cactus cuttings

Or the English system of weigths and measures compaired to the metric system. Why would you use the English system? It's obsolete.

Like a mule without an ass or an ass without a mule.
For our system of measure we shall use the length of the kings foot.
Like a bull without balls or balls without a bull.
We will decide if she is a witch if she is lighter than a duck.
And let it be known across the land that a pound of gold is heavier than a pound of feathers.

I wasn't doubting you, nor was I thinking I should smoke any. I'm just saying, I never knew there was dopamine in banana peels, but now I know where the legend came from. Someone else must have heard there was dopamine in banana peels and decided to spread the word.

It's not a big deal. Theres all kinds of compounds in food. Dopamine is a cool compound. Cannabinoids are cool too. There all kinds of natural products. The real problem with all the drug laws is that they make it illegal for private citizens to operate laboratory equiptment. Mosty laboratory reagents are illegal as well. That means that only huge companies are allowed to research drugs and other compounds. And that means I cannot develope new products on my own without some executive approval and without some company taking the patent from me. See what I am saying.
You can't invent anything. Research has to done under the supervision of the government which means that whatever company or organization you are working for owns everything you do.

If you are trying to develope a new product, invention, or drug you will need to operate equiptment and compounds that are regulated by federal law. It basically means that it is illegal to start your own business in the scientific industry. Espesiall since any work done before the product is fully developed must be kept secret to prevent others from stealing you work. And a secret lab would land me in jail for a long time. That's capitalism for you.

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Originally Posted by Delta9

Dopamine injections into the cactus as it grows would increase it potency because dopamine is a biological precursor to the active component. Dopamine is a controlled substance as well however, but it is found in banana peel and is water soluble. In fact dopamine has been measured in banana peel at a value of up to 100mg dopamine/g of peel.

Save your banana peels in a big baggie in the freezer and when you got a huge bag full of frozen peel grind them up and simmer them in a huge pot with distilled water.
decoct them for a long time filter off the ground peel pulp and boil off most of the water. allow to cool and water/inject you cactus with the aqueous banana extract.

Humidity plays a role as well cactuses grown in humid environments are gennerally less potent than dry environments. Look for darker cactuses. Dark green are more potent than lighter colored cactuses.

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Won't increase potency of the cactus! At best youy'd just be adding dopamine to your cactus. If you want to increase potency do a extraction and dose with mesc.

dopamine is involved in the synthesis of mescaline by the cactus, so by adding the precursor it would be converted to mescaline througth the biological pathway.
In order to prevent the oxidation of the dopamine(the reason bananas become brown) the the polyphenol oxidase enzyme in the banana peel must be immediately deactivated by putting the peel in boiling water for 20-sec immediatly after peeling banana. The peel should be quickly minced and placed in a dark cold inert atmosphere to preserve such as freezer. And inert atmospher can be done by evacuating a large resealable plastic baggie with propane(note: propane is a flamable gas) substitute for N2 or Ar.

Freezing the drugs is going to preserve them cause they will be frozen. The same reason food is stored in a freezer. What would you rather drink water that was just thawed out from ice or water that is gone stagnent by sitting in the sun? If you were going to store weed in a freezer it would probably be best for it to be dried first but freezing would help preserve.

But recrystalizing the mesc. out of the cactus you need reagents. Like NaOH and shit you can't by at the store. Not only that there are other compounds in the peyote that act synergistically with the mesc. Thats okay though You are basically right it is a waste of time. You might as well just buy a couple doses.

fuck all that injection shit-how many 12'' cuttings do you have to consume to trip?

According to:

Vincenzo De Feo "Ethnomedical field study of northern Peruvian Andes with particular reference to divination practices" journal of ethnopharmacology, 85 (2003) 243-256

The 'Achuma' or 'Huachuma' is prepared as follows by a 'curandero':

"A decoction is made by placing rounded pieces of stem or trunk in water (about 200-g in 11 of water) and is boiled for several hours, until the volume of water is reduced to 1/4 of the initial volume. The dosage by mouth is 3 cups of the cooled decoction during the ritual ("mesada) and may be given only by the 'curandero'."

That is how the shamatic Andeans prepare T. pach. or T. peruv.

There are variations to cimoras in which different additives are added but some of them are very poisonous plants in the Solanaceae family are are much feared by the Andeans. as is the word cimora meaning something bad.

But I guess the dose is about 6-12" of T. pach. cactus

The knife, pot and water used to prepare the cactus are supposed to be ritually pure. Ritually purity is abstenation from salt, garlic onion, blood pork fat, and sex. The best result are claimed to be on Tuesday or friday, from sunset to midnight. And alcohol is forbidden the next day. Thats what the Shamatic religion prepares the cactus.