Smith, Michael Valentine

Smith, Michael Valentine. 1973. Psychedelic chemistry. Rip Off Press ("Serving the Revolution since 1969"), P.O. Box 14158, San Francisco,... 

Smith, Michael Valentine. 1981. Psychedelic chemistry. Loompanics... 

Comments, corrections, etc. may be addressed to Michael Valentine Smith c/o Loompanics Unlimited PO Box 1197 Port Townsend, WA 98368... 

Burns MacEachern, Ltd., Psychedelic Ecstasy, 1967by W. Marshall G. W. Taylor His Highness, Art Kleps, Chief Boo Hoo, The Neo-American Church "Pot Could Save His Sight" reprinted with permission from The National Observer, Dow Jones Company, Inc. 1976 Michael Valentine Smith, Psychedelic Chemistry, Rip Off Press 1973 United Native Americans and the Print Mint Church of the Tree of Life... 

Long available from chemical supply houses, 5-methoxy-DMT is about five times as strong as DMT when smoked and the shortest-acting of all these compounds. The experience is characterized by a "rush similar to that from amyl nitrate. There is little in the way of visuals, but intense thoughts and perhaps bodily sensations last for five to ten minutes. Many people don t like it in his Psychedelic Chemistry, Michael Valentine Smith compares its effects to having an elephant sit on one s head. 

The smell of these substances contributes to such suspicions. "Unfortunately, adds Michael Valentine Smith,... 

Since these molecules have been isolated and synthesized, a number of other p -carboline alkaloids have been developed in the laboratory. Michael Valentine Smith describes the preparation of several analogues in his Psychedelic Chemistry. The 6- or 10-methoxy isomer of harmaline, sometimes known as 10-methoxy-harmalan, is about half again as potent by weight as harmaline. 

Michael Valentine Smith suggests in Psychedelic Chemistry that harmaline and harmine are both active at about 200 mg. oral dosage. Jeremy Bigwood disputes this, saying that to get effective potentiation from the hydrochloride salts an adult should swallow at least 300 mg, harmaline or 500 mg. harmine. Shulgin puts the "effective dose range of harmaline at 70 to 100 mg. intravenously or 300 to 400 mg. orally. 

A small amount of ibogaine has been synthesized for the psychedelic subculture, but this is rare. It is proscribed in Schedule I of the 1970 drug legislation. Its illegal status and the difficult manufacturing process have led most psychedelic chemists to conclude, as Michael Valentine Smith suggests in Psychedelic Chemistry, that it isn t worth the trouble. 

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