Dreamoar
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Quote:Buying Ayahuasca and other entheogens online: A word of caution 2008, Vol. 16, No. 1 , Pages 1-4 (doi:10.1080/16066350701663672) Phil Dalgarno Centre for the Behavioural Aspects of Health and Disease, Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, City Campus, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA †Correspondence: Phil Dalgarno, Centre for the Behavioural Aspects of Health and Disease, Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, City Campus, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, 0141 331 3196, +44(0) 141 331 3636 pda@gcal.ac.ukSince the mid 1990's a number of publications have appeared in the UK and Europe and stimulated interest in a number of psychoactive plants native to South and Central America that had previously been relatively obscure outside of their places of origin. While information describing the effects of these together with extraction techniques was widely available, the plants themselves remained difficult to source until the proliferation of online “headshops” trading in legal alternatives to controlled drugs. The main aim of this study was to assess users’ own experience of accessibility of information available from online suppliers of these drugs. An online survey was carried out via relevant websites where the participants were users of such and such drugs. Measurements were done by semi-structured online interview. It was concluded that none of the online dealers provided any instruction regarding safety issues such as possible toxicity, methods of ingestion or possible interactions with other substances. Therefore, while the practice is legal, there remain larger ethical and moral questions to be addressed.
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 417 Joined: 03-Jan-2012 Last visit: 24-Jan-2019
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This is really great! Thanks  The Unknown = A Place to Learn
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 2151 Joined: 23-Nov-2012 Last visit: 07-Mar-2017
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Oh well. The government seems happy to ignore most scientific studies that come out about entheogens, maybe they'll blow this one off too. "There are many paths up the same mountain."
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 65 Joined: 26-Feb-2012 Last visit: 27-Dec-2023
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Should the "moral and ethical questions" be directed towards the vendors or governments. If a vendor sells a product with all applicable information (alkaloid profile, side effects, etc) they would become criminally liable in most countries, especially if they deal with anyone from the US even if the vendor is not in the US. It seems this study would like to blame the vendors, while not all vendors are good it seems they all have their hands tied in this aspect. nanashi The problem with wisdom is that it cannot be taught, but ignorance can.
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