Head magazine

In an article about DMT in Head magazine, Bigwood and Ott ask "Why is DMT not a popular drug today ... 

Supplementary information on technical house organs initiated since the appearance of the second edition of the Printer s Ink directory in 1947 may be obtained from notices in the new literature and trade publications sections of the various trade journals. In addition. Industrial Arts Index, under the heading, Magazine Notes, lists new house organs. A number of the house organs listed in the Printed sink directory have since been discontinued however, the discontinuance or suspension of a house organ usually can be ascertained only by writing to the publisher. 

In her article entitled Hormone Hell in Discover Magazine (in September 1996), Catherine Dold wrote Industrial chemicals —from plastics to pesticides—paved the road to modem life. Now it appears that these same chemicals, by mimicking natural hormones, can wreak havoc in developing animals. And the road we once thought led to material heaven is heading somewhere else entirely. ... 

The music, the movies, the computer, the Internet, the radio, the TV, the magazines, even the newspapers, all of them Putting ideas into our child s head we don t want her to think about. Causing her to try to grow up faster than she should. Telling her what to value and how to believe, when we don t value or believe those things. 

Herbal substitutes for dru [s of abuse A variety of herbal mixtures are offered for sale in magazines, on the internet and in so-called smart , eco or head shops. Many are marketed as herbal Ecstasy and the plants included in the formulations include Yohimbe bark, Kava-Kava (Piper methysticum),Y-3 e.emi, Hops, Jaborandi and Alisma. One product contains Kava-Kava, Guarana, Uva Ursi and Cascara bark. Many of the products sold as herbal Ecstasy contain either Ephedra sinica (Ma huang) or the Indian plant Sida cordifolia which both contain the alkaloid ephedrine (see R03c, Chapter VI). Other alkaloids may also occur, such as pseudoephedrine, norephedrine and norpseudoephedrine. The side-effects of ephedrine include tachycardia, anxiety, insomnia and arrythmias and a hypotensive crisis may develop if monamine oxidase inhibitors are also taken. Many adverse reactions and more than 20 deaths have been attributed to ephedrine and Ephedra consumption. Research conducted in the US shows that the daily intake of some Ephedra products would give ephedrine levels well above the recommended therapeutic doses. 

The HSE/IS produces annually a list of over 1600 titles taken within its Information Service entitled Health and Safety Executive Information Service Current Periodicals List . This lists the current title, former title(s), and frequency of publication. A companion volume entitled Subject Index to the HSE Current Periodical List gives under an alphabetical subject heading a list of relevant magazines. Both are available free of charge from the Health and Safety Executive, Information Centre, Broad Lane, Sheffield S3 7HQ, England. 

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