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Potent drug is legal  -  25 Mar 2008
Warren Times Gazette,However, unlike other hallucinogens, salvia is legal and available for sale at area retailers as common as Wal-Mart. The plant, which resembles the red and

Forum debating LSD, other hallucinogens  -  Mar 21, 2008
United Press InternationalBASEL , Switzerland, March 21 (UPI) -- The first World Psychedelic Forum opened Friday in Switzerland to highlight renewed scientific and cultural interest

Wiretap Recording Of Rezko, Levine Played In Trial  -  Mar 21, 2008
CBS2 Chicago,On the stand Friday, Levine â€“ who has already admitted to decades of drug abuse involving LSD, cocaine, Ecstasy and hallucinogens â€“ made another startling

Herbal high spurs push for ban  -  Mar 23, 2008
Kansas City Star,Unlike hallucinogens like LSD or PCP, however, salviaâ€™s effects last for a shorter time, generally up to an hour. Salvia divinorum is not one of the several

CAUCUS POLITICS FROM CT TO DC  -  Feb 27, 2008
Hartford Courant,There is no other explanation for their behavior, other than these people are using everything from hormones to testosterone to hallucinogens to Ecstasy to

MGMT on Oracular Spectacular  -  Mar 22, 2008
Times Online,Were hallucinogens involved in the making of Oracular Spectacular? The songs exude childlike wonder and a sense of minds being expanded.

Minn. lawmaker part of wave to ban hallucinogenic plant  -  Mar 11, 2008
In-Forum,Its effects last for a shorter time than other hallucinogens like LSD or PCP. The drug sells for about $8 per pound, and can be purchased over the Internet

Lawmakers consider regulating salvia  -  Mar 11, 2008
KPAX-TV,Its effects last for a shorter time than other hallucinogens like LSD or PCP. No deaths have been attributed to its use, but it was listed as a factor in

Dude! What's Up With the Bible  -  Mar 7, 2008
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)Cleopatra, the cartoon dromedary, recently posted about speculation that Moses was high on hallucinogens when he chatted with the Almighty on Mount Sinai.

Off-topic thread of the day  -  Mar 5, 2008
Grist Magazine,Lurking behind this story seems to be the assumption that if Moses was on hallucinogens, then he wasn't experiencing the divine.

Cable News Hallucinations  -  Mar 5, 2008
Huffington Post,Toss in Stepford Anchor Norah O'Donnell and the mummified remains of Tom Brokaw, and who needs hallucinogens? Granted, MSNBC is bad acid,

11 Iranian sailors face trial next week  -  Mar 5, 2008
Yemen Observer,A small amount of hallucinogens were found with the sailors, but they were for their own personal use. He added that the prosecution did not find out why

LSD, Ketamine and Cannabis could treat conditions from headache to ...  -  Mar 21, 2008
Times Online,The â€œclassicâ€? hallucinogens, such as LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in â€œmagicâ€? mushrooms), also affect the serotonin and dopamine systems in the

Turzi Starts With A  -  Feb 29, 2008
First Coast News,The Doctor Who on hallucinogens, Sci-Fi landscape of "Axis of Good," the haunting brutality of "Afghanistan," and the nearly industrial pulse of,

Calgary police get training to sniff out drivers high on drugs  -  Feb 28, 2008
Canoe.ca,...the type of drug being used, they will be able to determine if it falls under one of six categories, ranging from hallucinogens to depressants.

Recognizing drugs in the workplace critical  -  Feb 28, 2008
Herald Times Reporter,...for," said Kappelman, who shared examples and behavioral signs of depressants and alcohol, stimulants, hallucinogens, narcotic analgesics and marijuana.

Hilarious chaos erupts in Death at a Funeral  -  Feb 27, 2008
Huntsville Forester,A dignified send-off for a loved one erupts into uproarious chaos when romance, in-laws, jealousy, hallucinogens, life-long yearnings, and a spot of bold

DVDs: 'Death at a Funeral' is hilarious and intelligent  -  Feb 26, 2008
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,Who knew that the five Valiums they forced this blackmailer to take were actually hallucinogens that would lead to his hitting his head on a table corner?

The Hot 5 - March 23  -  Mar 21, 2008
Daily Camera,Frank Oz's British farce is 90 delightful minutes of misunderstandings, cover-ups, blackmail, revealed secrets and unwittingly ingested hallucinogens.

The Seychelles in a family guesthouse  -  Mar 15, 2008
Times Online,For me, the Seychelles is not just heaven, itâ€™s heaven on hallucinogens. Yet those whoâ€™ve never been there still picture the Seychelles as a destination

Plant packing a psychedelic kick would be banned by bill  -  Mar 11, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),Bjerga said alcohol, marijuana and cocaine will continue to be the agency's focus, and agreed that people know about scores of natural hallucinogens,

Up in smoke  -  Mar 3, 2008
C-Ville Weekly,I donâ€™t like hallucinogens. I donâ€™t even like smoking pot. So it takes me several days to get up the nerve to try the purple sticky.

Faking it: a memoir  -  Mar 8, 2008
Boston Globe,Eventually, I made my way to America, to the unforgiving streets of Providence, where I joined a gang and sold fake hallucinogens to credulous street mimes.

Layman testifies to marijuana's harm  -  Mar 18, 2008
BP News,..."I had drank some and drinking was OK, but when I smoked marijuana, it is one of those mild hallucinogens and it does expand your mind and it makes you too

Ms. de Vil is surely the cruellest of Disney villains  -  Mar 7, 2008
Globe and Mail,Some of it is fun, but a nude man stoned on hallucinogens grows tiresome, and a scene with feces is repulsive. In a commentary, Oz confides that his secret

Moses saw God 'because he was stoned - again'  -  Mar 5, 2008
Guardian,Benny Shanon states that key events of the Old Testament are actually records of visions by ancient Israelites high on hallucinogens.

Moses, Exodus and Drugs  -  Mar 5, 2008
Washington Post,But it's part of a growing literature linking religion and hallucinogens. In 1968, Gordon Wasson controversially wrote about the psychotropic properties of

South Carolina Medical Association Joins War on Prescription Drug ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
WELT ONLINE,According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, nearly 7 million Americans abuse prescription drugsâ€”more than use cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens,

Moses 'high on drugs during biblical scenes'  -  Mar 4, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,Mr Shanon said plants found in the Sinai Desert, where some of Mosesâ€™s miracles are reputed to have taken place, contain natural hallucinogens which can

Southland Tales  -  Mar 17, 2008
ComingSoon.netI don't know what hallucinogens Kelly was on while creating this, but they were apparently rather potent. I honestly can't think of who to recommend this

Question for patients: What's in your medicine chest?  -  Mar 16, 2008
American Medical News (subscription)An estimated 7 million Americans by the DEA's count abused prescription drugs in 2005 -- more than the number abusing cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens,

Closing in on a better treatment for schizophrenia: study  -  Feb 24, 2008
AFPWhile investigating how hallucinogens change brain chemistry, a team of researchers led by Stuart Sealfon at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York

Meet the â€˜new dope'  -  Mar 13, 2008
Colorado Daily,Unlike other hallucinogens such as LSD and psilocybin mushrooms, the effects of salvia do not last long, with the strong hallucinogenic effects wearing off

Lawmakers Move To Ban Hallucinogen Salvia  -  Mar 13, 2008
AHNBut unlike hallucinogens like LSD or PCP, salvia's effects last for a shorter time, generally up to an hour. Native to Mexico and still grown there,

Drug Addiction  -  Mar 12, 2008
Best Syndication,The five classifications are stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, narcotics, and inhalants. Caffeine is probably the most used drug in America.

Taste buds rejoice as chocolate proves to have health benefits  -  Mar 12, 2008
Havelock News,I'm so thankful that without fermentation, cocoa has no intoxicating properties, although the beans are said to contain a trace of hallucinogens.

Salvia's herbal high spurs push for ban  -  Mar 12, 2008
MiamiHerald.com,Unlike hallucinogens like LSD or PCP, however, salvia's effects last for a shorter time, generally up to an hour. Since 2005, Missouri, Delaware,

Blow Your Mind  -  Mar 11, 2008
Cleveland Free Times,..."Interestingly, the hallucinations produced by S. divinorum appear to be qualitatively different from other hallucinogens; users typically describe their

Two Siler City Officers Get DRE Certified  -  Mar 11, 2008
NBC 17.com,There are seven categories that include depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, anesthetics, narcotics, inhalants and marijuana. Officer Dodson believes the

Moses, Galileo and Tests vs. Truth  -  Mar 7, 2008
On Faith,The other is the controversial paper published by an Israeli scientist who says Moses was tripping on hallucinogens when he saw the burning bush.

ALBUM REVIEWS: The Gutter Twins | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
NYU Washington Square News,As he takes hallucinogens, buys weapons and is committed to a mental institution, the song nearly succumbs to its own absurdity. But Cave pulls it together

Judeo-Christianity forged on Moses' bad acid trip  -  Mar 5, 2008
The Spoof (satire),Professor Benny Shanon of Jerusalem's Hebrew University believes that Moses' brain was fried from addiction to hallucinogens and that his spiritual

'Moses was high on hallucinogenic drug when he received Ten ...  -  Mar 4, 2008
Daily Mail,He claims that five accounts of Moses' life were induced by hallucinogens. One was the vision of the Burning Bush, which was on fire but not consumed,

Drug gains attention, remains legal-for now  -  Mar 3, 2008
Henderson State University Oracle,...effects of Salvia may be similar to those produced by other hallucinogens, including depression, perception disorder, "flashbacks" and schizophrenia.

Itâ€™s all a ride.  -  Feb 28, 2008
University at Buffalo The Spectrum,He advocated drugs, specifically hallucinogens, as a way to instantly reach a state of perfect happiness where spiritual epiphany was always only a breath

Ellos Pasaron Por Aqui  -  Feb 27, 2008
Rio Rancho Observer,Legend holds that after his return to Mexico, while under the influence of hallucinogens, a vision of Victorio appeared to him and bade him seek revenge for

Quarterlife's a Bitch, Then You Die  -  Feb 27, 2008
Radar Online,2: "It must be all the hallucinogens I take." UBL: "You do not." Gamine No. 2: "No, I do not, Britney. That's called irony." Only one of these gamines

Special Report: Drugs  -  Feb 24, 2008
Health24.com,There are three main classes: uppers (stimulants), downers (depressants) and hallucinogens (which cause you to see strange things).

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