Comments on: Death of a Brain Cell

By: Ursula

Ursula — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:31:51 +0000

No it isn’t mentioned in the ingredients but tests by the German Government found it in some of the Spice lines – I think it was in Spice Gold but not Spice silver.
A chemist just told me an early analogue for mescaline produced Parkinsons disease on the first dose! So I’d say tread carefully.

By: Ursula

Ursula — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:35:18 +0000

Factual error – JWH-018 is a chemical made in a lab at Clemson University by John W Huffman. It is an analogue of THC the active drug in cannabis. It is synthetic cannabis and was added to the herbs listed in Spices ingredients. Otherwise post is right on.

Thank you, Ursula. The phrase “chemical cannabis” now makes sense. Unfortunately, JWH-018 is not mentioned in the formulation of Spice. Also, THC has been showed to double the incidence of psychosis, so an untested analogue is even more scary than a bunch of little known herbs.

By: mawm

mawm — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:55:05 +0000

Put the onus of proof of safety on the pushers and judge them with the same scrutiny that any drug (medication)is subjected to. And then tax them as alcohol and nicotine are, so that when users utilise public services as a result of side effects from these drugs they have contributed to the costs of such service.

It should not be a free ride for either the producers or users.

Banning doesn’t work and it gets the Libertarians in a froth.

By: Will de Cleene

Will de Cleene — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:31:37 +0000

I agree that there should be a comprehensive drug index comparing relative harms based on evidence not morality. However, entrenched interests have ensured that alcohol and tobacco remain excluded from any such review. Where does one draw the line anyway? Will ID be required to buy espresso? Should sugar be licensed?

And one study showed that email shaves more IQ off a brain than a joint, so each to their own in the brain cell massacre.

Hah! Evidence that spam is bad for your health. I knew it!