Ibogaine
Thank you! Exactly right.
This really needn’t be an argument about what the definition of a drug is. It’s a drug, so what? It’s an interesting plant, however you classify it.
Well I didn’t think this would be happening so soon in the U.S., figuring it would stay a state-by-state issue for a while yet. But the DEA just filed their intent for “emergency” scheduling of the active constituents of kratom as a Schedule I substance. RIP for this wonderful plant. It was good while it lasted.
I’m going to have to disagree. It tastes nowhere near as good as Satan’s nutsack. It tastes like Satan’s nutsack if you dipped it in five-hour-old dog vomit mixed with dirt. I can’t take it because it makes me so nauseous.
Warmest Regards,
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency
“No Buzz Left Unkilled”
I heard about this, those authoritarian fuckers just can’t let people be happy at home can they.
Well, any time a plant comes along that makes people actually feel good, it’s obviously a menace to society (or as the DEA phrases it in the filing, “an imminent hazard to the public safety”). Thank goodness we have our kindly Big Brother to protect us from ourselves by dictating what adults can and can’t put in their bodies.
I’m actually surprised it took as long as it did. As I said:
I believe it is still legal to put live snakes in your body.
My experience: If you want to pay a lot of money and taste something like Satan’s own asshole and then go to sleep, Kratom is an excellent candidate. Oh, and there’s a non-trivial chance of addiction. Apart from that, you’re better off seeing what your local MD will write and your insurance will spring for.
HAY!!
What’s so wrong with jacking off to Maroon 5?
I tried it once on recommendation of friends.
We made tea. It was the worst thing I’ve ever tasted; we got a 30-minute Vicodin-like buzz then threw up our guts for three hours.
Granted, I may have had the recipe wrong, but it makes me gag to even think about that day.
Some users are upset because they feel kratom helps cope with withdrawal effects of heroin, and provides a lower intensity alternative for people who do not want to try something harder. Their argument is this ban will make the issue worse.
Not that the DEA gives a damn about the well being of the public. Their agenda is to justify their own existence, and they do that by banning as many drugs as possible so they always have something to do.
TIL: Satan’s nutsack and Satan’s asshole taste alike.
No, they really don’t.
The PDF that Rigmarole linked to said the action is against the two main constituents in kratom. Those were identified as having opiod-like effects.
That makes sense as to why they would look at scheduling it. I’d say more reason that keeping marijuana at Sched 1.
How do you people know this?
We dated. Don’t judge.
You have very strange substance reactions, since kratom is a relative of the coffee plant and in addition to the opioid effects, has some stimulant effects as well. Certain strains (“green”) are supposed to be relatively more sedating though, with “white” strains being more stimmy, and “red” strains being somewhere in between. I’ve only ever sought out white strains, because I need the energy. But it definitely works in that regard and is the exact opposite of something that would make me go to sleep. And putting it in gel caps can negate most of the bad taste.
Drinking alcohol, however, which is something I know you are quite famous for doing, tends to make me instantly and massively tired. How strange bodies are.