NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/alt/psychoac/1784

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From: [e-mail] (The Addled Student)
Subject: Sour Grass
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I read an article a while back about a pharmaceutical company which had
been developing some sort of drug out of a Sour Grass plant which grew
in the Rockies someplace.  They backed off when they found out that the
active ingredient was one of the precursor chemicals in LSD production.
Now, I understand that the same chemical (I beleive it was ergotamine)
is mainly taken from a rot which occurs on Rye plants and that this is
the major source.  My question is if anyone knows the specifics here and
whether the Sour Grass contains enough of the chemical to be effectivly
harvested (err, that was supposed to be 'to be a possible source of detriment
to the moral fiber of America').

Dan
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