| |.| |.| |\./| |\./| . |\./| . \^.\ |\\.//| /.^/ \--.|\ |\\.//| /|.--/ \--.| \ |\\.//| / |.--/ \---.|\ |\./| /|.---/ Euphoria \--.|\ |\./| /|.--/ \ .\ |.| /. / Issue 4 _ -_^_^_^_- \ \\ // / -_^_^_^_- _ - -/_/_/- ^ ^ | ^ ^ -\_\_\- - January 1995 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Euphoria=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -= =- -= . Intro =- -= .. Extracting Mescaline from San Pedro =- -= ... Groovy Tunes Poll =- -= .... Marijuana Brownies =- -= ..... Information =- -= =- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=E-Zine-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -= . Intro Hey Now! Welcome to the fourth issue of Euphoria! I was beginning to think that the zine wan't going to make it but a few kind souls emailed me with some offers. They include a 800# for readers and one for writers, an irc channel with a bot (not final yet), and some other neat stuff. We still are in need of writers and a ftp site so check out the Info section! -= .. Extracting Mescaline from San Pedro -=Introduction=- If you read Euphoria issue #1 you should already know how to grow San Pedro, so I am not going to waste time going over it. This method is fairly easy and you can make some extra cash by selling the mescaline. Have fun and don't get caught! -=Instructions=- Grind a kilo of the dried cactus, place this in a large pressure cooker, cover with distilled water, and boil for 30 minutes. Strain the liquids and save them. Return the pulp to the pot, add more water and boil again for 30 minutes. Strain the liquids and combine them with the first strainings. Repeat this process about five times or until the pulp no longer has a bitter taste. Discard the pulp and reduce the volume of the combined strainings by boiling in an open pot. DO NOT USE ALUMINUM WARE. When the liquids have been concentrated to the thickness of cream (about one quart), stop the boiling and stir in 400 grams of sodium hydroxide (lye). This makes the mescaline more soluble in benzene and less in water. If a large separatory funnel is available pour the liquids into it and add 1600 ml of Benzene. Shake the funnel well for five minutes and let it stand for two hours. If a separatory funnel is not available the process can be carried out in a one gallon jug with a siphon attached. After standing for 2 hours the water layer will settle to the bottom and the benzene layer will float to the top. Between the two layers will be a thin emulsion layer of mixed water and benzene. Drain off the water and emulsion layers if you are using a separatory funnel or siphon off the benzene layer if you are using the makeshift jug-siphon apparatus. Be certain that neither the water or emulsion layers get into the benzene layer when separating. If any of these layers do get into the benzene during separation pour everything back into the separator, let it stand and repeat the separation more carefully. It is better to leave some benzene layer in the water and emulsion than to get emulsion and water into the benzene. Nothing will be wasted. All of the benzene which contains the mescaline will eventually be salvaged. Sometimes the layers will fail to separate properly. If this is the case immerse the funnel or jug in a deep pot of hot water for two hours. This will break up the emulsion and bring about the separation. Prepare a solution of 2 parts sulfuric acid and one part water. (never add water to the acid or it will splatter; add the acid a little at a time to the water by pouring it down the inside of the graduate or measuring cup containing the water.) Add 25 drops of the acid solution one drop at a time to the benzene extracts. Stopper the jug and shake well for one minute. Then let stand for five minutes. White streaks of mescaline sulfates should begin to appear in the benzene. If these do not appear, shake the jug more vigorously for two to three minutes and let it settle for five more minutes. I have found that when extracting mescaline from San Pedro it is sometimes necessary to shake the mixture more thoroughly and for a longer time to get the mescaline streaks to form. This is probably because of the lower mescaline content in the plant. This would also apply to any peyote that does not have a high mescaline content. After the streaks appear add 25 more drops of the acid solution in the same manner, shake as before and let settle for ten minutes. More streaks will appear. Add 15 drops of acid, shake and wait 15 minutes for streaks to form. Add 10 drops, shake and wait about 30 minutes. Test the solution with wide range pH paper. It should show that the solution is between pH 7.5 and 8. Allow the mescaline sulfate crystals to completely precipitate. Siphon off as much of the benzene as possible without disturbing the crystals on the bottom of the jug. The next steps are to salvage any mescaline still in the water and emulsion layer. Combine the benzene siphonings with the water/emulsion layer, shake these well together for 5 minutes and let settle for two hours as before. Carefully remove the benzene layer, treat it again with acid, precipitate the crystals and siphon off the benzene as in the previous steps. Recombine the siphoned benzene with the watery layer and repeat this again and again until no more crystals precipitate. Siphon off as much benzene as possible without drawing crystals through the siphon. The next step involves removing the remaining benzene from the crystals. There are two methods to choose from. The first is the quickest, but requires ether, which is dangerous and often difficult to procure. Shake up the crystals with the remaining benzene and pour it into a funnel with filter paper. After the benzene has passed through the filter rinse the empty jug with 100 ml of ether to salvage any crystals in the jug and pour the ether over the crystals in the filter. After the ether has passed through the filter repeat the rinsing with another 100 ml of ether. Then let the crystals dry. If ether is not available or you do not wish to use such a highly combustible substance, the precipitate and residual benzene can be poured into a beaker. The jug should be rinsed several more times with a little benzene and added to the beaker so no crystals are left behind. The beaker is then placed in a heat bath until all of the benzene has been evaporated. The next step is to purify the mescaline sulfate crystals. Dissolve the dry crystals in 200 ml of near-boiling distilled water. Add a pinch of activated charcoal (Norite) and filter while still hot through number 2 filter paper. The hot water which contains the mescaline will pass through the filter. The Norite absorbes impurities from the mescaline. After the liquids have passed through the filter pour a little more hot water over the filter to rinse through any remaining mescaline which may have impregnated the filter paper. Add 10 percent ammonia solution a few drops at a time to the hot filtrates until the solution registers between pH 6.5 and 7. Place a boiling stone in the solution and reduce it's volume to 75 ml by boiling. Remove the boiling stone and allow the solution to cool to room temperature. Place the solution in a freezer or in a refrigerator set to the coldest possible temperature and allow the solution to cool to almost freezing. Tiny white needle-like crystals form around the bottom and sides of the beaker. Break up the crystals with a glass stirring rod while the solution is still ice cold and pour through a filter. Mescaline sulfate is insoluable in near freezing water and will not pass through the filter. Rinse the beaker with fresh ice water and pour this over the filter. The crystals will now be pure white and can be dried under a heat lamp or in an over at 250 degrees F. More mescaline can be salvaged from the water that has passed through the filter by boiling these liquids down to about 20 ml, adding Norite while hot, filtering through number 2 paper as before, chilling the filterate to near freezing as once before, filtering while cold, rinsing with ice water and drying the crystals. This repetition should obtain at least two more grams of mescaline sulfate. If large volume mescaline extraction is being conducted it would be worthwhile to repeat this salvaging procedure several more times. -=Conclusion=- This article was taken from the book "Peyote and Other Psychoactive Cacti" by Adam Gottlieb. It was published in 1977 and you can order it from Loompanics. It's a great book and I strongly suggest you get it! -= ... Groovy Tunes Poll It's time for our first ever readers poll! This is where you can tell us and other readers what kind of music you like to listen to when you're smoking, tripping, or just hanging out! Fill out this form and send it in as soon as possible! 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Marijuana Brownies Here's my favorite marijuana brownie recipe, I hope you enjoy it! ;) -=Ingredients=- 250g Sugar 200g Butter 200g Unsweetened Chocolate 200g Flour 100g Dark Chocolate (optional) 4 Eggs Vanilla Extract (to taste) Some Walnuts, Almonds, or whatever else you would like to add And of course some Marijauna (1/4 - 1/2 oz.) [remove twigs + seeds] -=Instructions=- -= Over low heat, melt butter -= Once butter is bubbling mix in finely ground marijuana and stir -= Stir for seven minutes -= Melt unsweetened chocolate into butter -= When all chocolate is melted add a little vanilla -= Turn off heat but leave pan on stove -= Slowly stir in sugar -= Add eggs then blend with electric mixer on low -= Add flour then blend with electric mixer on low -= Break chocolate into small pieces and add (put in almonds, etc now) -= Put mixture in a pan and bake at 300-350 F for 30 minutes -= Remove from oven, let cool -= Cut into squares -= Enjoy! -=If you would like to share your recipes with us, email volcom@tnce.com=- -= ..... Information Well, I hope you've enjoyed this issue of Euphoria! Don't forget to fill out and return the Groovy Music Poll! BTW We are still looking for writers, so if you are interested email us at volcom@tnce.com. Later! Writers: email volcom@tnce.com for info or you can just email us an article. 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