From mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Sat Apr 23 21:41:49 1994 Received: from beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu by techno.Stanford.EDU (4.1/1.34) id AA22554; Sat, 23 Apr 94 21:41:47 PDT Received: from localhost by beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (8.6.4/3.910213) id AAA06840; Sun, 24 Apr 1994 00:41:55 -0400 From: "Mike J. Brown" Message-Id: <199404240441.AAA06840@beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Subject: drug resources text To: ambient@techno.Stanford.EDU (myself) Date: Sun, 24 Apr 94 0:41:55 EDT X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Status: O >From vivaldi@abc.ksu.ksu.edu Sat Apr 23 19:28:57 EDT 1994 Article: 24064 of alt.rave Path: magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!abc.ksu.ksu.edu!not-for-mail From: vivaldi@abc.ksu.ksu.edu (V I V A L D I) Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.hemp,talk.politics.drugs,alt.psychoactives,alt.rave Subject: FAQs and other net DRUG INFO RESOURCES Date: 23 Apr 1994 10:17:59 -0500 Organization: Kansas State University Lines: 214 Message-ID: <2pbe77$qe5@abc.ksu.ksu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: abc.ksu.ksu.edu Xref: magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu alt.drugs:79155 alt.hemp:5853 talk.politics.drugs:24829 alt.psychoactives:5526 alt.rave:24064 INTERNET ACCESSIBLE DRUG-RELATED RESOURCES This is a list of drug related information resources that are available on the internet. The focus is mainly on recreational drugs (both legal and illegal), but some sites carry information about prescription and medicinal drugs as well. This is the first version of this document. Any corrections/additions should be sent to vivaldi@ksu.ksu.edu. There is also a hypertext version of this document that you can use with a WWW browser like Mosaic, Cello, or Lynx. It should be posted at the same time as this document under the subject DRUG.RESOURCES.HTML note: sites that do not respond at the time of writing I have put a ?? in front of. --Table of Contents-- + WWW Sites + Gopher Sites + FTP Sites + Telnet Sites + Newsgroups + Other Resources --WWW Sites-- stein1.u.washington.edu Use the URL: http://stein1.u.washington.edu:2012/pharm/pharm.html to access Lamont Granquist's WWW drug information page. This site has tons of stuff and contains hypertext links to almost every resource in this list. --Gopher Sites-- hemp.uwec.edu The hemp.uwec.edu gopher server maintain all of the FAQs for the drug related newsgroups. In order to access the drug page follow the links: 4.drugs wiretap.spies.com The wiretap gopher has an interesting collection of drug related files including Albert Hoffman's book __LSD My problem child__ and other information about natural legal and illegal drugs. To access the drug page follow the links: 12.Library --> 7.Fringe --> 4. Pharmacol... techno.stanford.edu This is Brian Behlendorf's Techno/Rave archive. It contains all sorts of information about the underground rave scene, including the various drugs (and their chemistry) that are associated with it. To access their home page follow the link: 1.Brian's Techno/Rave archive. marvel.loc.gov This site maintains the Justice Department information, including the Bureau of Justice Statistics documents about drugs, crime, prisons, and enforcement. To access their page follow the links: 9.Gov't Info. --> 1. Federal Inf. --> 1.Info. by Agency --> 2.Executive Branch --> 17. Justice Department --> 3.Bureau of Justice Statistics Docs... gopher.counterpoint.com This gopher contains docs from the U.S. Federal Register. This includes announcements by the DEA as well as the scheduling of controlled substances. To get to their their page follow the link: 2. U.S. Federal Register. From there you can select the Federal Register in Yearly Quarters. Choose the quarter you are interested in (e.g. 94Q1) and do an Agency Search by Keyword for the words "drug and enforcement". (There are other ways to find information, this is only a suggested method) atlas.chem.utah.edu This site maintains a database of _Material Safety Data Sheets_ Follow the link: 8.Material Safety Data Sheets and then the list is in alphabetical order. Just pick the link that starts with the same first letter as the material you are looking for. ?? gaia.ucs.orst.edu This site maintains a database of _Material Safety Data Sheets_ I couldn't find the information from their root gopher server but the hypertext version of this document can find the service. --FTP Sites-- ftp.hmc.edu dir: pub/drugs This site maintains all the FAQs for the drug-related newsgroups and lots of other well organized information. teetot.acusd.edu dir: pub/Beelzebub/Politics/Prohibition Tons of files about prohibitions focusing mainly on the prohibition of (some) drugs. ursa-major.spdcc.com dir: pub/pihkal Contains all of part 2 of Alexander T. Shulgin's book _Phenethlamines i Have Known And Loved. flubber.cs.umd.edu dir: other/tms/drugs/politics Various articles and essays about the War on (some) Drugs. ftp.cs.pdx.edu dir: pub/politics/drugs Assorted prohibition and other drug-related files. ftp.pyramid.com dir: pub/leri Assorted documents about psychedelic drugs, leri, and the leri-l mailing list. E-mail leri-request@pyramid.com to be placed on the mailing list, which discusses metaprogramming and Timothy Learyesque stuff. techno.stanford.edu dir: pub/raves Assorted documents about the rave scene and the chemicals that are often associated with it. Check out the chemistry directory. This mirrors the information on the gopher server. ?? hemp.uwec.edu dir: pub/drugs This site maintains all the FAQs for the drug-related newsgroups and lots of other well organized information including a directory of drug related pictures (pub/drugs/GIF) This mirrors the information that's on their gopher server. wiretap.spies.com dir: Library/Fringe/Pharm This site has an interesting collection of drug related files including Albert Hoffman's book _LSD My problem child_ and other information about natural legal and illegal drugs. This mirrors the information on the gopher server. nic.funet.fi dir: pub/sci/neural/alt.drugs Contains FAQ's, GIF's, and other miscellanous files including some information in a Finnish language directory. --Telnet Sites-- ?? hemp.uwec.edu This is a telnet gateway to the hemp.uwec.gopher server. You need to login as gopher in order to use it and follow the instructions given in the gopher section above. vtcbx.cc.vt.edu This is the On Earth as it is in Hell BBS. They keep a large collection of drug-related files, but access is very slow. After you type in "telnet vtcbx.cc.vt.edu" you need to type in "c 22592" (without the quote marks) to call the proper location --Newsgroups-- alt.drugs This newsgroup is meant for the general discussion of drugs and the use of drugs. talk.politics.drugs This newsgroup is meant for the discussion of the politics of drugs. The laws and policies of various countries are discussed. alt.hemp The politics and uses of hemp (Cannabis) are discussed here. The focus is on the industrial uses of hemp for _food, fuel and fiber_. alt.psychoactives The discussion is about psychoactive drugs, generally it is more technical in nature than the other groups. alt.rave The discussion of the underground rave culture and the various drugs that are often associated with it. sci.med Medical discussions. This group is in the sci.* heirarchy so the discussions tend to be more technical than in other groups. alt.consciousness Discussion of the various forms of consciousness and the processes used to obtain them. alt.caffeine The discussion of America's most used stimulant drug. alt.coffee The discussion of coffee (both w/ and w/o caffeine) alt.smokers A discussion group for the smokers of cigarettes, one of the most popular nicotine distribution systems around. alt.beer Discussion about beer, which contains the drug alcohol. rec.food.drink.beer Discussion about beer, which contains the drug alcohol. --Other Resources-- E-mail Send email to verdant@twain.ucs.umass.edu. To find out more information about their server you need to put the pattern {{{readme}}} in the subject line of the message. You will be mailed instructions if you do. Mail is ignored if you do not follow the instructions given. IRC Internet Relay Chat You must have access to an IRC client to use this. After you get into IRC you need to run the command "/msg Lissaabot help" (without the quote marks). The bot should respond with instructions to use it. The bot lives on channel #dmz (and occasionally a few others), but it is not necessary to be on that channel to use it. -- "There will never be a really free and enlightened state until |||||||||||| the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and |||||||||||||||||| independent power, from which all its own power & authority ||V I V A L D I || are derived and treats them accordingly." -- H.D. Thoreau |vivaldi@ksu.ksu.edu