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Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: jacktr@mv.mv.com (The Alpha and the Omega)
Subject: Re: Bufo Alvarius
Message-ID: <D3rJ9q.872@mv.mv.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 02:37:02 GMT
Spud Demon (lewis@lumina.mitre.org) wrote:
: 1. Bufotenine is 5-OH-DMT, and it occurs in concentrations of the same
: order-of-magnitude in B. Alvarius venom as does 5-MeO-DMT.
: 2. Amphibian keepers hang out in rec.pets.herp.
Here are some abstract summaries of articles printed in recent periodicals
concerning the hallucinogenic toad phenomena.
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_Missionary for toad venom is facing charges (B. Shepard cherged with
possession of hallucinogenic substance)_
New York Times (Late New York Edition) p19 (Sec 1) February 20, 1994
Bob Shepard, 41-year-old teacher at a local nature center, has been arrested
for the possession of bufotenine, an illegal hallucinogenic chemical found
in the venom of the Colorado River toads. Shepard told investigators that he
dried and smoked the venom, the powers of which he is interested in helping
others understand.
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_Can't Lick 'em? Then smoke 'em (Bufo toads with hallucinogenic properties)_
Newsweek v199 p63 June 15, 1992
Tabloids and television shows have spread the myth that licking secretions of
the common cane toad, Bufo Marinus, will lead to hallucinations, but this idea
was debunked in an article in the June issue of the anthropology journal
Ancient Mesoamerica. According to one of the article's authors, Andrew Weil,
the true hallucinogenic amphibian is Bufo Alvarius, the Sonoran desert toad.
Weil says that the toad's secretions are a powerful hallucinogen when they are
dried and smoked in a pipe.
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_Bufo abuse (cane toad secretions as an hallucinogenic)_
Scientific American v263 p26-7 August, 1990
The cane toad (Bufo Marinus), once regarded as a mere nuisance, has become the
subject of antidrug hysteria and international trade negotiations. The toad,
which is indigenous to the warmer regions od the Americas, was exported to
Australia in the 1930s to control beetles infesting cane fields. It has
become so abundant there that Australians have launched toad extermination
campaigns. Most of the current attention, howeveer, focuses on the
hallucinogenic venom with which the animal repels predators. Because of its
unpleasant side effects, the toad's venom never became popular as a
recreational drug, but unsubstantiated rumors of its use persist. The
Australians have persuaded the Chinese, whose traditional medicine includes
compounds from other toad species, to study the venom's therapeutic potential.
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_Smoking toad_
The New York Times Magazine p48-9 June 5, 1994
Those who smoke the dried venom of Bufo Alvarius, the Colorado River toad,
experience consciousness-altering effects of considerable power. The venom
contains huge amounts of 5-MEO-DMT (5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine), which
is pound for pound one of the most potent psychoactive agents concocted by
nature. Five-methoxy was originally synthesized in 1936, but it was not
until 1959, when it was found in the snuff of South American Indians, that
scientists learned of it hallucinogenic properties. The drug is chemically
similar to DMT, popular among the 60's drug cognoscenti as the "businessman's
high", but five-methoxy's effects are considerably more terrifying than those
of DMT. No toad-smoking casualties have been reported to date, but there has
also been no proof that the drug is completely safe in the long run. The
writer describes his experience trying the drug.