. I tried it friday afternoon, and now I'm still a
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little floaty this sunday, at about 9 am. I sent this message to someone
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in response to a question concerning how I managed to put this stuff down.
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So in one of my drunken/stoned states, I was making lemonade dacquiris
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(try this too if you drink. Something about lemons blocks the rum flavor
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and you can make the drinks VERY strong without noticing the alcohol) and
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I thought about what makes nutmeg such a nightmare to ingest, and it hit
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me that it's the texture. If I could mix it in with something that didn't
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allow it to stand out, and be so noticable, I could drink it without
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worrying about gagging. So here's the post.....
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I discovered a nice little trick that's gonna work I think. If you've just
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been taking a spoonful and swallowing it, you're gonna love this. Make a
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frozen drink, and put your nutmeg in with it. Say make dacquiris, or for
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me, I use lemonade, then ice and booze if you feel like it. What makes
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this work is not that it covers up the TASTE of the shit, but it masks the
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TEXTURE. That's what makes you gag, the fact that it clings in the back
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of your throat and irritates your gag reflexes. If you make this frozen
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drink with nutmeg in it, the little chunks of ice are about the same
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texture so you don't notice the contrast so much. Also, the drink is so
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thick that it holds the nutmeg pieces and doesn't allow them to stick at
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the back of your throat. This ALMOST made doing nutmeg as easy as any
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other drug. I put 2 oz. in what turned out to be 32 oz. of finished
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product, and I only had trouble putting it down when the drink melted and
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I had to drink what was at the bottom. In all, this method made eating
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nutmeg just a slight annoyance. If you wanna try nutmeg again, try this
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and it makes the experience much less hideous.
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Fellow nutmeggers, you should definitely try this and tell me what you
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think. I know I'll be doing a good bit more nutmeg now that I can
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tolerate to drink the shit.
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