# The best/easiest way to extract DMT from phalaris grass

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-easiest-way-to-extract-dmt-from-phalaris-grass/9907 "2000-04-07T21:26:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-easiest-way-to-extract-dmt-from-phalaris-grass/9907/1 "2000-04-07T21:26:00Z")

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Anyone know what the best way to do this is? I’ve heard of using a wheat juice extractor but those are fairly expensive. Any advice on how I might do this. I’m not looking for the best way necessarily, I’d prefer the easiest.

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**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-easiest-way-to-extract-dmt-from-phalaris-grass/9907/2 "2000-04-08T00:49:00Z")

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[http://dmt.lycaeum.org/extract/phalaris.html](http://dmt.lycaeum.org/extract/phalaris.html)

There’s another method involving boiling the plant in lemon juice and water. I haven’t tried it or DMT for that matter so I don’t know how well it works.

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**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-easiest-way-to-extract-dmt-from-phalaris-grass/9907/3 "2000-04-08T00:52:00Z")

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I have no idea what DMT is, or even phalaris grass, but I’m bumping this back to the top in hopes that one of the Teeming Millions has found an answer. You never can tell what this bunch will know!

C’mon, folks, it’s a challenge! How can you let a perfectly good question go unanswered?

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You’ve got a point there, brother - and one of these days I’m going to figure out what it is. - Cecil Adams

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**Author:** ![billehunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@billehunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billehunt)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-easiest-way-to-extract-dmt-from-phalaris-grass/9907/4 "2000-04-08T00:53:00Z")

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I don’t mean to be a prude, but does this kind of crap belong here?

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-easiest-way-to-extract-dmt-from-phalaris-grass/9907/5 "2000-04-08T01:06:00Z")

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As it happens, no.