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- Subject: Re: DMT Questions
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.210836.4315@wvnvms.wvnet.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 02:38:45 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.212054.16140@shearson.com>
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- {In article <1992Dec22.212054.16140@shearson.com>, curious@somewhere (Curious Furious) writes:
- >
- > Hi knowledgeable folks,
- > I have a few questions from a FOAF:
- >
- > 1) When smoking DMT what is the LD50 ? Can it cause a heart attack?
- >
- Certainly much higher than the amount beyond which one would have
- no concept of what a pipe, DMT, oneself, etc. is. Also much higher
- than the amount one could get into ones body by smoking before
- it was metabolised. I imagine that even if one hooked oneself
- to a machine which continously fed oxygen, nitrogen, and DMT
- vapour it would still be hard to _physically_ overdose.
- As for heart attack, I have no idea. I can imagine being
- scared to death (literally).
-
- > 2) Has anyone tried doing DMT while on MDMA ? Any complications ?
-
- No idea. However, one of the most striking things about DMT is its
- brutalness - the rush from completely baseline to another
- universe in about five seconds. Starting off baseline does
- little to alter the peak (which tends to override anything)
- but alters the severity of the onset.
- >
- > 3) Has anyone tried doing DMT while on 'rooms? Any complications ?
-
- Yup - similar to above, except moreso. It takes a large dose
- for the effects of the DMT to become visible over the effects of
- the trip (likewise for LSD). Also, it is harder to trip on DMT post
- psilocybin or LSD, since there is some cross tolerence.
-
- Some combinations with DMT are worthwhile. A couple of beers
- beforehand bluntens and deadens a little which can be very
- helpful. A good amount of heads will add to the visual
- impact, and a good amount of hash will ad to the wierdness
- and otherness. N2O & DMT is interesting, but the combination
- is generally intense enough to cause amnesia, and lack of
- any kind of regular consciousness for the period of intoxication.
-
- >
- > 4) In the book _Archaic Revival_, Terence McKenna mentions some studies
- > that found that DMT is produced heavily while in the deepest stages
- > of sleep. Anybody have a reference for that?
-
- Interesting concept. Like much of McKenna's work, I expect that
- the science to back him up is scanty, non-existant, or
- occasionally wrong. Makes for a good story, though.
- >
- > 5) Since DMT is a naturally occurring substance in the human body,
- > if a machine was created which could extract DMT from your own
- > blood, would that machine be considered illegal?
-
- My limited understanding of US law suggests that if humans
- contain DMT then their entire weight can be counted as DMT
- (since the carrier weight can be included)
- Such a theoretical machine as you suggest would be covered by
- paraphernalia laws?
- >
- > 6) Can any MAOI be used to render DMT active orally?
- >
- Lamont is the expert on this, and he says yes. I am not convinced,
- and I don't think there is any proper research published on
- the subject. Even in the case of the traditional harmaline/DMT
- interaction, the scientific data is minimal, and it is surmise
- only that the DMT is orally activated by the MAOI effect
- of the harmaline and not by some other effect.
- I hope someone else will fill in the missing details.
- >
- > thank you for your time.
- >
- my pleasure.
-
- Jeremy@rsc3.anu.edu.au
- (not this address)
- >
-