Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: SKC
I've heard of it and studied it in a bio class (salvia divinorum), but I haven't wanted to try it. My friend who has said that during the trip, she had no idea where she was or what she was doing; I prefer to be more in control. How was it for you?
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"Acid" has been around for hundreds of years. In this country, the Native Americas were probably the first to use it. It was called "Peyote" back then. Welcome to the 18th Century.
I once spent four hours watching a lightswitch on a bathroom wall melt, talk to me, show me the Encyclopedia Brittanica and then ride off on a camel. I am not special. Neither are you.
Oh, man...
Ok, "acid" has long been slang for
d-lysergic acid diethylamide, aka LSD. This is a synthesized chemical, and it requires a solid knowledge in organic chemistry to make. It is very easy to make something completely different, and possibly poisonous. The DEA also watches the buying of precursors such as ergot very closely, and so it is fairly rare these days.
Obviously, the Native Americans, though a very smart group of people, did not have knowledge of modern organic chemistry. And, even if they somehow did, they would not have the ingridients nor the tools neccesary for the synthesis of LSD-25.
"Peyote" has indeed been long used by Native Americans and other tribal groups. The chemical is actually mescaline, known to be less visual and more spiritual in the hallucinogen world. These days, peyote is so rare, that it's much easier to get it out of San Pedro cactus. Even Indian tribes are using the cactus instead, these days. If you'd like to try it out, you can order a dried cactus off the Net and extract some tasty mescaline.
By the way, a good site to read is erowid.org, if you'd like to find out the facts about various substances.